Markus M. Key and Rebecca K. Rossi, which set out to determine the provenance of Jamestown's black "marble" knight's tombstone. What they determined was unexpected, says Prof. Key. "For the past ...

The researchers also tentatively linked the tombstone to an actual knight, Sir George Yeardley, but couldn’t confirm the association. Though it has long been known as a black marble tombstone ...

And what other changes did Gatiss make to Nesbit’s source material? In the original tale, the marble knights rise from their church slabs at 11 o clock on All Hallow’s Eve, or Halloween.

and the legend of the village church’s tomb effigies – a pair of marble knights who are said to rise from their slabs on Christmas Eve,” reads the logline. “Jack dismisses this is as mere ...