The History Podcast - How Houdini Made Magic - 1. Find your motivation - BBC Sounds

Houdini’s arrival in America as a poverty-stricken immigrant lights a fire beneath him.

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Secret South Yorkshire - Paranormal museum intrigues Rotherham visitors - BBC Sounds

Rawmarsh haunted museum offers chilling paranormal experience

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The Headless Horseman - Halloween Special

Podcast Episode · Myth Monsters · 31 October · 30min

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Secret South Yorkshire - Sheffield legend of the death-omen hounds - BBC Sounds

The tale of Sheffield's death-omen Gabriel Hounds lives on

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Desert Island Discs - Patrick Stewart - BBC Sounds

Actor Sir Patrick Stewart has died aged 86. This programme was broadcast in 2005.

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Secret North Yorkshire - Gunpowder and Treason: The Real Guy Fawkes - 1. The Boy From York - BBC Sounds

Discover why Guy Fawkes became the face of a traitor.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Most Haunted Building in Leeds - BBC Sounds

The Thackray Museum of Medicine is reported to be haunted by many ghosts.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The ghosts of Leeds’ theatres - BBC Sounds

The waiter who walks through walls and a Victorian singer both feature.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The haunted tunnels beneath England's oldest pub - BBC Sounds

The Bingley Arms is said to date back to 953 AD.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The legend of Elland's headless horseman - BBC Sounds

Author Paul Weatherhead tells the tale of "Old Leathery Coit".

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Otley Chevin tragedy - BBC Sounds

The ghostly tale of two lovers and their horse, who died on Otley Chevin.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - Ghost sightings in Wakefield - BBC Sounds

Rob Shersby talks to Gayle Lofthouse about the ghosts of Wakefield.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Disturbance at No. 6 - BBC Sounds

The 1909 Wyke poltergeist: flying furniture, fearful crowds and a lasting mystery.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Witch, the Baronetess and the sealed room - BBC Sounds

The extraordinary story of Dame Mary Bolles and her haunting legacy.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Yorkshireman who became a vampire - BBC Sounds

Dent's vampire tale began with a villager whose long life attracted attention and rumour.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Haworth Highwayman - BBC Sounds

Adam Sargent tells the tale of James Sutcliffe, who is said to still haunt the local pub.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - Mystery of 1920s Keighley poltergeist solved - BBC Sounds

Keighley woman Gwendoline Morley claimed to have been haunted by a poltergeist.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - Wyke's headless horseman: Bevers Baht’ead - BBC Sounds

The eerie tale of High Fernley Hall and its spectral rider in Judy Woods.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - Phoebe: The quiet ghost of Temple Newsam - BBC Sounds

Discover Phoebe Grey’s story. A kind maid lost to time at Temple Newsam.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - Wakefield's mysterious witching mirror - BBC Sounds

Among the artifacts at Wakefield's Mental Health Museum is a special mirror.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The most haunted car park in Leeds - BBC Sounds

Skulls and Stones Yard in Leeds was named after two brothers who died.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Witches of Eagle Crag and other spooky tales - BBC Sounds

9 folklore stories have been used to create a treasure hunt in Todmorden.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Halifax Slasher - BBC Sounds

In 1938, Halifax police investigated a series of attacks, but not all was as it seemed.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The monstrous black dog of Otley - BBC Sounds

Daisy Lyons from Turnip Fish Theatre Company reads the story of ‘The Barguest of Otley’.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Brontë ghost haunting Haworth pub - BBC Sounds

Staff at the Black Bull pub in Haworth have heard the service bell ring after hours.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Leeds witch who predicted the end of the world - BBC Sounds

The true story of "the Yorkshire Witch" Mary Bateman.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The case of the secret Leeds coin clipper - BBC Sounds

Chris Nickson tells the story of Arthur Mangy, who was hanged for treason in 1696.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The mystery of the bloody footprint - BBC Sounds

Mandy Tyas from Oakwell Hall explains the story of Captain William Blatt.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The curious memorial of Ethel Preston - BBC Sounds

Ann Lightman of Friends Of Lawnswood Cemetery tells us Ethel's story.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Halifax beheadings - BBC Sounds

Discover the gruesome history of the 13th Century gibbet.

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