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Episode 8 - What is Mocking Me Within These Woods?!

No Heathen Land

English - May 02, 2022 16:46 - 46 minutes - 89.2 MB
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Welcome to No Heathen Land, Episode 8


This episode is a chat with my best friend of over 30 years Claire Hill.

This episode we cover the mysterious ghostly sightings on the Stocksbridge Bypass in South Yorkshire.

Sources used for this episode are below:

Stocksbridge Bypass – Britain’s Most Haunted Road? - Weird World (weird-world.net)


How Sheffield's notorious Stocksbridge bypass was tamed by technology - YorkshireLive (examinerlive.co.uk)


Sights of a medieval monk and two ghost children playing keeps Stocksbridge Bypass as one of UK's most haunted roads | The Star


The Unexplainable Hauntings Of Stocksbridge Bypass | SpiritShack


The UK’s Most Haunted Roads | Blog | Zipcar


Stocksbridge Bypass, a Top Haunted Road in England (dangerousroads.org)


These are the most haunted roads in Yorkshire - and the chilling tales behind them | Yorkshire Evening Post


The Saturday Examiner, Saturday 14th May 1988 (front page)

Sunday Mirror, October 6th 1996 (p. 34)


A search on Google Maps/Google Earth for Pearoyd Lane or Pearoyd Bridge will show the location discussed in this episode


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