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Podcast: Darkness Radio
Episode: Spirits Behind Bars: Shepton Mallet Prison & Skirrid Inn w/Richard Estep
Description: Darkness Radio presents: Spirits Behind Bars: Shepton Mallet Prison & Skirrid Inn with Author/Researcher, Richard Estep!
For hundreds of years, weary travelers have gathered at the fireside of the Skirrid Inn, one of the oldest pubs in Wales. For generations, landlords at the inn left a cup of ale outside overnight as an offering to ward off dark spirits. Upstairs, judges once held court, and it is claimed that more than 180 convicted criminals were hanged on the Skirrid's main staircase, where an executioner's noose still dangles as a grisly reminder.
Crossing the border into England brings...