Edinburgh Castle: A Timeline of Horror, Hauntings and Happenings
Edinburgh Castle looms over Scotland’s capital city, its outer walls seeming to merge with the...
Read MoreOct 30, 2021 | Betrayals and Treachery, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Edward I King of England, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted Castle, Iron Age, Nine Maidens, Robert the Bruce, Scottish Wars of Independence, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches
Edinburgh Castle looms over Scotland’s capital city, its outer walls seeming to merge with the...
Read MoreJan 12, 2021 | Dark History, Edinburgh, James VI King of Scots, John Knox, Mary Queen of Scots, Protestant Reformation, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches
The events which led to the North Berwick Witch Trials began, not in Scotland, but at the other...
Read MoreJan 12, 2021 | Dark History, James VI King of Scots, John Knox, Mary Queen of Scots, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witch-pricker, Witches
Between 1563 and 1763 Scotland was a country in flux and the resulting paranoia fueled the Scottish Witch Trials. Belief in witchcraft was common during the Middle Ages, but the leaders of the Catholic church were largely...
Read MoreOct 19, 2020 | Beltane, Evil Eye, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, James VI King of Scots, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Myths and Legends, Plant Lore, Rowan, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches
The rowan tree has a special place in the hearts of the Scottish people. It was once worshipped by...
Read MoreMar 29, 2020 | Cailleach, Cryptozoology, Culloden, Curses, Dragons, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted, Haunted Castle, Highland Clearances, Kelpie, Myths and Legends, Scottish Highlands, Seer, Sith (fairies), Skye, The Second Sight, Waterhorse, Witch Hunts and Trials
Perhaps nowhere in the world has as many tales of hauntings as Scotland’s Haunted Highlands....
Read MoreOct 15, 2019 | Protestant Reformation, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witch-pricker, Witches
Witch! This was perhaps the most fearsome word encountered by Kathrin Key, resident of the small...
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