Death on the River Hull – the Brewhouse Wrack ferry disaster
On a dark December day 170 years ago, an east Hull street was in mourning. At number 12, Hood Street, the Durr family was trying …
On a dark December day 170 years ago, an east Hull street was in mourning. At number 12, Hood Street, the Durr family was trying …
From the headless boy of Barmston Drain, to the Polar Bear buried under High Street, Hull’s expert in all things paranormal debunks some classic myths and legends.
What was the strange, unexplained phenomenon seen above Hull in 1801: a rare weather event, or perhaps a UFO? The supernatural sighting was described in …
It is one of the most tragic tales of courage and endurance in the history of Hull. When the SS Sappho became trapped in ice, hundreds of miles from home, 23 men set out across the frozen surface of the White Sea.
Harry Ogle cut his throat while breaking out of a Humber Street jail but ran as far as river bank before he died. From that …
A century before the Wright Brothers achieved the first powered flight, a Hull man invented a flying car. Thomas Walker was so confident that his …
From Hell, Hull and Halifax, May The Good Lord Deliver Us. The famous line originates in the Beggars’ Litany, an old saying popular in the …
RAF Catfoss is long forgotten. Today, the runway is home to an industrial estate and the old station houses make up a quiet hamlet. But …
Some time in the middle years of the 19th century, an East Yorkshireman had grown sick and his horse had died. One night, when the afflicted fellow and his wife were sat …
Look out Old Stinker: an obscure legend suggests Hull’s infamous werewolf may have a rival. The story goes that, many moons ago, a vagabond set …
If the Bible had been written in the East Riding, how would it read? In The Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, published in 1889, Hull …
Hull man Joseph Taylor was enjoying a holiday in Scarborough when he cut himself while shaving. A few days later, he was dead … from …