The Polite Tourist True Crime Walks
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Walks Through the Murder and Mayhem of Victorian History. Through the Unquiet Streets of York, Scarboro' and Beyond with Sleuth and Storyteller Lady Brigante.
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I. The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, Scarboro', and beyond.
As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...
As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...
Should tales be told within stone - these worn steps would reveal much to the curious.
And never more so than one chilly December eve as a tragedy by the water's edge begins to unfurl and two made good their escape.
Our Box Office awaits at politetourist.com
#PoliteTourist #StillSleuthing 🔍
And never more so than one chilly December eve as a tragedy by the water's edge begins to unfurl and two made good their escape.
Our Box Office awaits at politetourist.com
#PoliteTourist #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Should tales be told within stone - these worn steps would reveal much to the curious.
And never more so than one chilly December eve as a tragedy by the water's edge begins to unfurl and two made good their escape.
Our Box Office awaits at politetourist.com
#PoliteTourist #StillSleuthing 🔍
And never more so than one chilly December eve as a tragedy by the water's edge begins to unfurl and two made good their escape.
Our Box Office awaits at politetourist.com
#PoliteTourist #StillSleuthing 🔍
As the shadows around the old York prison loom large upon an evening - the spirits of those once housed within begin to stir and their tales await the curious.
We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.
Our Box Office Awaits.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.
Our Box Office Awaits.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As the shadows around the old York prison loom large upon an evening - the spirits of those once housed within begin to stir and their tales await the curious.
We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.
Our Box Office Awaits.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.
Our Box Office Awaits.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
Described as the bête noire of the long forgotten – the Lady Brigante and her raven headed cane will take to the unquiet and ever darkening streets of YORK once more in search of OUR GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST.
🎟 Tickets Await the Curious at politetourist.com
Still Sleuthing 🔍 with @LadyBrigante
🎟 Tickets Await the Curious at politetourist.com
Still Sleuthing 🔍 with @LadyBrigante
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Described as the bête noire of the long forgotten – the Lady Brigante and her raven headed cane will take to the unquiet and ever darkening streets of YORK once more in search of OUR GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST.
🎟 Tickets Await the Curious at politetourist.com
Still Sleuthing 🔍 with @LadyBrigante
🎟 Tickets Await the Curious at politetourist.com
Still Sleuthing 🔍 with @LadyBrigante
"But this is a family matter!"
Words uttered in anger during a fierce family argument in the Spring of 1904 would damn an unrepentant defendant the following year as he stood in the dock of York Crown Court.
Those Ghosts of Christmas Past Await...
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
Words uttered in anger during a fierce family argument in the Spring of 1904 would damn an unrepentant defendant the following year as he stood in the dock of York Crown Court.
Those Ghosts of Christmas Past Await...
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"But this is a family matter!"
Words uttered in anger during a fierce family argument in the Spring of 1904 would damn an unrepentant defendant the following year as he stood in the dock of York Crown Court.
Those Ghosts of Christmas Past Await...
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
Words uttered in anger during a fierce family argument in the Spring of 1904 would damn an unrepentant defendant the following year as he stood in the dock of York Crown Court.
Those Ghosts of Christmas Past Await...
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
Reposted by The Polite Tourist True Crime Walks
'Went the day well?
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'
~ John Maxwell Edmonds
Lest We Forget 🥀
⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'
~ John Maxwell Edmonds
Lest We Forget 🥀
⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'Went the day well?
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'
~ John Maxwell Edmonds
Lest We Forget 🥀
⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'
~ John Maxwell Edmonds
Lest We Forget 🥀
⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
'At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
I. 'Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness ~ Chinese proverb
Alas, if only the gentleman one chilly Christmas Eve in the year 1853 had recollected those words of wisdom.
And, recollect however that THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST now await your kind attention...
Alas, if only the gentleman one chilly Christmas Eve in the year 1853 had recollected those words of wisdom.
And, recollect however that THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST now await your kind attention...
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I. 'Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness ~ Chinese proverb
Alas, if only the gentleman one chilly Christmas Eve in the year 1853 had recollected those words of wisdom.
And, recollect however that THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST now await your kind attention...
Alas, if only the gentleman one chilly Christmas Eve in the year 1853 had recollected those words of wisdom.
And, recollect however that THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST now await your kind attention...
Reposted by The Polite Tourist True Crime Walks
‘Is this Guy Fawkes you burn in effigy?'
In November 1812 a disgruntled and disgraced “barrel of gunpowder” Lady Caroline Lamb was participating in her own unique Bonfire Night celebration at Brocket Hall.
DANCES WITH BONFIRES at regencyrecondite.com
#BloggingByron #StillSleuthing 🔍
In November 1812 a disgruntled and disgraced “barrel of gunpowder” Lady Caroline Lamb was participating in her own unique Bonfire Night celebration at Brocket Hall.
DANCES WITH BONFIRES at regencyrecondite.com
#BloggingByron #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
‘Is this Guy Fawkes you burn in effigy?'
