Synopsis
In the episode The Skull of Bettiscomb from Incredible but True, listeners are introduced to the eerie legend surrounding a skull contained within Betiscombe Manor in Dorsetshire. The skull belongs to a slave of Azariah Pinney, who was brought back to England after Pinney participated in the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion in 1685. The slave, however, falls ill in the damp British climate and expresses a deep yearning to return to his homeland before he dies. His spirit, it is said, remains restless, demanding that his bones be returned to where he belongs.
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