Mike Covell investigates Sweet Fanny Adams and other tall tales about Hull
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.
Myths and legends
Myths and legends from Hull, East Yorkshire and the wider Yorkshire and Humber region
The 1801 Hull UFO revisited – with a Wokingham link
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 …
The meaning of From Hell, Hull and Halifax and why you would have feared all three
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 …
Witches and black magic died hard in superstitious East Yorkshire
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 …
A cannibal werewolf ‘lived on Read’s Island in the River Humber’
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 …