Black Death: The Mysterious Plague Skeleton of Tadcaster
Update: 2025-08-19
Description
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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