In November 1812 a disgruntled and disgraced “barrel of gunpowder” Lady Caroline Lamb was participating in her own unique Bonfire Night celebration at Brocket Hall.
DANCES WITH BONFIRES at regencyrecondite.com
#BloggingByron #StillSleuthing 🔍
In November 1812 a disgruntled and disgraced “barrel of gunpowder” Lady Caroline Lamb was participating in her own unique Bonfire Night celebration at Brocket Hall.
DANCES WITH BONFIRES at regencyrecondite.com
#BloggingByron #StillSleuthing 🔍
By the close of the annual horse fair in the year 1853 and as the visitors made their way home from the City of York - 'twas unfortunate however that the evening would not end well for all.
THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST await your kind attention.
YOU walk. WE talk.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST await your kind attention.
YOU walk. WE talk.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
By the close of the annual horse fair in the year 1853 and as the visitors made their way home from the City of York - 'twas unfortunate however that the evening would not end well for all.
THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST await your kind attention.
YOU walk. WE talk.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST await your kind attention.
YOU walk. WE talk.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
If windows could talk?
Would they reveal the happenstance of a young woman intent on a mysterious rendezvous who walks into the dark night never to return?
YOU WALK. WE TALK.
The Box Office Awaits!
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #TrueCrimeThursday #ChristmasGhosts #StillSleuthing 🔍
Would they reveal the happenstance of a young woman intent on a mysterious rendezvous who walks into the dark night never to return?
YOU WALK. WE TALK.
The Box Office Awaits!
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #TrueCrimeThursday #ChristmasGhosts #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If windows could talk?
Would they reveal the happenstance of a young woman intent on a mysterious rendezvous who walks into the dark night never to return?
YOU WALK. WE TALK.
The Box Office Awaits!
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #TrueCrimeThursday #ChristmasGhosts #StillSleuthing 🔍
Would they reveal the happenstance of a young woman intent on a mysterious rendezvous who walks into the dark night never to return?
YOU WALK. WE TALK.
The Box Office Awaits!
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #TrueCrimeThursday #ChristmasGhosts #StillSleuthing 🔍
With a nod to Yuletide - The Polite Tourist presents an EVENING walk in YORK through NOVEMBER and DECEMBER.
Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last.
The Box Office awaits!
www.tickettailor.com/events/polit...
Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last.
The Box Office awaits!
www.tickettailor.com/events/polit...
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
With a nod to Yuletide - The Polite Tourist presents an EVENING walk in YORK through NOVEMBER and DECEMBER.
Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last.
The Box Office awaits!
www.tickettailor.com/events/polit...
Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last.
The Box Office awaits!
www.tickettailor.com/events/polit...
Within an old Yorke churchyard - it has been rumoured that a sleuth of infamy bedecked in black and armed with only her wits has been in search of the long forgotten ghosts.
For those eager to hear of her nocturnal rootling - our Box Office awaits!
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
For those eager to hear of her nocturnal rootling - our Box Office awaits!
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
October 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Within an old Yorke churchyard - it has been rumoured that a sleuth of infamy bedecked in black and armed with only her wits has been in search of the long forgotten ghosts.
For those eager to hear of her nocturnal rootling - our Box Office awaits!
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
For those eager to hear of her nocturnal rootling - our Box Office awaits!
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
I. The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, Scarboro', and beyond.
As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...
As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I. The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, Scarboro', and beyond.
As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...
As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...
Reposted by The Polite Tourist True Crime Walks
DEAR TEE,
When those elusive ancestors have been left to their peace and the storytelling streets of York and beyond have fallen quiet - what do YOU do?
CURIOUS
- - - -
DEAR CURIOUS,
Inquiring minds may find a smidgen of satisfaction within the pages of the OCTOBER 'Dalesman'
SINCERELY TEE
When those elusive ancestors have been left to their peace and the storytelling streets of York and beyond have fallen quiet - what do YOU do?
CURIOUS
- - - -
DEAR CURIOUS,
Inquiring minds may find a smidgen of satisfaction within the pages of the OCTOBER 'Dalesman'
SINCERELY TEE
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
DEAR TEE,
When those elusive ancestors have been left to their peace and the storytelling streets of York and beyond have fallen quiet - what do YOU do?
CURIOUS
- - - -
DEAR CURIOUS,
Inquiring minds may find a smidgen of satisfaction within the pages of the OCTOBER 'Dalesman'
SINCERELY TEE
When those elusive ancestors have been left to their peace and the storytelling streets of York and beyond have fallen quiet - what do YOU do?
CURIOUS
- - - -
DEAR CURIOUS,
Inquiring minds may find a smidgen of satisfaction within the pages of the OCTOBER 'Dalesman'
SINCERELY TEE
Reposted by The Polite Tourist True Crime Walks
'The lawn is pressed by unseen feet and ghosts return...' ~ T. S. Eliot
Nestled within Olde Yorke, 'tis whispered that sixty translucent folk and creatures patiently await and that you have until the second day of November by which to make their acquaintance.
