Explore fascinating stories from West Yorkshire.
Radio Leeds,·41 episodes
In the build up to Halloween we look at the spooky side of West Yorkshire.
Staff at the Black Bull pub in Haworth have heard the service bell ring after hours.
‘Champion’ Jack Dupree fled America in the 60s and found his way to Ovenden.
Novelist Martina Devlin on the marriage between the author & Arthur Bell. (Image: Getty)
Local author and historian Martin Greenwood tells Gayle Lofthouse about the Fattorinis.
The true story of "the Yorkshire Witch" Mary Bateman.
Sarah Leah Cobham explains her campaign to recognise incredible women in history.
Chris Nickson tells the story of Arthur Mangy, who was hanged for treason in 1696.
Historian Angela Clare on the real life and story of Halifax's Anne Lister.
Author Paul Weatherhead tells the tale of "Old Leathery Coit".
Mandy Tyas from Oakwell Hall explains the story of Captain William Blatt.
Antony Ramm from The Secret Library explains why Leeds and Rothwell made these structures.
Steve Crabtree talks about the history of one of West Yorkshire's most iconic landmarks.
Gaz Thompson speaks to Gayle Lofthouse about how wrestling in the UK boomed.
The long history of Rawdon Billing and its spectacular views across 3 counties.
Lister Park is home to one of the oldest fossilised trees in the world.
Percy Shaw invented the ‘cat’s eye’ in 1934 in Boothtown, Halifax.
Ann Lightman of Friends Of Lawnswood Cemetery tells us Ethel's story.
Why 'potwalloping' and polling went hand in hand, Dave Evans explains.
Standedge Tunnel has been opened to canoeists for the first time in its 200-year history.
Andrew Edwards visits the Bradford Industrial Museum to see these local motoring icons.
This famous attire was the first shirt to come with detachable collars.
The Chantry Chapel was built in 1356 on the River Calder.
This incredible feat of engineering joined Bradford and Halifax when it opened in 1878.
Colin and Elizabeth James describe how the terraces came to be so popular in Leeds.
Discover the gruesome history of the 13th Century gibbet.
Rachael Unsworth and Steve Bailey search the park for the lost outbuilding.
Photographer Peter Mitchell documented the demise of the housing complex.
John Billingsley is an expert on the subject of folklore in the Calder Valley.
