Listening Post 31

For centuries, stories of a strange animal have persisted around the Vale of Pickering and the forests of North Yorkshire.

From the old settlement of Flixton and its infamous werewolf legend to later accounts from gamekeepers, forestry workers and travellers, descriptions of something unusually large — and sometimes disturbingly human in its behaviour — continued to surface.

Listening Post 31 examines the folklore, the recorded encounters, and what may still be moving through the trees of Dalby Forest.

Report 002 — Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire.

Original Cinematography by Jay Varner

In 1890, Bram Stoker arrived in Whitby.

Years later, the Yorkshire town would become one of the most recognisable locations in Dracula. But among the stories Stoker encountered was an older and stranger tradition associated with St Mark's Eve — a night when some believed the future dead could be seen entering the church.

Listening Post 31 investigates the folklore, the history, and the curious detail Stoker may have taken away with him.

Report 001 — Whitby, North Yorkshire.

Original Cinematography by Jay Varner

During the early decades of the twentieth century, stories began circulating through the terraced streets of Yorkshire about something that came when a new baby was brought home.

Families placed salt and rosemary around their houses. Keys were hidden. Holy water was brushed across window panes. And, in some streets, fathers remained awake through the night.

They called it the Skreet.

Listening Post 31 examines the surviving accounts, the strange precautions shared between neighbours, and reports of something small moving across walls, rooftops and attic spaces after dark.

Report 003 — The Skreet.

For centuries, stories of a strange animal have persisted around the Vale of Pickering and the forests of North Yorkshire.

From the old settlement of Flixton and its infamous werewolf legend to later accounts from gamekeepers, forestry workers and travellers, descriptions of something unusually large — and sometimes disturbingly human in its behaviour — continued to surface.

Listening Post 31 examines the folklore, the recorded encounters, and what may still be moving through the trees of Dalby Forest.

Report 002 — Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire.

In 1890, Bram Stoker arrived in Whitby.

Years later, the Yorkshire town would become one of the most recognisable locations in Dracula. But among the stories Stoker encountered was an older and stranger tradition associated with St Mark's Eve — a night when some believed the future dead could be seen entering the church.

Listening Post 31 investigates the folklore, the history, and the curious detail Stoker may have taken away with him.

Report 001 — Whitby, North Yorkshire.