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They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

As daylight faded and the moorland sky burned a deep orange, the quiet stretch of the A640 near Huddersfield appeared serene. A local resident, David Sykes, was out jogging along a remote country road between the Nont Sarahs pub and the B6114 junction. The route, typically bypassed in favour of the faster M62 motorway, was nearly deserted. On the verge of the road lay a grim discovery; evidence that someone had chosen this isolated spot not just for its peaceful scenery, but they thought it would be the ideal place to dispose of a body…

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

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0:00.0	This episode contains distressing themes, profanity and descriptions of violence.
0:10.4	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
0:14.7	Listener caution is advised.
0:25.7	As daylight faded and the moorland sky burned a deep orange,
0:30.8	the quiet stretch of the A640 near Huddersfield appeared serene.
0:40.8	A local resident David Sykes was out jogging along a remote country road between the Nonseris Pub and the B6114 junction.
0:48.1	The route typically bypassed in favour of the faster M62 motorway was nearly deserted.
0:56.3	On the verge of the road lay a grim discovery, evidence that someone had chosen this isolated spot not just for its peaceful scenery, but they thought it would be the ideal place to dispose of a body.
1:04.6	Welcome to Season 10, Episode 21 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
1:17.6	The area of Scamondon near Huddersfield was home to an entire village until the Deanhead Valley was flooded to create
1:29.3	Scamondon Reservoir in 1969. Before then, the Scamondon Parish had almost 400 residents and dated back
1:38.3	to the late 1800s. Around 1803, Non-Sera's pub was established just below where the reservoir now lies.
1:49.3	According to a pub historian and former landlord, Non-Seras was built as a halfway house, popular
1:56.2	with people travelling through the moorland.
1:59.9	Due to the isolated location and tighter drink driving loss, sales at the pub declined,
2:06.3	and it was eventually sold in 2017.
2:10.8	It's now listed as Chateau 1803, which has a spa, games and karaoke room and a converted cellar promoted as a venue for hen party weekends.
2:22.0	It's been said that the ghost of non-sera haunts that very cellar, and other paranormal activity has been reported in the area.
2:31.7	In 1968, the Yorkshire examiner wrote that Philip Clay, a police officer with what was then the
2:38.0	West Riding Constabulary, saw some horses and their riders journeying along the road.
2:44.8	They were dressed like they were from the 17th century.
2:48.5	Two were armed with pistols and swords, while a third man looked like a peasant.
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