Aidan Hartley Aidan Hartley

A long-forgotten tale of sorcery and a severed head

The case of Dicky Powys was more infamous in its day than the Happy Valley murder of Lord Erroll

The coroner decided that Dicky’s pony had shied from a lion, throwing the rider who broke his neck [ephotocorp / Alamy Stock Photo]
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