Levitating beds and surgeons on Waterford's Peter Street

22/10/2025 5 min
Levitating beds and surgeons on Waterford's Peter Street

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Episode Synopsis

Levitating beds and spooky surgeons in Waterford... strange, but true!Historian Cian Manning joined us for another week on air of spooky tales from Waterford on the approach to Halloween.He bring us a tale connected to the fate of a Waterford 1798 Rebel named Bowen.To his detriment, he failed to heed the warnings of a surgeon named George Alexander Waters. The latter’s dwelling on Peter Street was regularly frequented by British naval colleague.However, one night, a guest’s slumber was disrupted by a levitating bed.A spooky procession on Peter's Street, rumblings in the night, and lots of things that go bump in the night.Press play to listen back in full to the tales of what happened on Peter Street.