Episode 26 - Hallowe'en Live! Treacle Scones & Tumshie Lanterns (part one)

Our first ever live show! From the historic village of Stow in the Scottish Borders, hosted graciously and generously in the Station House by Stow Community Trust: https://stowhub.co.uk/

This episode was written and narrated by Barbara Buchanan and Gordon Stewart.

With live improvised soundtrack by Nick Cole-Hamilton

Live audio mixing and engineering by Giorgios Mikrogiannakis.

Part two coming tomorrow!

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

The works of 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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/

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