Time Travels

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Susan Morrison gets on the trail of border reiver Kinmont Willie and finds out from Fergal Leonard of Durham University how Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch Keeper of Liddesdale went about rescuing that famous bad lad in the times of King James and Queen Elizabeth. Dr Martha McGill of Warwick University is our ghost consultant - exploring how the Highland ghosts became fashionable and how beliefs about hauntings became so alluring for tourists. And there’s more expert advice from Dr David Wilson of Strathclyde University who has the honest truth about pirates and why you should never let them run the council.

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Time TravelsBy BBC Radio Scotland

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