Crime & Punishment Archives – Spooky Scotland

Alison Rough: One of Edinburgh’s Deadliest Property Investors

Alison Rough (c. 1480 — 3 September 1535) was one of Edinburgh’s most formidable...

Maggie Dickson is one of Edinburgh’s most enduring legends, a woman who survived her own...

Deacon Brodie is the name behind one of Edinburgh’s most infamous double lives. Today, his...

The Maiden dropped its blade on James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, at the Mercat Cross in...

Burke and Hare, Edinburgh’s most infamous duo, carved a bloody past through the city’s dark...