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 […]
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Grahamston: The Lost Village Buried Beneath Glasgow Central Station
One of the most exciting urban legends about Glasgow (to me at least) is that there is a preserved village
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
Granny Kempock: The Ancient Stone That Witches Danced Around and Sailors Feared to Offend
Behind the main shopping street in Gourock, up a flight of steps that most people who walk beneath it every
The Witches of Pollok House: The Bewitched Baronet and the Servant Who Found Her Voice
Pollok House sits in the south side of Glasgow, surrounded by the rolling parkland of Pollok Country Park, its Georgian
Provan Hall: Glasgow’s Most Haunted Medieval Building and the Ghosts That Never Left
There is something immediately striking about finding a genuine medieval building in Easterhouse. The east end of Glasgow is a
Nora: The Ghost Who Never Left Glasgow’s Theatre Royal
Glasgow’s Theatre Royal on Hope Street is the oldest continuously operating theatre in Scotland, a fact that sits comfortably alongside
The Ghosts of Barlinnie: The Victorian Woman With the Lantern and the Prison That Kept Its Dead
There is a particular quality of darkness that accumulates in places where the state has killed people on a schedule.
St Mungo: The Founding Legend of Glasgow and the Four Miracles on the Coat of Arms
Look at Glasgow’s coat of arms long enough and you start to notice that it is telling a story. A
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,