A Mock Tudor house on Sandhill
The old building behind Bessie Surtees House on Sandhill isn't as old as it looks.
Room With A View
Slits in the wall of a Newcastle church allowed bricked-up anchorites to watch the services.
A Bigg Market Execution
A soldier was executed after being made to play a game of dice to decide his fate.
The Human Fly
America’s most-wanted cat burglar carried out a daring robbery on a jewellery shop in Newcastle.
The Acid House
The old Crystal Fountain pub on the corner of Cross Street and Fenkle Street has a tragic and violent
past.
Swing Bridge mystery solved
The Swing Bridge is a triumph of Victorian engineering, but there appears to be a flaw in its design.
A quacking day out
A huge crowd gathered in 1845 to watch a clown sail down the River Tyne in a wash tub pulled by four geese.
Bullets for the miners
Black bullets were Geordie miners’ favourite sweet, but the most famous brand is no longer made here.
The Quayside treasure trove
It was finders keepers when a hoard of treasure was found in rubbish taken from the Grey Horse on the Quayside.
Crime of passion on Pilgrim Street
Marion Morrell shot her famous lover dead in public, but had she intended to kill herself instead?
Exotic beasts in the Haymarket
Menageries were a popular and cruel entertainment, but sometimes the animals got their revenge.
The unluckiest pub in town
The Burnt House caught fire three times and a lodger was sentenced to death for being gay.
Monkey business on Clayton Street
The animal dealer from Newcastle who sent half a million cats to the Western Front.
The hooss on the netty
Doric House sat on a toilet in St Nicholas Street for almost half a century.
Gallowgate Baths
Newcastle Corporation’s mission to clean up its citizens resulted in this lovely building at Gallowgate.