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"2026-03-29T17:00:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d1d4-9198-7247-b0ef-830649f53f32", "title": "Loch Maree: A Joining of Realms and Dark Histories", "url": "https://spookyscotland.net/loch-maree/", "published_at": "2026-03-25T18:00:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d1d4-9198-7247-b0ef-83064aade52b", "title": "James I, King of Scots: The Captive Monarch Kidnapped by Pirates", "url": "https://spookyscotland.net/james-i/", "published_at": "2026-03-22T18:00:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d1d4-d019-7327-860e-94b84f565eb0", "title": "Helen Torrence and Jean Waldie: Edinburgh’s First Anatomy Murderers", "url": "https://spookyscotland.net/helen-torrence-and-jean-waldie/", "published_at": "2026-03-18T18:00:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d1d4-d019-7327-860e-94b8501009fd", "title": "Fatlips", "url": "https://spookyscotland.net/fatlips/", "published_at": "2026-03-15T18:00:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d1d4-d019-7327-860e-94b8509b435c", "title": "Folk Magic: A Living System of Survival in Ancient Scotland", "url": 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The Battle of Glenlivet: Scotland’s Catholic Victory of 1594 original ↗

26 Sept 2026

The Battle of Largs: Norse Invasion, Viking Ghosts and the Scottish Thistle original ↗

26 Sept 2026

Margaret Maid of Norway: The Child Queen Who Died in Orkney original ↗

19 Sept 2026

Tarran (Taran)original ↗

13 Sept 2026

Flodden Wall: Edinburgh’s Defences, Dark Omens and a Battle That Changed Scotland’s Capital original ↗

9 Sept 2026

Athach original ↗

6 Sept 2026

Alison Rough: One of Edinburgh’s Deadliest Property Investors original ↗

3 Sept 2026

Maggie Dickson: How ‘Hauf-Hangit Maggie’ Survived the Gallows original ↗

1 Sept 2026

St Kilda — landscape, life and lore original ↗

29 Aug 2026

Deacon Brodie: Edinburgh’s Real-Life Jekyll and Hyde original ↗

27 Aug 2026

The Battle of Dunkeld: How a Small Covenanter Force Turned the Tide of the First Jacobite Rising original ↗

21 Aug 2026

The Moray Firth Fishing Disaster: One of Scotland’s Deadliest Fishing Disasters original ↗

19 Aug 2026

The Scottish Reformation and Its Turbulent Aftermath: A Nation Reshaped original ↗

17 Aug 2026

The Frittering or The Boneless original ↗

14 Aug 2026

Scottish Eclipse: Omens, Darkness and Harbingers in Scottish History original ↗

11 Aug 2026

The Battle of Dupplin Moor: Edward Balliol’s Bloody Victory original ↗

11 Aug 2026

Crodh Mara original ↗

7 Aug 2026

The Muckle Spate of 1829: Scotland’s Most Catastrophic Historical Flood original ↗

3 Aug 2026

The Aftermath of Culloden: The Human Cost of the Act of Proscription original ↗

1 Aug 2026

Fortrose: Cathedral Ruins, Chanonry Point and Highland Legends original ↗

29 Jul 2026

Haunted Wester Ross: Monsters, Lost Villages and Dark History original ↗

29 Jul 2026

Fride original ↗

29 Jul 2026

The Battle of Harlaw: The Brutal Legacy of Red Harlaw original ↗

29 Jul 2026

Jenny Geddes: The Stool, the St Giles’ Riot and the Spark of Civil War original ↗

29 Jul 2026

Thomas Randolph: Earl of Moray, Warrior and Diplomat of the Scottish Wars original ↗

29 Jul 2026

The Battle of Halidon Hill: Scotland’s Bloody July of 1333 original ↗

29 Jul 2026

Coluinn gun Cheann original ↗

17 Jul 2026

Shetland Fishing Fleet Disasters: The Storms That Devastated Scotland’s Northern Isles original ↗

16 Jul 2026

Agnes Keith: The Most Powerful Woman in Scotland?original ↗

16 Jul 2026

The Darien Scheme: A Grave in the Jungle and a Nation Betrayed original ↗

14 Jul 2026

The Lion Rampant and William the Lion: A symbol of Resilience original ↗

13 Jul 2026

Cairbre original ↗

12 Jul 2026

John Balliol: Scotland’s King Without a Kingdom original ↗

10 Jul 2026

Alexander II: Premonition, Defiance, and Death on Kerrera original ↗

8 Jul 2026

The Scottish Invasion of England 1648: The Engager Army’s Doomed March original ↗

