The series starts with the History Mystery team investigating local smuggling myths in Porthleven, Cornwall, to decipher the truth behind the claim that the town’s local pub, The Ship Inn, was a hive of smuggling activity and intrigue throughout the18th century – and suspects it may even have some smuggling tunnels in the basement.
According to her grandson Brennan, Mabel Stranks, a post mistress who worked in the village of Highworth is rumoured to have been an English spy in the Second World War. It’s even suggested that her name was on Hitler’s Hit List.
The quest is to recreate the lost medieval town of Dunwich, which disappeared under the sea around 700 years ago.
The intrepid History Mystery investigators face the challenge of finding out about the ancestry of Mildred Hume, a worker in Courtauld’s Silk factory in Halstead in the 1950s.
John and Adele Richardson are fascinated by the local legend that Mary Queen of Scots rode through their land and stopped at the now-ruined Pele tower, situated on their farm.
This history challenge is to investigate Kathryn Gibson’s suspicions that her house at Pen y Bryn has a distinguished ancestry. She believes her home is nothing less than the palace of the last Welsh Prince of Wales, yet has no conclusive proof.