Black Shuck

Elizabethan worshippers in the great church of Blythburgh -- known as the cathedral of the marshes -- were savaged by a giant, red-eyed demon dog called Black Shuck, whose legend inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write "The Hound of the Baskervilles."

Suffolk Chic 2009

I asked Dick if he didn't think it wor Black Shuck.

The Shrieking Pit 1907

Black Shuck is supposed to be a big black dog, with one eye in the middle of the head, who runs without sound and howls louder than the wind.

The Shrieking Pit 1907

It was while staying here, recovering from enteric fever, that Arthur Conan-Doyle had the idea for his mystery Hound of the Baskervilles, drawing on the ghostly legend of Black Shuck - the "hell hound" of Norfolk, which was said to have roamed the lanes along the coast.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

Even more intriguing is the fact that Bungay's legend of a satanic black hound closely parallels that of yet another local legend: that of Black Shuck, a giant, spectral dog that haunts the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts of eastern England.

Mania News Feed Nick Redfern 2010

Camp and later passes through Cromer, where Arthur Conan Doyle stayed and is thought to have based The Hounds of the Baskervilles on the local legend of a hell-hound call Black Shuck.

The Guardian World News 2010

For my part, I thowt it might a 'been ole Black Shuck, thow th' night didn't seem windy enough for un. "

The Shrieking Pit 1907