Episodes

  • S1 Ep1: Scotland - Edinburgh Castle

    S1 Ep1: Scotland - Edinburgh Castle
    Jun 30 2022
    S1 E1: Edinburgh Castle

    Edinburgh Castle currently runs as a museum and monument to Edinburghs past, and is surrounded with decades of ghostly legends.

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    Sources for this episode were:

    https://www.edinburghcastle.scot/the-castle/history

    https://www.britannica.com/place/Edinburgh-Castle

    https://medium.com/the-history-inquiry/the-black-dinner-290e3402ea88

    https://great-castles.com/edinburghghost.html

    https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/four-spine-tingling-tales-edinburgh-17188223
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    11 mins
  • S1 Ep2: Scotland - Greyfriars Kirkyard

    S1 Ep2: Scotland - Greyfriars Kirkyard
    Jun 30 2022
    S1 E2: Greyfriars Kirkyard 

    Greyfriars Kirkyard is home to over 100,000 burials, and is said to contain its very own poltergeist... 

    (Poltergeist: a ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects thrown around.)
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    Main sources for this episode were:

    https://ewh.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Greyfriars-Kirkyard.pdf

    https://greyfriarskirk.com/history/

    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/632836/greyfriars-kirkyard-ghostly-history

    http://www.eatdrinktravel.com/most-haunted-graveyard-in-the-world-greyfriars-kirkyard/

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/george-mackenzie-s-mausoleum

    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Colin+Grant+was+talking+to+the+spirit+world+when+he+unexpectedly...-a060820879 
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    11 mins
  • S1 Ep3: Scotland - Inveraray Castle

    S1 Ep3: Scotland - Inveraray Castle
    Jun 30 2022
    S1 E3: Inveraray Castle

    Death omens and ghostly battles in the sky...Inveraray Castle has a number of strange stories surrounding its rather fairytale facade.

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    Main sources for this episode were:

    https://www.inveraray-castle.com/castle/history

    https://www.spookyisles.com/the-spooky-harpist-of-inveraray-castle/

    https://archaicwonder.tumblr.com/post/101435618126/hauntings-death-omens-of-inveraray-castle
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    6 mins
  • S1 Ep4: Scotland - Scottish Highlands

    S1 Ep4: Scotland - Scottish Highlands
    Jun 30 2022
    S1 E4: The Scottish Highlands

    The Highlands are known for their quiet, misty beauty...but there is a darker side to the legends behind these hills. Legends of a vampiric sounding being who prayed on hunters of the past...

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    Main sources for this episode were:

    https://folklorescotland.com/the-baobhan-sith/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baobhan_sith

    https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/tale-scottish-banshees-baobhan-sith-1479692
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    7 mins
  • S1 Ep5: Scotland - Calton Hill

    S1 Ep5: Scotland - Calton Hill
    Jun 30 2022
    S1 E5: Calton Hill

    A hike up to Calton Hill will bring you a grand, birds-eye view of the city of Edinburgh, but it's hard to ignore some of this areas tragic past.

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    Main sources for this episode were:

    https://ewh.org.uk/world-heritage-sites/calton-hill/

    https://beltane.org/2018/03/17/why-calton-hill/

    https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/creepy-history-behind-well-known-15474970
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    7 mins
  • S1 Ep6: Scotland - Bonus EP: Dolls of Arthur's Seat

    S1 Ep6: Scotland - Bonus EP: Dolls of Arthur's Seat
    Jun 30 2022
    S1 E6 (Bonus): Dolls of Arthur's Seat

    A group of young boys made a strange discovery in the hills of Arthur's Seat...it was 17 wooden dolls, each within their own wooden coffin. Today, theories continue to pop up about what the purpose behind these mysterious wooden figures may have been.

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    Main source for this episode was:

    https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/mystery-of-the-miniature-coffins/
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    10 mins
  • S2 Ep1: Salem - The Salem Witch Trials

    S2 Ep1: Salem - The Salem Witch Trials
    Oct 11 2022
    S2E1: The Salem Witch Trials

    The witch trials of 1692 are a dark stain on Salems history, but a new modern-witch lifestyle is now embraced by both Salem locals and the thousands of tourists who travel there every year. For this episode, you will be given a brief run-down of Salems history, and why it made its way onto our maps.

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    Main sources for this episode were:

    A 9-part series covering the Salem Witch Trials for the History Extra Podcast
    https://www.historyextra.com/podcast/

    "Witches - The history of a persecution" by Nigel Cawthorne 
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    16 mins
  • S2 Ep2: Salem - The Witch House

    S2 Ep2: Salem - The Witch House
    Oct 11 2022
    S2E2: The Witch House

    The Witch House, also known as the Jonathan Corwin House, was once the home of the Salem Witch Trials judge Jonathan Corwin. This home is the only structure standing in Salem today that has direct ties to the trials of 1692. Many believe that a curse inflicted by one of the victims haunted the Corwin family, and today staff, visitors, and ghost hunters alike believe it to be haunted.

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    Main sources for this episode were:

    thewitchhouse.org

    https://salemwitchmuseum.com/locations/jonathan-corwin-house/

    “Ghosts of Salem - Haunts of the Witch City” by Sam Baltrusis 
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    10 mins