The Roman Soldiers Who Marched Through a York Cellar

York, 1953. An eighteen-year-old apprentice is working alone in the cellar of Treasurer's House when he hears a horn inside the wall. Then a horse walks out of the brick, followed by a column of Roman soldiers, visible only from the knees up.Years later, archaeologists found a Roman road buried beneath that cellar floor, at exactly the height where the soldiers' legs disappeared.This is the story of Harry Martindale and the ghost legion of York.Chapters0:00 A horn in the wall0:27 Treasurer's House0:50 Harry Martindale1:10 The sound1:29 The horse1:47 The soldiers2:11 Not like the films2:50 "You've seen the Roman soldiers"3:02 Years of silence3:16 Roman Eboracum3:53 The road beneath the cellar4:15 How could he have known?4:45 The lost Ninth Legion5:12 Other witnesses5:36 What did he see?5:58 The cellar todaySourcesSociety for Psychical Research, Psi Encyclopedia: Haunted Yorkh2g2: Treasurer's House, YorkYorkshire After Dark explores the dark history, strange places and true stories hidden across Yorkshire.Dark history. Strange places. True stories.Subscribe and join us after dark.#York #GhostStory #RomanBritain