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Black Death: The Mysterious Plague Skeleton of Tadcaster
Season 3 · Episode 114

Black Death: The Mysterious Plague Skeleton of Tadcaster

Forbidden History

August 19, 202543m 37s

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Show Notes

In this episode of the Forbidden History podcast, we follow a team of experts as they investigate the life and death of a medieval woman whose skeleton was found at Tadcaster Castle, North Yorkshire. Could her burial be part of a grave of plague victims?


Cast List:


Simon Richardson: Metal Detectorist

Dr Piers Mitchell: Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Dr Michelle Mundee: Bioarcheologist, University of York

Tim Sutherland: Archaeologist, University of York

Malin Holst: Osteoarcheologist, University of York

Eric Meyers: Narrator 


Episode originally produced in 2013

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