Kai Roberts: 3 books

Nestled amidst the windswept moorlands of the South Pennines, Halifax has always had a wild reputation: "From Hell, Hull, and Halifax, good Lord deliver us" ran the Beggars' Litany. But was it just a grisly fate at the hands of the Halifax Gibbet, England's last guillotine, that they feared?...

The beautiful county of Yorkshire is the largest in Britain, and yet still possesses a strong and cohesive regional identity. Built on centuries of shared tradition, a characteristic body of folklore has thrived and endured well into the present day. Folklore of Yorkshire chronicles such beliefs throughout...

From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection contains both new and well-known spooky tales and eyewitness accounts from around the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield. Featuring a terrifying...