They could've run, but they stayed. In 1665 plague arrived in the idyllic English village of Eyam. What followed was a story of suffering and self-sacrifice. Maddy tells Anthony the story. Today we set the scene with the outbreak of the plague in London and how the pestilence arrived, via a bolt of cloth, in the village of Eyam. With special guest Rebecca Rideal, author of "1666: Plague, War and Hellfire". 0:00 London on the Cusp of the Great Plague 5:39 England After the Civil War 10:49 How The Plague Devastated London 22:26 Bubonic Plague: Facts vs Fiction 33:23 A Fateful Delivery to Eyam Village 43:21 Eyam's Heroic Self-Sacrifice Produced by Freddy Chick. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds. #HistoryHitPodcast #AfterDark #Plague #History