Helen Torrence and Jean Waldie: Edinburgh’s First Anatomy Murderers
Helen Torrence and Jean Waldie are names often overshadowed by the notorious Burke and Hare, yet...
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Category: Medical and Macabre
Gruinard Island: Scotland’s Anthrax Island
As the tide ebbs out at Little Gruinard in Wester Ross, it reveals an expanse of golden sands....
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Bring out the Dead! Or Brick them up Alive! Black Death in Edinburgh!
Plague! What could be a more chilling, bloodcurdling cry in Scotland during medieval times? Not...
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