What do you do when two bean-obsessed kids show up out of nowhere…and they’re green?

That’s the exact question a group of 12th-century English villagers faced when a green-skinned girl and boy rocked up speaking an unrecognizable language, wearing unfamiliar clothes, and refusing to eat anything except raw broad beans. Classic.

In this episode, we’re diving into one of the strangest and most debated legends in English folklore: the Green Children of Woolpit. Were they fairies? Aliens? Malnourished Flemish orphans? An allegory for social anxiety? Or just two vegan cryptids doing their best? Grab a spoon (or your favorite bean), and lets dig in.

Story starts at: 09:05

📖“I Who Have Never Known Men” by Jacqueline Harpman (Translated by Ros Schwartz): https://www.transitbooks.org/books/iwhohaveneverknownmen

Welcome to I Scream, You Scream, a podcast with your weekly scoop of the most chilling histories, mysteries & paranormal perplexities! This month Gina & Kathryn are each enjoying a delicious scoop of our favorite childhood ice creams while we dish about creepy kids. New episodes drop every Tuesday!

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📸Credits

• geograph.org.uk
• Wikimedia Commons
• Duncan Lunan

📚Sources

• Historia Rerum Anglicarum by William of Newburgh
• Chronicon Anglicanum by Ralph of Coggeshall
• Topographia Hibernica by Gerald of Wales
• The Green Child by Herbert Read
• The Man in the Moone by Francis Godwin
• Who Were the Green Children of Woolpit? A New Look at a Medieval Mystery by Timothy R. Jones
• The Green Children of Woolpit: Strangers in a Strange Land by Paul Harris
• Children from the Sky by Duncan Lunan

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