An 1890 illustration of the legend of the Lambton Worm by Edwin Sidney Hartland. Wikimedia Commons My monster was The Lambton Worm. I’ve come to call it a “gift” from my father on account of ...

When I was a child, a terrifying, child-eating monster lurked under my bed. It took an international flight, the odd pint of beer and an array of worm enthusiasts for me to make sense of its genesis.

This terrifyingly authentic depiction of the Lambton Worm tale from 1978 shows brave 17 year-old Jackie Wood helping with the recreation.

“The Lair of the White Worm,” director Ken Russell’s 1988 bizarre horror comedy, returns to the high-definition format now entombed in metal.

Northeast favourite ‘The Legend of the Lambton Worm’ by Terry Deary has returned to print, for new generations to enjoy. Illustrated by Chloe Rodham, it features brilliant drawings which ...

The Lambton Worm is a legend that takes place around the River Wear, and is one of the region’s most famous pieces of folklore. The legend tells of young John Lambton, son of a noble family in ...

Robert Surtees was a wealthy young man when he began his epic history of County Durham, an undertaking that would take him a lifetime.

The Lambton Worm is the legend of one John Lambton, who fought a giant wyrm that was terrorizing the locals in northeast England. (Bram Stoker’s 1911 novel The Lair Of The White Worm was based ...

Dragons were represented in our tradition by the serpent monster known locally as a worm (two syllables and rhymes with forum). Of course the most famous of these dragons was the Lambton Worm.