buried alive – Paul Weatherhead

The Yorkshire Piper who Came Back from the Dead

On 27 March 1634, John Bartendale stood on the scaffold outside Micklegate Bar, York with a noose around his neck. Bartendale was a piper, a wandering musician who had turned to crime and been convicted of a felony. It seemed his piping days were over. The hangman pulled the lever, and Bartendale dropped through theContinue reading “The Yorkshire Piper who Came Back from the Dead”

Buried Alive!

Imagine being woken by the soft thud of loose soil falling on wood. Lying in the darkness you wonder where you are or how you got there, but as you try to move you realise you’re confined in a narrow box. Then the full horror of the situation hits you, but your screams are muffledContinue reading “Buried Alive!”