Seek and see!
#StillSleuthing 🔍
Nestled within Olde Yorke, 'tis whispered that sixty translucent folk and creatures patiently await and that you have until the second day of November by which to make their acquaintance.
Seek and see!
#StillSleuthing 🔍
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
'The lawn is pressed by unseen feet and ghosts return...' ~ T. S. Eliot
Nestled within Olde Yorke, 'tis whispered that sixty translucent folk and creatures patiently await and that you have until the second day of November by which to make their acquaintance.
Seek and see!
#StillSleuthing 🔍
Nestled within Olde Yorke, 'tis whispered that sixty translucent folk and creatures patiently await and that you have until the second day of November by which to make their acquaintance.
Seek and see!
#StillSleuthing 🔍
Reposted by The Polite Tourist True Crime Walks
Are you intrigued about the history of your ancestors?
The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.
Curious much?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.
Curious much?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Are you intrigued about the history of your ancestors?
The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.
Curious much?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.
Curious much?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
I. 'GHOST Maybe disappearing from the world is the only way to be seen' ~ Anonymepoet21
Alas, a stroll through the stone arches of old bridges in the ancient City of York, and along the cobbles of a riverside path steeped in history AND heartache with The Polite Tourist one evening is now no more.
Alas, a stroll through the stone arches of old bridges in the ancient City of York, and along the cobbles of a riverside path steeped in history AND heartache with The Polite Tourist one evening is now no more.
September 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I. 'GHOST Maybe disappearing from the world is the only way to be seen' ~ Anonymepoet21
Alas, a stroll through the stone arches of old bridges in the ancient City of York, and along the cobbles of a riverside path steeped in history AND heartache with The Polite Tourist one evening is now no more.
Alas, a stroll through the stone arches of old bridges in the ancient City of York, and along the cobbles of a riverside path steeped in history AND heartache with The Polite Tourist one evening is now no more.
I. It all began with the discovery of a slipper in the year 1898 on the doorstep of an abode in the Middle Water Lane of the City of YORK.
With the hunt for the wearer now underway, a tragic discovery was soon sadly revealed...
With the hunt for the wearer now underway, a tragic discovery was soon sadly revealed...
September 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I. It all began with the discovery of a slipper in the year 1898 on the doorstep of an abode in the Middle Water Lane of the City of YORK.
With the hunt for the wearer now underway, a tragic discovery was soon sadly revealed...
With the hunt for the wearer now underway, a tragic discovery was soon sadly revealed...
I. Shortly after midnight one August day in the year 1902 - a young mother left her home in the Hungate area of YORK with her youngest child safely nestled within her arms.
Their last moments together under the shadow of Skeldergate Bridge would ignite a perfect firestorm throughout the city...
Their last moments together under the shadow of Skeldergate Bridge would ignite a perfect firestorm throughout the city...
September 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I. Shortly after midnight one August day in the year 1902 - a young mother left her home in the Hungate area of YORK with her youngest child safely nestled within her arms.
Their last moments together under the shadow of Skeldergate Bridge would ignite a perfect firestorm throughout the city...
Their last moments together under the shadow of Skeldergate Bridge would ignite a perfect firestorm throughout the city...
I. The Polite Tourist presents a THURSDAY and FRIDAY EVENING walk through SEPTEMBER in YORK - Who Hides Beneath?
Through stone arches and along a riverside path steeped in history - why not listen to The Polite Tourist one evening as they share with you the tales of those ordinary folk.
Through stone arches and along a riverside path steeped in history - why not listen to The Polite Tourist one evening as they share with you the tales of those ordinary folk.
September 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I. The Polite Tourist presents a THURSDAY and FRIDAY EVENING walk through SEPTEMBER in YORK - Who Hides Beneath?
Through stone arches and along a riverside path steeped in history - why not listen to The Polite Tourist one evening as they share with you the tales of those ordinary folk.
Through stone arches and along a riverside path steeped in history - why not listen to The Polite Tourist one evening as they share with you the tales of those ordinary folk.
A TRUE CRIME WALK LIKE NO OTHER.
The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, and beyond.
As dusk falls and as @politetourist.bsky.social peels back the long, lurking shadows - tales of the cruel streets of a forgotten Victorian world beckon to the curious.
The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, and beyond.
As dusk falls and as @politetourist.bsky.social peels back the long, lurking shadows - tales of the cruel streets of a forgotten Victorian world beckon to the curious.
November 19, 2024 at 7:21 PM
A TRUE CRIME WALK LIKE NO OTHER.
The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, and beyond.
As dusk falls and as @politetourist.bsky.social peels back the long, lurking shadows - tales of the cruel streets of a forgotten Victorian world beckon to the curious.
The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, and beyond.
As dusk falls and as @politetourist.bsky.social peels back the long, lurking shadows - tales of the cruel streets of a forgotten Victorian world beckon to the curious.