7 Jul 2026

Johnnie Armstrong: The Border Reiver King Betrayed by James V original ↗

5 Jul 2026

Big Ears (Cluas an Leoghaidh / Cluasan Mòra / Cluas-leobhar)original ↗

3 Jul 2026

Alchemy in Scotland original ↗

1 Jul 2026

The Phantom Piper of the Caves original ↗

28 Jun 2026

Flora MacDonald: Over the Sea to Skye original ↗

27 Jun 2026

The Cuckoo King: Scotland’s 4,000-Year-Old Secret of Sacrifice, Standing Stones, and the Planet Venus original ↗

26 Jun 2026

Charles II, the Solemn League and Covenant, and the Forgotten Scottish Bargain original ↗

23 Jun 2026

Kilne-Carle or Kilmoullach original ↗

21 Jun 2026

Pictish Stones Myths: From Devils to Dragons original ↗

14 Jun 2026

Gunna (also Goona)original ↗

12 Jun 2026

Rosemarkie: Saints, Stones and a Brutal Pictish Murder original ↗

10 Jun 2026

The Kelpie of St. Vigeans: A Curse, a Kirk, and Pictish Stones original ↗

7 Jun 2026

Fideal original ↗

5 Jun 2026

The Maiden: Scotland’s Guillotine and the Lives It Claimed original ↗

2 Jun 2026

The Ghosts of Sutherland — The Wild North West original ↗

31 May 2026

Haunted Sutherland: The Eastern Strongholds original ↗

27 May 2026

Major Thomas Weir: The Wizard of the West Bow original ↗

24 May 2026

Montrose and Argyll: Two Men, One Spike original ↗

21 May 2026

Bodach Beag an Caman original ↗

20 May 2026

Wolf Folklore in Scotland: Legends, Folktales, and the Wulver of Shetland original ↗

17 May 2026

The Siege of Stirling Castle and the World’s Largest Trebuchet original ↗

15 May 2026

Cuachag original ↗

13 May 2026

John Knox Ghost: The Haunting of Cessnock Castle and the Firebrand Reformer original ↗

11 May 2026

Gormshuil: The Blue-Eyed Witch of Moy and her Dark Prophecies original ↗

10 May 2026

Scathach original ↗

4 May 2026

Scottish Reformation martyrs and murders: the high price of certainty original ↗

3 May 2026

The Treaty of Union: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation original ↗

1 May 2026

Cromdale: History, Hauntings and the Bloody Haughs original ↗

30 Apr 2026

Walter Milne: Scotland’s Last Protestant Martyr Burnt for Heresy original ↗

28 Apr 2026

Aquatic Birds in Scotland: Birds of Water and Tide original ↗

26 Apr 2026

Bestiary Index original ↗

25 Apr 2026

December original ↗

25 Apr 2026

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August original ↗

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25 Apr 2026

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25 Apr 2026

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25 Apr 2026

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25 Apr 2026

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25 Apr 2026

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25 Apr 2026

The Spog Liath (The Grey Paw)original ↗

22 Apr 2026

Birds of the Devil in Scottish Tradition original ↗

19 Apr 2026

St Donan of Eigg: The Martyrdom original ↗

17 Apr 2026

The Scottish Clearances: Beyond the Highland Myth original ↗

17 Apr 2026

Haunted Scottish Highlands: Culloden Battlefield original ↗

16 Apr 2026

The Slaying of Saint Magnus original ↗

16 Apr 2026

The Haunted Castles of Caithness- The Ghosts of Scotland’s Northern Edge original ↗

16 Apr 2026

The Battle of Culloden: Premonitions, Harbingers and the Second Sight original ↗

16 Apr 2026

Birds of Prophecy: The Lore of Scottish Bird Augury, Divination and Fate original ↗

16 Apr 2026

Bodachan Sabhaill: The Little Old Man of the Barn original ↗

5 Apr 2026

The Brown Man of the Muirs original ↗

1 Apr 2026

Ravens and Crows as Birds of Battle and Harbingers of Death in Scottish Lore original ↗

29 Mar 2026

Loch Maree: A Joining of Realms and Dark Histories original ↗

25 Mar 2026

James I, King of Scots: The Captive Monarch Kidnapped by Pirates original ↗

22 Mar 2026

Helen Torrence and Jean Waldie: Edinburgh’s First Anatomy Murderers original ↗

18 Mar 2026

Fatlips original ↗

15 Mar 2026

Folk Magic: A Living System of Survival in Ancient Scotland original ↗

13 Mar 2026

Habetrot (also Habitrot, Habtrot, and Habbitrot)original ↗

8 Mar 2026

A Tale of Two Castles: The Burning of Auchindoun and Corgarff Castles original ↗

6 Mar 2026

Scotland’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them original ↗

4 Mar 2026

Dunnottar Castle: Dark Deeds and Desperate Defences original ↗

1 Mar 2026

The Deaths of George Wishart and Cardinal Beaton: Martyrdom and Murder at St Andrews Castle original ↗

28 Feb 2026