A few years ago, I was taking a party on a ghost walk around Hull when they asked me about a number of stories that I had never heard of.
Intrigued, I discovered that a so-called “psychic” was responsible for these tales and had told them to a lot of people.
I decided to look into the stories to discover whether there was any truth behind them.
Hull has more than its fair share of myths and tall tales. It is a city full of weird and wonderful stories that are, nevertheless, nonsense, historically speaking at least.
So join me for a quick-fire tour of murders that didn’t happen, headless people who didn’t exactly lose their heads, lipless ladies, and the story of a polar bear being buried under a Hull road. Continue reading “Mike Covell investigates Sweet Fanny Adams and other tall tales about Hull”