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No Heathen Land

No Heathen Land

By: Sally Hughes
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Hello, and a very warm welcome to No Heathen Land a podcast retelling macabre, intriguing and just plain weird stories of the past from God’s own Country, Yorkshire.

In my opinion, Yorkshire is the perfect breeding ground for the most weird and wonderful tales. In Yorkshire we have the rolling vast countryside of the dales, dark tangled woodlands, remote backroads but also industry, hard labour, a history of staunch religion, faming, tight knit communities, immigration, a welcoming attitude, intolerance, riots…much of this documented, a vast amount not. It’s the stories in-between the newspaper headlines that I really want to get into - through my experience in working in Local History it’s really quite surprising how many odd tales you come across simply looking into one single person’s family history for example, a newspaper article, a diary entry, a theatre playbill, a photograph. I’m very lucky to have made friendships and connections with interesting and enthusiastic people right here in Yorkshire, each episode will feature one of them as a very special guest where we will delve into some of the stories we’ve come across that have fascinated, baffled and sometimes unnerved us.

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Episodes
  • Season 2 Episode 8 -Yule

    Season 2 Episode 8 -Yule
    Dec 24 2023

    Merry Seasonal Time!


    A short little hello from me here in No Heathen Land. I hope you enjoy this short and sweet episode of three festive readings from newspaper cuttings from the Edwin Hick collection in Leeds Libraries:


    The Hick Collection : [collections of newspaper cuttings on various subjects collated by Edwin Hick of Leeds]

    Shelfmark: SRF 942.81 HIC


    [The poem Yule-Tide is undated, but i beloeve it is late 19th/early 20th Century ('God Save the Queen' referring to Queen Victoria, the cuttings are pre Elizabeth II reign) ].


    This item is available to view but please contact the Library first to request


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  • Season 2 Episode 7 - Yorkshire Day Dracula

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Yorkshire Day Dracula
    Aug 1 2023

    Happy Yorkshire Day from No Heathen Land.

    To celebrate, best friend of the podcast Ross Horsley is back to discuss all things Dracula and Whitby!


    Dracula By Bram Stoker, 1897


    Room 13 By Robert Swindles, 1989


    Follow @October_Country_ for some beautiful, gothic photography and accompanying thoughtful words


    Films and TV discussed:


    Nosferatu (1922) https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220303-nosferatu-the-monster-who-still-terrifies-100-years-on

    Dracula (1931) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

    Dracula (1958) Hammer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

    Dracula (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070003/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_56_act

    Count Dracula (1977) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

    Dracula (1979) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079073/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

    Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

    Dracula (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2296682/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

    Dracula (2020) BBC/Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9139220/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


    The Barghest O'Whitby by My Dying Bride (2011)


    Extras:

    Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village

    Bodies mutilated to 'stop dead rising' : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-39477005


    Yellow Face by R F Kuang (2023)


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  • Season 2 Episode 6 - Mary Bateman 'The Yorkshire Witch'

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Mary Bateman 'The Yorkshire Witch'
    Jun 23 2023

    Welcome to No Heathen Land.....


    This episode my guest is the wonderful Storyteller, Actor, Theatre Producer and all round fascinating human Matthew Bellwood.

    Matthew tells me the story of the infamous 'Yorkshire Witch' Mary Bateman, con-woman extraordinaire, apparent kleptomaniac and ultimately, murderer!


    Links to sources used in this episode:


    The Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch

    Gale MOML Print Editions, Trials Collection 1600-1926


    Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In Leeds

    David Goodman, Warncliffe Books, 2003


    Bloody British History: Leeds

    Richard Smyth, The History Press, 2013


    Criminal Leeds: From earliest records to 1879

    Steven Burt (I can't seem to spot any publishing details for this pamphlet - maybe it's in the library catalogue?)


    The Yorkshire Witch: The Life and Trial of Mary Bateman

    Summer Strevens, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2017


    The Ballad of Mary Bateman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lmJOw46NM


    Links to Matthew's work:


    About Matthew https://somestories.co.uk


    Audio walks:


    Stirring up the Past - https://www.stirringupthepast.org/


    A Garden Through Time - https://www.365leedsstories.org/maps/map-19/


    A Walk In The Park - http://www.aquietword.co.uk/park/




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