The West Yorkshire village of Calverley became the centre of public attention over Christmas 1904 after reports of a mysterious phantom were widely published. However, the Christmas ghost of Calverley has a long history, involving tales of schoolboys raising the dead, headless horses, exorcism and haunted preachers. The story begins, though, with a horrifying Jacobean murder spree that spawned a grim piece of gory theatre that William Shakespeare may have had a hand in…

This episode is based on a chapter from my new book, Phantoms of Christmas Past: Phantoms of Christmas Past: Festive Ghost Hoaxes, Ghost Hunts and Ghost Panics: Amazon.co.uk: Paul Weatherhead: 9781803418407: Books