Margaret Dickson would swing from the gallows on the 2nd of September, 1724. But d'on't think that would stop her. Maggie Dickson is one of Edinburgh's greatest legends. In this week's episode I take apart a local legend, to find out exactly where legend meets truth...but how did Maggie come back from the dead? What can her story possible mean for us today? Find out this week on Unearthed - Scotland's newest and fastest growing history podcast!

Interviews with -

• Dr Anne-Marie Kilday, PhD historian in Criminal History from Oxford Brookes University
• Alison Butler, author of "The Hanging of Margaret Dickson"
• Laura Doak, PhD researcher and academic, current thesis titled: 'On Street and Scaffold: Political Culture in Restoration Scotland, c.1679-1685'

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