The Fairy Hill of Aberfoyle: The Minister Who Walked In and Never Came Back
There is a hill on the edge of the village of Aberfoyle in the Trossachs, a gentle green mound rising […]
Major Thomas Weir: The Wizard of Edinburgh Who Confessed to Everything
In the spring of 1670, a man walked into a room in Edinburgh and began to destroy his own life
North Berwick Witch Trials: The Night the Devil Danced in Scotland
In the autumn of 1590, a group of people gathered in the old kirkyard of North Berwick on the southern
Flannan Isles: The Lighthouse Mystery That Has Never Been Solved
On the 26th of December 1900, a relief vessel called the Hesperus arrived at the Flannan Isles, a small group
Each-Uisge: Scotland’s Most Deadly Water Horse
There is a distinction in Scottish Gaelic supernatural tradition that matters enormously and that is easy to miss if you
Boobrie: The Shapeshifting Monster of the Scottish Lochs
Scotland’s water creature tradition is extraordinarily rich. The Kelpie haunts the rivers and freshwater lochs. The Each-Uisge lurks in the
Am Fear Liath Mòr: The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui
Ben Macdui is the second highest mountain in Britain. At 1,309 metres it sits at the heart of the Cairngorm
Mester Stoorworm: The World-Serpent Whose Body Became Scotland
In the beginning, before the islands and the firths and the sea lochs had taken their present shape, there was
Trows: Shetland’s Trolls and the Dark Magic of the Northern Islands
Shetland is not quite Scotland in the way that the mainland is Scotland. Geographically closer to Bergen than to Edinburgh,
Uruisg: The Highland Brownie of the Waterfalls and Lonely Places
There is a category of supernatural being in Scottish Gaelic tradition that occupies an uncomfortable middle ground between the helpful