Tag: Hollinshead
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Exploring Hollinshead Hall and Old Well House at Tockholes
In this video, we walk through Roddlesworth Woods that are located in the towhship of Tockholes, looking for the old ruins of Hoddlesworth Hall and the creepy looking Well House! The ruins of the ancient manor house was largely rebuilt by John Hollinshead in the 1770s. In Victorian times, Hollinshead Hall and its estate was…
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Who Was the Angry Man? | The Unsolved Murder of Tom Hewitt (1974, Bury)
In 1974, a man named Tom Hewitt was found dead in Bury, Lancashire. The investigation uncovered rumours, unanswered questions, and a troubling figure locals came to know only as “the Angry Man.” Despite early leads and speculation, the case was never solved. In this episode of Days of Horror, we revisit the evidence, the theories,…
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Fanny Adams (1867): A Crime That Shocked Victorian England
In August 1867, the quiet market town of Alton, Hampshire became the centre of one of Victorian England’s most unsettling criminal cases. This Loft Session examines the murder of Fanny Adams, an eight-year-old child whose death shocked the nation and left a lasting mark on British culture. Told through historical records and contemporary reporting, the…
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Amelia Wood: A True Crime Case from Burnley (1912)
This story examines the murder of a young woman called Amelia Wood back in June 1912. It draws on contemporary records to reconstruct her final hours and the investigation that followed. Set against the shadowed streets and forgotten corners of the town, it is a sombre true-crime documentary that confronts violence, guilt, and the lives…