Episode 62 - Screaming Skulls - Knock Once For Yes

Episode 62 - Screaming Skulls

In this episode we dive into the weird and wonderful world of Screaming Skulls; including the cases of Theophilus Broome, Bettiscombe, Threlkeld Place, Calgarth, Wardley Hall, Brougham Hall, Burton Agnes and Dickie of Tunstead. Don’t worry, you haven’t missed out on all our usual paranormal news, stories and chat, we’ve just given them their own episode this time and have released both at once. So, if you fancy listening back to back as one giant episode, just queue up episodes 61 and 62 and settle in for 3 hours of spooky goodness!

Intro:

00:00:00 – 00:01:00

Screaming Skulls:

00:01:01 – 00:05:39

Theophilus Broome:

00:05:40 – 00:21:20

Bettiscombe Skull:

00:21:21 – 00:35:25

Threlkeld Place Skull:

00:35:26 – 00:36:22

Calgarth Hall Skulls:

00:36:23 – 00:44:47

Brougham Hall Skull:

00:44:48 – 00:50:20

Burton Agnes Hall Skull:

00:50:21 – 00:55:18

Wardley Hall Skull:

00:55:19 – 01:32:32

Dickie of Tunstead Farm:

01:32:33 – 01:50:00

Outro:

01:50:01 – 01:52:00

Theophilus Broome:

David Clarke: The Head Cult (1999) Vol.1

David Clarke: The Head Cult (1999) Vol.2

Somerset Live – Screaming Skull

ASSAP Webinar – Ghosts of Somerset – YouTube

John Collinson 1791 history and the Antiquities of the County of Someset

Newspaper articles including the Southern Times, Saturday February 17, 1883 and the Somerset County Herald, Saturday December 27 1941:

Wardley Hall

Diocese of Salford – Wardley Hall History

British Catholic History , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , May 1982 , pp. 61 – 77

John Roby’s Traditions of Lancashire Vol 2 on Gutenburg

Strange Pages from Family Papers

Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, Volume 1

Reviews in History – The Protestation Oath

Parliamentary Archives – The Protestation Returns, Lancashire and Recusants

The History of Parliament – Francis Downes

Newspaper articles about the Wardley Hall skull including ‘Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire’ – Supplement to the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, Saturday January 14 1882

Dickie of Tunstead

Hutchinson’s Tour Through the High Peak of Derbyshire – Primary Source Edition, John Hutchinson – 1807 ISBN 978-1295518012

Clarence Daniel – Ghosts of Derbyshire published – 1973

Goyt Valley Story – Clifford Rathbone – 1984 -ISBN: 0 946361 00 2

The Goyt Valley – Goyt Valley Story

Derbyshire Historic Environment Record – Ring cairn (remains of), Cadster, or Ladder Hill, Whaley Bridge

Pictures of Dickie’s skull:

Gazeteer of British Ghosts

Explore Buxton

Mysterious Britain

Screaming Skulls – Blogspot

Burials and Beyond