The Polite Tourist Walking Tours

A Walk Through the Murder and Mayhem of Victorian History. Through the Unquiet Streets of York, and Beyond. Our Sleuth and Your Storyteller @TheDeadSleuth

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A TRUE CRIME WALK LIKE NO OTHER.

As dusk beckons through YORK and beyond - find yourself spirited back to cruel streets and dark passageways of a Victorian world where death and despair was ever present.

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I. In celebration of York's Dead Good Festival – Tee @TheDeadSleuth
presents LIGHT & LINEAGE – HEALING ANCESTRAL INHERITANCE.

Join Tee on SUNDAY MAY 10 2026 as she chronicles the poignant and challenging discoveries of her own family history research.

#SoQuietus

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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄

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With a nod to Yuletide - The Polite Tourist presents an EVENING walk in YORK through NOVEMBER and DECEMBER.

Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last.

The Box Office awaits!
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Should tales be told within stone - these worn steps would reveal much to the curious.

And never more so than one chilly December eve as a tragedy by the water's edge begins to unfurl and two made good their escape.

Our Box Office awaits...

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As the shadows around a prison loom large upon an evening - the spirits of those once housed within begin to stir and their tales await the curious.

We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.

Our Box Office Awaits...

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Throughout the dark months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER - the Lady Brigante and her raven headed cane will take to the unquiet streets of YORK in search of OUR GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST.

🎟 Tickets Await the Curious at https://t.co/mPvAQsguFz

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"But this is a family matter!"

Words uttered in anger during a family argument in the Spring of 1904 would damn an unrepentant defendant the following year as he stood in the dock of York Crown Court.

Those Ghosts of Christmas Past Await...

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'At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon

#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget

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II. Walk with us awhile through the month of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER as the long forgotten tales of those folk who once lay claim to the unquiet streets of YORK will be revealed.

We rendezvous upon the SEVENTH evening hour.

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I. 'Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness ~ Chinese proverb

Alas, if only the gentleman one chilly Christmas Eve in the year 1853 had recollected those words of wisdom.

And, recollect however that THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST now await your kind attention...

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By the close of the annual horse fair in the year 1853 and as the visitors made their way home from the City of York - 'twas unfortunate however that the evening would not end well for all.

THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST await your kind attention!

#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante

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If windows could talk?

Would they reveal the happenstance of a young woman intent on a mysterious rendezvous who walks into the dark night never to return?

YOU WALK. WE TALK.

The Box Office Awaits!

#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #ChristmasGhosts #StillSleuthing 🔍

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With a nod to Yuletide - The Polite Tourist presents an EVENING walk in YORK through NOVEMBER and DECEMBER.

Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last.

The Box Office awaits!
https://t.co/jGFKxQJanb

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Within an old Yorke churchyard - it has been rumoured that a sleuth of infamy bedecked in black and armed with only her wits has been in search of the long forgotten ghosts.

For those eager to hear of her nocturnal rootling - our Box Office awaits!

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II. And as you walk through the dark and crooked labyrinths to a Victorian yesteryear of death and despair, crime, disorder, murder and mayhem – the forgotten tales of those folk who once lay claim to these streets will be revealed.

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I. The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, Scarboro', and beyond.

As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present.

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II. Recollect, however that although the ghosts of the watery depths are now silent - the tales of those ordinary folk once lost to history will continue to patiently await the curious.

#PoliteTourist #TrueCrimeWalk #LadyBrigante #RiverRamble #StillSleuthing 🔍

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I. 'GHOST Maybe disappearing from the world is the only way to be seen' ~ Anonymepoet21

Alas, a stroll in the City of York along the cobbles of a riverside path steeped in history AND heartache with with The Polite Tourist one evening is now no more...

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I. It all began with the discovery of a slipper in the year 1898 on the doorstep of an abode in the Middle Water Lane of the City of YORK.

With the hunt for the wearer now underway, and a tragic discovery soon revealed...