Tales From Wyrd Scotland

Episode 25 - The Dark Lady of Littledean

In which Gordon Stewart explores the dark history of the little remembered Littledean tower in the Scottish Borderlands.

This episode was written and narrated by Gordon Stewart.

It was recorded, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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Episode 24 - The Deil's Days

When making a deal with the Devil you must always check the small print, lest you get more than you bargained for.

Barbara Buchanan tells a dark tale which she has written for these long yuletide nights.

This episode was recorded, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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Episode 23 - Rites and Mysteries.

We're back! Nick Cole-Hamilton recounts his experience with a supposedly haunted book...

This episode was written, read, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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Episode 22 - Feartie, a Winter's Fable

When there is no witness, when guilt cannot be proven, our only punishment is that which remains, that which haunts us.

Barbara Buchanan narrates a dark fable which she has written for the dark season.

This episode was recorded, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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Episode 21 - Vanished Lands - Ghost Towns, Lost Islands And Places That Never Were.

Gordon Stewart explores towns engulfed by sand, lone mythic islands in the Atlantic, and a town which never was.

This episode was written, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

Sources used in the episode:

Shetland Islands Climate and Settlement Project - https://www.bates.edu/history/faculty/gerald-bigelow/shetland-islands-climate-and-settlement-project/

Culbin Stories: http://www.culbinstories.com/

Otta F. Swire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otta_F_Swire

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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Episode 20 - Something In The Air - The Haunting Of Montrose Airfield

Barbara Buchanan looks back on the storied history of Montrose Airfield, remembering those who lost their lives there and who's spirits seem to linger on...

This episode was written by Barbara Buchanan.

This episode was recorded, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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Episode 19 - The Ringcroft Poltergeist, An Infestation Of Evil

Barbara Buchanan explores the terrifying account of a poltergeist which plagued a family in Auchencairn in 1695. The account was documented by the Reverend Alexander Telfair and attested to by all those involved. Such detail is an uncommon and fascinating insight into a truly bizarre haunting.

This episode was written by Barbara Buchanan.

This episode was recorded, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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Episode 18, featuring Callum Sutherland.

Callum is a researcher at the University of Glasgow who reached out to us via our twitter account to ask if we'd be interested in talking to him about his research on the urban wyrd and more generally the Scottish wyrd. We were delighted to chat with him and this episode is a somewhat trimmed down version of that conversation. We cover quite a lot of ground here including the works of Mark Fisher, what the wyrd means to Callum and to us, the Scottish character, media representations, Edinburgh vs Glasgow and much much more.

This episode was recorded, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

Follow Callum on twitter at: www.https://twitter.com/concretebodach

and while you're at it follow us on twitter at: www.https://twitter.com/TalesWyrd

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Episode art is from a photograph taken by Callum Sutherland, reproduced and altered with his permission.

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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Episode 17 - Shoes For Black Donald, a tale written by Nick Cole-Hamilton

The tale was told by Gordon Stewart and featured:

Donald Cowan as Black Donald

Barbara Buchanan as Morag

and Nick Cole-Hamilton as poor old Angus.

This episode was recorded, produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

With script help from Sylvia Gomez-Benitez, Saran Walker and Robert Swift.

This is the second of our dark tales for the dark season, we hope you've been enjoying this new and slightly different format, we have some more interesting and different things lined up for the new year, but we will also return to our more regular format in due course. If you're interested in what we're doing, or just keen for more wyrdness, why not follow us on twitter, we are https://twitter.com/TalesWyrd

All that remains is to wish you a very fine solstice, stay warm, stay wyrd and stay sage, and when the time comes, lang may yer lum reek.

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Episode art is from David Scott - Illustration for 'Life of a Devil' held by the national galleries of Scotland: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/44372/

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

Join us again soon for more tales from wyrd Scotland.

The Point is a story written and told by Barbara Buchanan.

This episode was recorded produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media

The image used for this episode's thumbnail is William Daniel's Eddystone Lighthouse in a Storm

You may notice that this episode of TFWS differs from others

in that it is a work of fiction. as a little experiment we decided to write our own wyrd stories for the end of the year so expect one or two more episodes of this ilk before we return to exploring Scotland's wyrd past, present and futures in the new year

In the interim please be sure to check out our twitter account: https://twitter.com/TalesWyrd

And be sure to recommend the podcast to any likeminded wyrdos you know.

The Tales From Wyrd Scotland logo was designed by Andrew Cowan: www.andrewcowan.co/

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