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Adam, Oz and Frank take one of Britain's most notorious real cases, go through what the record actually says, and argue about it. Witch trials, poltergeists, the most haunted house in England.
Britain's 5 Most Haunted Places: Halloween Special
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Britain's 5 Most Haunted Places: Halloween Special
It's Halloween, and The Grave Shift is counting down Britain's five most haunted places, from five to one. We tell the real history behind each one and are clear about wh
Hexham: The Stone Heads Dug Up in a Back Garden
In the early nineteen-seventies, two young brothers digging in their back garden in Hexham, Northumberland, unearthed two small carved stone heads. Soon afterwards, the f
Cock Lane, London: The Ghost That Named a Murderer
London, 1762. In a cramped house on Cock Lane in Smithfield, knocks and scratches surround an eleven-year-old girl. People say it's the ghost of Fanny Lynes, who died two
Lancashire: Five Hauntings From Lancaster to Blackpool
Five places, one county, all of it on our doorstep. Adam, Oz and Frank tour five of Lancashire's most storied spots, from a Lancaster pub tied to the road to the gallows
Lancaster Castle: Inside the Hanging Town's Last Door
Ten people from Pendle walked out of Lancaster Castle in August sixteen-twelve and never came back. Adam, Oz and Frank tell the story of the castle on the hill above the
Smithills Hall: The Martyr's Bleeding Footprint
In a manor house on the edge of Bolton, there's a flagstone said to carry the print of a man's foot, and some say it turns red. Some say it bleeds.
The Samlesbury Witches: The Trial That Fell Apart
A fourteen-year-old girl stood up in Lancaster court and swore her own grandmother had eaten a baby. The same week, the same judge had sent the Pendle witches to hang on
Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England
A pencilled message appears on a vicarage wall in Essex, addressed to the rector's wife, and stops mid-sentence.
The Enfield Poltergeist: The Voice That Shouldn't Exist
A single mum, two young sisters, and eighteen months of chairs sliding, Lego flying, and a grown man's voice coming out of an eleven-year-old's throat. Adam, Oz and Frank
Pendle: The Witch Trial That Shook England
A king obsessed with witchcraft. A magistrate determined to make his name. And a nine-year-old girl whose testimony sent her own mother, brother and sister to the gallows
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