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Folk Around And Find Out
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Curator of Hidden West Yorkshire for the BBC

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BBC Sounds - Hidden West Yorkshire - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Hidden West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds.
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Hidden West Yorkshire - Robin Hood’s Penny Stone on a Yorkshire moor - BBC Sounds
John Billingsley from the Folklore Centre, Todmorden explains its significance.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Secret South Yorkshire - Sheffield’s hanging legend: Spence Broughton - BBC Sounds
A robbery, a trial, a ghost and a body hung for decades. Meet Spence Broughton.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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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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October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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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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October 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Drama on 4 - The Castle of Otranto - BBC Sounds
A fever-dream of dark emotions in a new adaptation of the original gothic horror.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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BBC Sounds - Yeti - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Yeti on BBC Sounds.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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BBC Sounds - The Dark Is Rising - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of The Dark Is Rising on BBC Sounds.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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BBC Sounds - A History of Ghosts - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of A History of Ghosts on BBC Sounds.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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BBC Sounds - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley on BBC Sounds.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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BBC Sounds - Children of the Stones - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Children of the Stones on BBC Sounds.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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BBC Sounds - Voices in the Valley - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Voices in the Valley on BBC Sounds.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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BBC Sounds - Storytellers - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Storytellers on BBC Sounds.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Leeds man who inspired Addams Family 'Thing' - BBC Sounds
W.F. Harvey was a surgeon during WWI and what he saw inspired his fictional horror work.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Hidden West Yorkshire - Black Dick: The ghostly rider of Cockley Wood - BBC Sounds
Explore the legend of Black Dick’s Tower and its haunting tale in West Yorkshire.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Secret North Yorkshire - The ghosts of Byland Abbey - BBC Sounds
Discover Byland Abbey’s chilling ghost tales from 15th-century Yorkshire.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Denys Fisher, the Leeds-born pacifist weapons engineer who changed toys for good. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Spirograph engineer who turned his back on weapons for toys
Denys Fisher was running a company making weapon components when he had his Eureka moment.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Secret South Yorkshire - Inside centuries-old Sheffield "Caking" tradition - BBC Sounds
Folklorist Richard Bradley talks about the Sheffield tradition of “Caking Night”
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October 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Hidden West Yorkshire - The legend of the Bradford Boar - BBC Sounds
Janet Senior explains where the story comes from.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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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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April 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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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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April 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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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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April 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Hidden West Yorkshire - The 330 million year old oddity in Bradford park - BBC Sounds
Lister Park is home to one of the oldest fossilised trees in the world.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Halifax story of deceit, murder and millions - BBC Sounds
Author Steve Hartley on the story of the Cragg Vale coiners.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Hidden West Yorkshire - The haunting at Leeds Library - BBC Sounds
The Victorian library is haunted by a former employee.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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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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April 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM