The Lady in Black of Grahamston: The Ghost the Children Never Forgot
Before the iron bones of Glasgow Central Station took shape, before the platforms roared and the tunnels filled with the […]
Urban Legends
Grahamston: The Lost Village Buried Beneath Glasgow Central Station
Underneath Glasgow Central Station, if the legend is correct, there is a village. Not a functioning village, not an inhabited
The Underground Argyll Arcade: Glasgow’s Most Persistent Urban Legend
Every city has its underground legend. Rome has its catacombs. Edinburgh has Mary King’s Close. Glasgow has several, because Glasgow
Jenny wi’ the Iron Teeth: Glasgow’s Original Child-Stealing Monster
Glasgow has a particular talent for producing bogeymen. Not the vague, shapeless kind that could belong to anywhere, but specific,
Wee Jeanie and the Toe: Scotland’s Campfire Tale That Won’t Stay Buried
There are ghost stories that come with a castle attached, a named historical victim, a date carved into a stone
Spring Heeled Jack: The Leaping Devil That Terrorised Victorian London for Sixty Years
A candle flame gutters in a doorway on a February night in 1838. A man in a heavy cloak is
Maggie Murphy: The Real Story Behind Glasgow’s Most Enduring Urban Legend
Maggie Murphy is a name that has been used to frighten children in Glasgow for at least a century and