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The Spectre of Tapton, Part 2

The strange tale of a trouser-stealing ghost continued. Why the unsatiable appetite for pantaloons, and where are they being taken?

Nicholas Murchie and Lucy Robinson read from a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, but actually penned by the Rev Richard Barham, first published in book form in 1840.

The strange tale of a trouser-stealing ghost continued. Why the unsatiable appetite for pantaloons, and where are they being taken?

Abridged by Robin Brooks.

A Pacificus production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 22 Dec 2009 22:45

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  • Tue 22 Dec 2009 22:45

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