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Secret Sussex Episodes

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    The Piltdown Hoax

    How a strange skull unearthed in rural Sussex fooled the scientific world for decades.

  2. The Peacehaven scandal

    The controversial national newspaper competition that gave Peacehaven its name.

  3. The night The Beatles came to Brighton

    1964 and too young to see The Beatles when they came to town.

  4. The mystery of Brambletye House

    A vanished family, a crumbling mansion 鈥� and questions that still linger.

  5. The mystery of 'The black flower seller'

    A forgotten face on a Hastings postcard 鈥� and a century long mystery finally solved.

  6. The mysterious tower above Arundel

    A Gothic dream, a desperate architect and a haunted tower left behind.

  7. The most secluded beach in Sussex

    If you can find it, and don鈥檛 get lost on the way, you might just discover a hidden gem.

  8. The man who played guitar with Bowie

    A revealing glimpse into the backstage world at the greatest rock concert on Earth.

  9. The man who lives in a postcard

    Life inside Sussex鈥檚 most photographed cottages isn鈥檛 as idyllic as it looks.

  10. The lone survivors on the Sussex landscape

    An industrial eyesore or a romantic memory 鈥� what did these disappearing iron frames do?

  11. The King鈥檚 ring lives in Worthing

    Andrew Hearn's garage in Worthing is a treasure trove of Elvis memorabilia.

  12. The King under the church floor

    A headless skeleton and the mysterious grave beneath the chancel.

  13. The haunting of Racton Ruin

    Some say it鈥檚 the most haunted place in Sussex 鈥� few stay long enough to find out.

  14. The hapless Sidlesham Snail

    The railway that went from Chichester to Selsey and back in one day 鈥� if you were lucky.

  15. The graves beneath the yews

    Ghosts, legends and the buried Viking kings of Kingley Vale.

  16. The giant on the hill

    Is the Long Man an ancient guardian, a medieval warning, or a Victorian illusion?

  17. The ghostly abandoned school in the woods

    The harder you look, the less likely you are to find it.

  18. The ghost station in the South Downs

    The grand Victorian station built for royalty and racegoers in a small Sussex village.

  19. The demo tape the world has never heard

    Recorded in Andrew Ridgeley鈥檚 parents' lounge - now sealed in a Brighton vault.

  20. The curious case of the Alfriston Beaver

    Revealing the long-lost meaning of a church carving that鈥檚 puzzled people for centuries.

  21. The collapse of Chichester鈥檚 great spire

    The rebuilt solid stone tower that still sways whenever the wind blows.

  22. The Christmas carol born in a Sussex cottage

    The carol that went from a farmhouse kitchen to choirs across the world.

  23. The amazing story of the world鈥檚 deepest well

    Once they started digging in Woodingdean, they didn't stop until they found water.

  24. The aircraft graveyard at Staplecross

    Derelict and abandoned, the team saving rusty old aircraft from the scrapheap.

  25. The abandoned village of Tide Mills

    The haunting, eerie and mesmerising ruins on the Sussex coast.

  26. Surprising Selsey

    The unlikely misfits who put the town on the map.

  27. Strange goings-on at Chanctonbury Ring

    Chilling tales and paranormal activity at the most haunted site in the South Downs.

  28. Step inside the Ferring Pillbox

    It's dark and cramped, but it's out of the wind.

  29. Spirits in the aisles in Crawley

    Spooky goings on at a supermarket built on a graveyard.

  30. Smugglers, witches, priests and ghosts

    A secret tunnel, witches marks and ghostly goings on at The Six Bells in Billingshurst.

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