Anyone know about gamekeeper's gibbets? I recently came across this bird partly hidden in a hedge, whilst walking the valleys around the Howgill Fells.
Is it typical of a gamekeeper's gibbet?
It wasn't in plain view, and the body was alone, near a farm. There seems to be some nifty skewering...
Cleaning dusts off a ghostly murder story
The last thing Roy Madelin expected when he cleaned out his cupboards on a fine summer's day was to be reminded of the ghostly story of a murdering rogue who robbed pilgrims of their gold.
His parents, Phylis and Roy, had told him the tale of a...
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