11 minutes | Friday, 23 October 2026
Aaron Blanchard takes you inside the macabre true story of the Blue Boar pub on Castlegate in Episode 10 of York After Dark. Stripping away the modern pub exterior, Aaron uncovers the dark aftermath of Dick Turpin's 1739 execution, when his fresh corpse was brought to the tavern and laid out on a table for paying drinkers to touch and view. Discover how grave robbers dug up his body hours later, and why landlords, staff, and visitors still report disembodied footsteps, phantom hands, and shadowy figures lurking in the very rooms where Turpin’s corpse once lay.