This week, the Boo‑Foons sail to Guernsey, plunging into one of the Channel Islands’ most mysterious corners of folklore. Beneath its postcard cliffs and granite dolmens lies a world of mischief, magic, and ancient superstition.
Beneath St Saviour’s Shadows
Dan and Steve set out to trace the island’s pouques, trickster fairies said to vanish into a secret tunnel network beneath St Saviour’s Church. Locals whisper that these tunnels connect to forgotten burial chambers and smugglers’ routes, where laughter echoes long after midnight.
The Tale of Le Grand Colin and Le Petit Colin
The duo uncover the haunting legend of Le Grand Colin and Le Petit Colin, two fairy brothers whose rivalry ended in tragedy.
Their story, carved into Guernsey’s oral tradition, speaks of jealousy, transformation, and the thin line between guardian spirits and vengeful shades.
The Gibet des Faies
At the windswept Gibet des Faies, the Boo‑Foons confront one of the island’s darkest myths, the mass suicide of the fairies. The site, marked by eerie silence and twisted hawthorn, is said to be cursed ground where the veil between worlds thins.
Devil’s Footprints and Witch‑Haunted Commons
Guernsey’s supernatural map stretches further still: Devil footprints scorched into coastal rock, witch‑haunted commons where charms were buried to ward off storms, and ghostly battlements at Castle Cornet, where spectral soldiers still patrol the ramparts.
A Labyrinth of Magic and Mischief
From the ancient dolmens of La Longue Rocque to the home of the Dieu‑Garçons, this island is a labyrinth of folklore\ a place where every cave might hide a pixie, every tide might carry a curse, and every Boo‑Foon investigation risks waking something that moves under the earth.