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Is there any truth to Bristol’s infamous urban legends?

By Betty Woolerton  Thursday Dec 22, 2022

Did Sarah Ann Henley’s billowing skirts save her life when she fell from the Suspension Bridge in 1885?

Is there any truth in the infamous tale of the Bristol Zoo car park attendant who scammed his way to happy retirement?

And was a lost child really found in the Mall Cribbs Causeway with a bottle of hair dye and a new change of clothes?

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These are questions explored in the episode 77 of the Bristol24/7 Behind the Headlines podcast, where we hear from author and journalist Eugene Byrne on the gruesome, miraculous and ridiculous Bristol urban legends heard in the pub, in bedtime stories and Mumsnet.

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