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Secret Coventry Episodes

  1.

    The story of Mary Anne Higgins the Coventry Poisoner

    On 22 March 1831 William Higgins died an agonising death at his house on Spon Street.

  2. The medieval tapestry at St. Mary’s Guildhall

    The Coventry Tapestry is thought to be the oldest still in its original place in Britain.

  3. The IRA bicycle bombing of Coventry

    Just days before the outbreak of WWII, an IRA bomb exploded in Broadgate.

  4. Coventry's Ghost Tour

    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ CWR's Richard Williams goes on the hunt for Coventry Cathedral's ghostly visitors.

  5. Coventry's conjoined twins

    Anna and Barbara Rozycki were the UK's first successfully separate conjoined twins.

  6. Circus performers buried at London Road cemetary

    Cousins Ellen and William were performers who were killed by animals they trained.