Maggie Dickson: How ‘Hauf-Hangit Maggie’ Survived the Gallows
Maggie Dickson is one of Edinburgh’s most enduring legends, a woman who survived her own...
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Deacon Brodie: Edinburgh’s Real-Life Jekyll and Hyde
Deacon Brodie is the name behind one of Edinburgh’s most infamous double lives. Today, his...
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Flora MacDonald: Over the Sea to Skye
Flora MacDonald stepped into history on a stormy night in June 1746. After his army was crushed at...
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The Maiden: Scotland’s Guillotine and the Lives It Claimed
The Maiden dropped its blade on James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, at the Mercat Cross in...
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The Treaty of Union: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
The Treaty of Union is an emotive subject in Scotland that still echoes in our songs, our...
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Cromdale: History, Hauntings and the Bloody Haughs
Cromdale is a village shaped by the River Spey, lying on a low, fertile haugh where the water...
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