Haunted roads can hold more than eerie legends, sometimes they seem to preserve the final moments of real people. In this episode, Karen Swanston and Graham Milne explore a series of ghostly road stories tied to the A3, the old Portsmouth Road, and other unsettling stretches of highway where tragedy, folklore, and unexplained sightings overlap.

From the infamous A3 “crash” that led police to a long-hidden vehicle, to the historic murder at Devil’s Punch Bowl and the grim legacy of Gibbet Hill, the discussion moves between documented history and encounters that feel like echoes of the past. Along the way, the hosts dig into apparitions, phantom figures, missing dashcam footage, and the strange question of whether some sightings are hauntings or something closer to a replay of trauma.

[00:00:00] - Introduction to haunted roads and the episode’s focus on unsettling roadside encounters
[00:01:00] - The A3 near Guildford: a reported crash that turned out to be a long-hidden vehicle
[00:03:16] - Christopher Brine Chandler’s disappearance and the discovery of human remains
[00:04:50] - Residual haunting vs. crisis apparition: what might explain the ghost car sighting?
[00:05:12] - The Devil’s Punch Bowl legend and the old A3 at Hindhead
[00:06:18] - The 1786 sailor murder near Thursley, Gibbet Hill, and the hanging of the killers
[00:08:24] - Gibbet Hill’s fearsome reputation, phantom coaches, and local superstition
[00:09:18] - The Celtic cross erected in 1851 and the 1945 aircraft disaster near Gibbett Hill
[00:10:17] - Highwayman Jerry Abershaw and other violent histories along the Portsmouth Road
[00:12:27] - Ghostly roadside figure on the A83 near Inveraray and Loch Gilp
[00:14:31] - Orpheus band story from Banff to Aberdeen: the figure in the road
[00:16:45] - Leatherhead dashcam encounter: the hitchhiker in the pale blue suit
[00:22:28] - Closing thoughts and a call for listener-submitted ghost stories

• A3 road overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A3_road

• Devil’s Punch Bowl, Surrey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Punch_Bowl,_Surrey

• Gibbet Hill, Surrey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbet_Hill

• Thursley, Surrey history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursley

• Portsmouth Road history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Road

• Surrey History Centre: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre

• Historic England listings search: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/

• UK road safety information: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/road-safety

These stories show how haunted roads often sit at the intersection of memory, violence, and folklore. Some encounters may be easy to dismiss — until a witness describes details that later line up with real history, or a “ghost” vanishes from every camera frame.

If you’ve had an unexplained experience on a road, in a car, or near a place with a grim past, send it in — the next haunting may already be waiting to be told.