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Marc Hughes, the larger-than-life presenter of the supernatural investigation TV show Paranormal Takedown, is in Shropshire visiting his friend Jack who claims that the Devil is active in the county.  Alongside co-host Emilie Daniels, Marc has decided to make a special edition about the weird goings-on but upon arrival in the county he starts to realise that the stories he is hearing are stranger and darker than he imagined. 

In “The Best of Men: Part 2” by Amy Boucher you can hear

Tiffany Clare as Emilie 

Alex White as Marc

Carl Wharton as Jack

Amy Boucher as "Woman in the pub"

Chris Gregory as 'Owd Scratch

Music, sound design, production and editing are by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories.

The author of today’s episode, Amy Boucher, is a writer and folklorist whose narratives centre on her native Shropshire. Her emphasis tends to focus on the interplay between folklore, history and the paranormal.

To find out more about Amy Boucher and her work you can visit her blog at https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/
 Follow Amy on Bluesky here  https://bsky.app/profile/g0blinegg.bsky.social
and on X here https://x.com/g0blinegg

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