A Wee Bit Gothic

A Wee Bit Gothic

By Chris and HannahTrue Crime
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A Wee Bit Gothic episodes

  • There's a Cream For That (Duke Street Prison and Dr. Cream)

    Episode 12 is here! This week Hannah gives us the story of a no longer existing building: Duke Street Prison, Glasgow. It's a tale with murder, suffragettes, haunted half-way houses and more! Chris' story this week is all about serial killer Dr Thomas Neill Cream and the events that allowed him to continue killing when we thought he'd committed his last. 

    1 hr 27 min
  • Get It Up Ye, Fanny (Mull Air Mystery and Jekyll & Hyde)
    Legs eleven, it's episode 11! This week Hannah opens with a chat about our favourite conspiracy theories. True to form, Chris struggles to think of an answer.
    Chris covers the Great Mull Air Mystery. Can you solve it?
    Hannah then delves into some fun facts about one of her favourite pieces of Gothic Literature.
    1 hr 30 min
  • Yer Maw (Mary King’s Close and Mata Hari/Lady Finella)
    Episode 10 has hit the world. Double figures! How exciting!
    This week we kick off with a bit of musical theatre chat before heading in to our stories. Hannah takes us down into the depths of Mary Kings Close, Edinburgh. Tales of murder, ghosts and folk flingin' poop out their windows.
    Chris than give two brief stories about some badass women. Starting with Mata Hari who was falsely accused of operating as a spy during WW1 before then telling the excellent (and hopefully true) story of the assassin responsible for killing King Kenneth II.
    1 hr 11 min
  • Like a Good Burp (Black Hogmanay and Hogmanay traditions)
    HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! Hope you managed to make the most of a strange year and that 2021 brings us back some form of normal.
    To kick off the New Year Chris takes us to 1929 to go through the horrendous story of Black Hogmanay in Paisley while Hannah gives us the 411 on the origins of Hogmanay.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Wee Gothisode 2: In the Dark

    Now it's Chris' turn to take the helm and fly solo. He's taking on E. Nesbit's In the Dark 

    Best known for her stories for children, such as The Railway Children and Four Children and It, Edith Nesbit also turned her hand to gothic horror stories for adults. 

    39 min
  • My Home Slice, Santa Claus! (Panto and Scots Christmas traditions)

    MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! Hope you're having a wonderful Christmas and spending time with the people you love, if possible. If not, don't worry! The time will come soon enough,


    This week Hannah talks about the world of Scottish Panto, its origins and tropes, while Chris takes a dip into old Scottish Christmas traditions with a bonus ghost story! 

    1 hr 33 min
  • Wee Gothisode 1: Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad

    Hannah takes on her first ever solo episode by telling you all M.R. James'  haunting story Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad. The story was read at a Christmas gathering in 1903 then published the following year as part of the anthology Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. The title of the story is taken from a 1793 poem by Robert Burns written to an old Scottish air.

    54 min

About A Wee Bit Gothic

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Hannah Brown and Chris McLeish are two creatives from the Gothic city, Glasgow. Their fascination with all things gothic began at a young age but now as twenty-somethings they want to share their thoughts and feelings.