{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60bcaf43d3cdd0001b29daf7/6495c023ba7a200011c8800a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Season 2 Episode 6 - Mary Bateman 'The Yorkshire Witch'","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60bcaf43d3cdd0001b29daf7/1625410024099-e3082db8e311099f5c6c1c60b376858b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to No Heathen Land.....</p><p><br></p><p>This episode my guest is the wonderful Storyteller, Actor, Theatre Producer and all round fascinating human Matthew Bellwood.</p><p>Matthew tells me the story of the infamous 'Yorkshire Witch' Mary Bateman, con-woman extraordinaire, apparent kleptomaniac and ultimately, murderer!</p><p><br></p><p>Links to sources used in this episode:</p><p><br></p><p>The Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch</p><p>Gale MOML Print Editions, Trials Collection 1600-1926</p><p><br></p><p>Foul Deeds &amp; Suspicious Deaths In Leeds</p><p>David Goodman, Warncliffe Books, 2003</p><p><br></p><p>Bloody British History: Leeds</p><p>Richard Smyth, The History Press, 2013</p><p><br></p><p>Criminal Leeds: From earliest records to 1879&nbsp;</p><p>Steven Burt (I can't seem to spot any publishing details for this pamphlet - maybe it's in the library catalogue?)</p><p><br></p><p>The Yorkshire Witch: The Life and Trial of Mary Bateman</p><p>Summer Strevens, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2017</p><p><br></p><p>The Ballad of Mary Bateman <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lmJOw46NM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lmJOw46NM</a></p><p><br></p><p>Links to Matthew's work:</p><p><br></p><p>About Matthew  <a href=\"https://somestories.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://somestories.co.uk</a></p><p><br></p><p>Audio walks:</p><p><br></p><p>Stirring up the Past -<a href=\"https://www.stirringupthepast.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;https://www.stirringupthepast.org/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>A Garden Through Time -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.365leedsstories.org/maps/map-19/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.365leedsstories.org/maps/map-19/</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>A Walk In The Park -&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.aquietword.co.uk/park/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.aquietword.co.uk/park/</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Sally Hughes"}