Author: Chris
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Randonautica Really Works! Crazy Finds & Weirdly Odd Results ..
Our second attempt at using the Randonautica app and it didn’t disappoint. We tried four intentions and we got some pretty interesting results! How this app works is still a mystery. Some will say it’s just coincidence and that may well be the answer, but during this video, you may just be as puzzled as…
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The Unsolved Murder of Susan Westwell (1904)
Accrington, a quiet town in Lancashire back in the day, was plunged into shock and sorrow on Thursday, 25th August 1904, when the lifeless body of 78-year-old Susan Westwell was discovered in her humble abode at number 24 Hyndburn Road. This brutal act of violence against a beloved member of the community left everyone reeling…
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The Missing Dean Boys’ – A REAL Unsolved Case!
In this video, we travel to Dean, a small hamlet in Rossendale, Lancashire, to tell the story of two young boys, John Hitchen and Fred Williams, both of whom vanished without a trace after going out to explore an old, disused mine, known locally as ‘Dean Pit’. Clive from Rossendale Collieries was kind enough to…
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Who Killed Wendy Sewell? And Is Stephen Downing Innocent or Guilty?
In this video, we cover the murder of Wendy Sewell and that of Stephen Downing, a case that involved the conviction and imprisonment in 1974 of a 17-year-old council worker, Stephen Downing, for the murder of a 32-year-old legal secretary, Wendy Sewell, in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District in Derbyshire. Stephen would…
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Eyam : The Plague Village
Eyam (pronounced ‘eem’), is located in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, which became famous after the Black Death of 1665 and 1666. An outbreak of the plague was contained when the villagers decided to isolate themselves from the surrounding communities. Many people in the village died. It is also known that some…
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