WHO or WHAT is Death in a Chocolate Box?

Inspired by true crime stories from the Victorian era and through the lives of ordinary people whose tales are woven into the rich fabric of an ancient city’s social history – Death in a Chocolate Box offers walking tours through the streets of York.

Meticulously researched and innovative – our tours are designed to offer an informative and unique walk with an experienced storyteller.

To The BOX OFFICE?

You can also discover a selection of thoughtful gifts in our on-line store, including our unique ‘Yorky Grit’.

‘CHOSEN’
‘BOTTLED
‘CURATED’
‘BEFITTING’

From an ancient city of warring armies, restless ghosts, religious persecution, delicious chocolate, and infamous outlaws – ‘Yorky Grit’ is THE quintessential memento from York!

AND there is some rather attractive and sustainable gift wrap available too!

Are YOU Ready to Tuck In?

WALK with us through the snickelways and secret passageways of York awhile or WANDER into the macabre and twilight world of the Lady Brigante.

SIGN UP for The Brigante Chronicles for ALL the exciting discoveries.

BROWSE the shelves of our emporium for the deliciously unusual or BECOME a fellow taphophile on our forum – Beneath Thy Feet.

WELCOME to Death in a Chocolate Box!

A Proud Member of Indie York!

AND as a welcome to THE original Chocolate Box City – Death in a Chocolate Box is delighted to offer York Carers, Delegates, Students, and Members and Veterans of HM Armed Forces a UNIQUE PERK on any of our walking tours.

Death in a Chocolate Box stands with the People of Ukraine. Sláva Ukrayíni!

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Death in a Chocolate Box Presents…

DEATH – noun.

The end of the life of a person.

CHOCOLATE BOX – adjective.

Pretty in a superficial way or a romanticized aesthetic.

To the Parish Church of St Mary Bishophill
The Blue Bridge of York
Skeldergate Bridge York (September 2019)
The Clock of St Martin le Grand Church in York

With the coming of dusk…

And with the door of an atelier closed for the day – it is possible to catch a glimpse of a celebrated miniaturist and storyteller clad in her distinctive black feline boots wandering through the snickelways and secret passages of York in a quest to wake the dead.

To St Mary's Parish Church in Bishophill York with the Lady Brigante

ORDINARY FOLK. EXTRAORDINARY DEATHS.

And for those of a curious and hardy temperament – why not come along and listen to the Lady Brigante as she shares with you the tales of the illustrious, the miscreants, artists, misfits and those ordinary folk who have ALL been lost to history – until now!

However, for those of a sensitive nature who are averse to real stories of tears, heartache and tragedy – a meander through the fascinating streets of York with Lady B may NOT be to your taste.

Walk with us awhile?

TUESDAY from 7pm.
WEDNESDAY from 7pm.
THURSDAY from 7pm. 
FRIDAY from 7pm.
Throughout SUMMER from 7pm.
SUNDAY from 7pm.
This DECEMBER from 7pm. 
CURIOUS Much?
Through Straker's Passage with the Lady Brigante

A Mourning Walk?

“As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.”

Rumi

Would you like to enjoy a unique and private stroll far from the maddening crowds through the secret passages and old snickelways of the City of York including a wander along the riverside?

Why not take A Mourning Walk with the Lady Brigante one evening and learn of the long-forgotten dead?

And there will also be the opportunity to learn something of an ancient city’s most infamous ghosts along the walk.

Ticket cost from £55 per person.

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from the desk of the lady brigante…

Guest Post: Creepy Cat

Katherine Kerestman was visiting England to research her second macabre travel book. She had not known that she was fated to meet a new friend – THE Lady Brigante.

by The Polite Tourist

#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #IndieYork

We. Like. THIS. Iconic. Timeless. Dignified. Today, and as they celebrate their ten year anniversary - @YorkSport1 are running a raffle to raise some much needed funds in support of their valuable community initiative York Food Bank. As the nights draw ever closer - why not join our intrepid sleuth @LadyBrigante one Friday evening as she shares the tales of those long-forgotten folk? On this National Grief Awareness Day, we dedicate this post in support of all who are struggling with loss and bereavement today. With ONLY one week to go before the ghosts of the River Ouse fall silent for yet another summer - why not join our intepid sleuth and storyteller, the @LadyBrigante for one final stroll along the old stone riverside cobbles? There is nothing quite like a Norman doorway surrounded by lashings of carved foliage and grotesques nestled at the foot of a medieval tower for #AdoorableThursday. Gazing at an old steeple of creamy stone captured against a cloudless Maya Blue sky? "I am proud that I was made in Yorkshire, and I am proud of the things we make in Yorkshire. Britain should be proud of that, too." - Jo Cox (1974-2016)

Join M’Lady for TeA?

If you would like to take a peek at the bundles of old documents, burial records, and hear the untold tales of nefarious deeds and suspicious deaths from the exclusive Brigante archives – why not cross the threshold to a twilight world inside a little slice of the web to which the Lady B has since laid claim?

Your generosity of spirit is noted and appreciated.

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The Ghosts of Christmas Past?

‘What is Christmas?

It is the tenderness of the past,

Courage for the present, and hope for the future.’

~ Agnes M. Pahro

With a nod to the festive season, Death in a Chocolate Box presents our much sought after walking tour – The Ghosts Of Christmas Past.

For those of a curious and hardy temperament – why not come along and listen to the Lady Brigante one December evening as she shares with you the tales of those ordinary folk including the story of the retired cobbler, a tragic war wife, and a dreadful river accident.

And ALL lost to history – until now!

To the Box Office?

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Ordinary People. Extraordinary Deaths.

‘We’re All Stories, in the End’

Steven Moffatt

Having returned to British shores only the previous month – on a chilly January morning in 1889 a soldier with the 10th Hussars was found hanging from a pole in the stable block of the York Cavalry Barracks.

On the day following Private Dalby’s death the city coroner opened the inquest at the military hospital and as a succession of witnesses stepped forward to offer testimony – the tragic story unfolds…

A Soldier in Shadow

Private William Dalby

Pregnant and suffering from severe sickness, a young mother along with her husband and toddler son are living in a quiet area of York and one chilly February evening – things took a turn for the worse.

As a post mortem examination revealed that Mrs Byrne had died as a result of a brain haemorrhage caused by some kind of mysterious ingested poison – an inquest into her death was opened.

Florence in Shadow

Florence Byrne

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