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.
Folklore
Hull and East Yorkshire folklore – Hulltimes history blog
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 …