Judy The Donkey: Grave Stories

In central Liverpool, in a sleepy corner of a sprawling park, sits the headstone of Judy the donkey. Worker, hero, icon.

The Lambton Worm: Here Be Dragons

Heard the one about the boy who skipped church and summoned the Devil?

In 1726, when the rest of the country were dealing with periodic harvest failures, Mary Toft sat at home and gave birth to rabbits.

For company, Nancy may not have had humans, but she had her chickens...