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5: Natural Remedies

In the midst of an abundant summer in Barrowbeck, a childless couple make an agonising decision, as Siobhan Finneran reads the next in a series of chilling strange tales.

Ten chilling strange tales from the British folk-horror author Andrew Michael Hurley.

Barrowbeck, in the north of England, has a reputation for strangeness. It is a place that brings out the sin in people. But despite the dark, the cold, the isolation, people have managed to live there for centuries - until the river finally got the better of them. And now the past voices of Barrowbeck want to tell their tales...

Today: In the midst of an unexpectedly fertile summer in Barrowbeck, a childless couple make an agonising decision....

Writer: Andrew Michael Hurley
Reader: Siobhan Finneran
Producer: Justine Willett

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14 minutes

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Sun 27 Nov 2022 19:45

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  • Sun 27 Nov 2022 19:45