On a dark and stormy night, the rider found himself face-to-eyeless face with the swinging, rotting corpse of a murderer on a heath near Swaffham. As the wind howled, the horse was thrown off course ...

But the Noose & Gibbet Inn on Broughton Lane in Attercliffe, Sheffield – across the road from Utilita Arena Sheffield – is actually one of the city’s most popular pubs. The 18th century watering hole, ...

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Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might ...

In a dark, dark wood, there’s a dark, dark path and on the dark, dark path there’s the remains of a gibbet used to hang those with dark, dark hearts. At Potsford Wood, just west of Wickham Market and ...