Scottish Mysteries: The Enigma of the Cursed Bone.
The cursed bone in Learmonth Gardens, 1936 In 1936, Sir Alexander Seton and his well-off family owned a house in...
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28 July 2024
Scottish Mysteries.
A selection of Mysteries based in Scotland, some solved some still unsolved.
2024
Mystery of the Abandoned Bagpiper Boy in Edinburgh Castle’s Secret Tunnels.
The forsaken bagpiper boy, Unknown For centuries Edinburgh has remembered the legend of the lone bagpiper boy who was abandoned...
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26 July 2024
Scottish Mysteries: Unveiling The Hangman’s Secret.
The mystery hangman of Dundee, 1835 After the mid 19th century hangmen were widely unpopular in Dundee after the hanging...
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14 July 2024
Scottish Mysteries. (legion)
The Disappearing Ninth Legion The Roman army’s Ninth Legion successfully conquered England in A.D. 43 and—with the exception of the...
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8 May 2024
Scottish Mysteries. (Brenda Page)
BRENDA PAGE The brutal murder of Dr Brenda Page remains one of Scotland’s most notorious unsolved cold cases. It is...
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20 April 2024
Scottish Mysteries. Marion Gilchrist.
The Murder of Marion Gilchrist. The case of Oscar Slater still remains a giant black eye for the Scottish legal...
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14 March 2024
2023
Scottish Mysteries. Washing up.
WASHING UP The bean-nighe (or “washerwoman”) spirit is considered to be an omen of death in Scotland. She is found by lochs...
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28 December 2023
Scottish Mysteries. Update.(Macrae)
Renee and Andrew MacRae. Renee MacRae (born Christina Catherine MacDonald, February 1940) was a Scottish woman who disappeared on 12 November 1976, together...
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12 September 2023
Scottish Mysteries.(David Stewart)
The Fate Of David Stewart. David Stewart Duke of Rothesay, was the unfortunate victim of a royal family feud. His...
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5 September 2023
Scottish Mysteries.(stones)
The Meaning Of Stones Among the most popular types of art found across Scotland are ring-and-cup marks, which are patterns of concentric...
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27 August 2023
Scottish Mysteries.(Appin Murder)
The Appin Murder On May 14, 1752, Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure was shot near the Scottish town of Appin....
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22 August 2023
Scottish Mysteries.(Mark Devlin)
Who Hanged Mark Devlin? In the 1830s, a ruthless gang of criminals who called themselves the Black Band dominated the...
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18 August 2023
Scottish Mysteries.(Heart)
HEART OF STONE According to legend, the Pictish Maiden Stone in Aberdeenshire (carved more than 1,200 years ago) is actually a woman...
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9 January 2023
Scottish Mysteries.(Eildon)
HEAD FOR THE HILLS The Roman army placed a lookout and signal station on Eildon North Hill in the Scottish Borders almost 2,000...
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3 January 2023
2022
Scottish Mysteries.(Beware)
Beware of the Dog. It’s said that whoever moves the standing stone near the village of Murthly in Perthshire will...
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20 December 2022
Scottish Mysteries.(Giants)
SLEEPING GIANTS The Dwarfie Stane is a 5,000-year-old chambered tomb which was hollowed out before the invention of metal tools. Orcadian legend claims that...
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15 December 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (spirits)
NOT VERY NEIGH-BOURLY Spirits resented human interference when stones from the Mains of Hatton Recumbent Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire were removed to form...
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12 December 2022
Scottish Mysteries.(Fairy Tales)
FAIRY TALES The Ghillie Dhu is a male faerie who lives alone in the forest and camouflages himself using leaves...
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10 December 2022
Scottish Mysteries.(Selkies)
PART OF YOUR WORLD In Scottish mythology, selkies can change from seal to human form by shedding their skin. At...
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5 December 2022
Scottish Mysteries.(Eagle stone)
FALLEN EAGLE Clach an Tiompain (‘The Eagle Stone’) is a 1,300-year-old Pictish symbol stone in the Highlands. In the 17th century,...
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29 November 2022
Scottish Mysteries. S.C
Eleven heavy silver chains like these have been found in Scotland, and nine survive today. They were made some time...
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29 August 2022
Scottish Mysteries. Glamis Castle.
Glamis Castle was once the talk of the courts around Europe due to its supposed dark and terrible secret. The...
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10 August 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (Arm).
The Aberdeen Harbour Arm, 1945. Collecting driftwood along the coastline at the entrance to Aberdeen’s busy harbour, a local man...
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24 July 2022
Scottish Mystery. (Doorstep)
The Doorstep Murder, 2004. Bank manager Alistair Wilson was shot dead on the doorstep of his home in Nairn on...
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22 July 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (Iona)
The Missing Library Of Iona In A.D. 563, missionary St. Columba and his followers landed on the Scottish island of...
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3 July 2022
Scottish Mysteries (Bluejacket)
Bluejacket Boy. This touching mystery has the distinction of having finally been solved. In 1949, a woman living in Kirkwall,...
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1 July 2022
Scottish Mysteries.(Cold)
COLD CASE FILES. Contains senitive information. Emma Caldwell, May 2005. She and six other women who were sex workers on...
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30 June 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (Mull)
The Great Mull Plane Mystery There is very little that makes sense about the disappearance and death of Peter Gibb....
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24 June 2022
Scottish Mysteries.(couple)
RENEE AND ANDREW MACREA IT was a case which both scandalised and shocked the Scottish highlands in the 1970s –...
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21 June 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (Glasgow)
The Glasgow Effect The people of Scotland have one of the lowest average life expectancies in all of Europe. This...
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19 June 2022
Scottish Mysteries. Gilmerton Cove.
A small cottage in the Edinburgh suburb of Gilmerton hides the entrance to an unusual mystery. Buried in the sandstone...
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12 June 2022
Scottish Mysteries. Arthurs Seat.
Tiny Coffins discovered on Arthurs seat. You would think that after nearly 200 years, there wouldn’t be many mysteries still...
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1 June 2022
Scottish Mysteries. Annie Borjesson.
The Death Of Annie Borjesson On December 4, 2005, the body of Annie Borjesson, a 30-year-old Swedish woman, was discovered...
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27 May 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (Flannan)
Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the highest point on Eilean Mòr, one of the Flannan Isles in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of...
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26 May 2022
Scottish Mysteries. Bairn.
The Unknown Bairn, 1971. On a dull May day in 1971, a Fife postman and his son came across what...
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17 May 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (Janet Rogers)
Janet Rogers. The great-great-great-grandson of a woman who was killed 150 years ago has uncovered details of her unsolved murder....
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6 May 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (Wanderer).
‘Loch Lomond wanderer’ identified as man found in Cramond bog. A man whose body was thrown in a mass grave...
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29 April 2022
Scottish Mysteries. (Maille Breze)
The Maille Brézé, 1940. On 30 April 1940 a French warship, the Maille Brézé, was anchored off Greenock. For some...
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7 April 2022
Scottish Mysteries. Drumbeg Wreck.
The Drumbeg Wreck. On the seabed off Drumbeg in Sutherland lies an unknown wreck site. Three cannons and a wooden...
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28 March 2022