The White Lady and the Chained Grave: Ghost Stories from Scotland’s Southern Uplands
There’s something about the land around Sanquhar that feels… different. The fields have an atmosphere to them, as if the place is waiting for something. And when the light starts to fade behind the broken walls of Sanker Castle, the stories don’t just feel like stories anymore - they come to life.
There are accounts from the east stairwell. Of a woman seen at the top - tall, dressed in white, wringing her hands. They call her the White Lady. She’s been part of the local memory for as long as anyone can remember.
In life she is thought to have been Marion of Dalpeddar, a noblewoman who entered the castle in 1590 and never came out. No burial. No record of her death. Just witness sightings, passed down through the years - until, centuries later, a skeleton was discovered hidden deep within the stone.
This is her story - and the shadow she’s left behind.
The episode also looks at the case of John Wilson, a servant caught between two powerful rivals. He was executed the same year Marion disappeared, and some say his ghost remains.
Move beyond the castle walls and there are more reports of hauntings.
There’s talk of a phantom pedlar still walking the old path near the Deil’s Stone. Witches were said to live in the area and down by Crawick Water, they say a great black dog waits in the dark - watching, unmoving, and not quite real.
With thanks to Christopher, a long-time subscriber, for helping trace some of the earliest stories and local legends behind this episode.
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The Wolf at the Door: Werewolf Sightings from Scotland
While Eerie Edinburgh usually focuses on ghost stories and hauntings, sometimes a different kind of story stands out - strange, frightening, and too rooted in our folklore to ignore.
Scotland has no shortage of the supernatural: water horses in dark lochs, second sight, fairy abductions, witches blamed for failed harvests and sudden storms. But werewolves? That’s something we tend to associate with mainland Europe, not the glens and forests of the north.
But dig deep enough and the stories are there.
In this episode, we look at reports of wolf-like creatures in Scottish history - starting with the case of a royal messenger found dead in 16th-century Perthshire, and ending with a chilling account from the 1960's near Oban. Through legend, eyewitness claims, and fragments of historical record, we ask: what exactly was seen in the woods and hills of the Highlands?
Next time, we’re back on more familiar ground – ghosts, hauntings, and the kind of eerie stories this channel is best known for.
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When the Devil Spoke: Canada’s Most Chilling Poltergeist Case
Every now and then, I like to branch out beyond Edinburgh and Scotland and bring you a case from further afield - one that’s too strange, too unnerving, and too well-documented to ignore. But just as importantly, I want to bring you the stories that don’t always get the spotlight. The ones that risk being forgotten.
This is one of them
In 1889, a remote farmhouse in Clarendon, Quebec became the centre of one of the most unsettling paranormal cases in Canadian history. The Dagg family claimed they were haunted by a presence that moved furniture, tore beds apart, attacked a young girl - and spoke aloud in a deep, gravelly voice.
This wasn’t folk tales. Seventeen people signed formal witness statements. Journalists, neighbours, clergy, and even a spiritualist investigator and famous painter named Percy Woodcock all confirmed something extraordinary was happening. The voice identified itself as the Devil. It mocked, threatened, and asked for forgiveness.
But that was just the beginning.
In this episode, we explore the incredible case of the Dagg Poltergeist.
This isn’t just a ghost story. It’s something else.
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Glasgow's Hidden Haunting: The Gibson Street Poltergeist
In the summer of 1958, something strange stirred in a Glasgow tenement.
Three American students, renting a modest flat on Gibson Street, began experiencing something they couldn’t explain - and would never forget. It started with faint, indistinct voices echoing through empty rooms. Then came the sudden crashes, the faulty radio playing on its own, and the sense that they were not alone.
This was no ordinary haunting.
In this episode, we uncover the account of the Gibson Street poltergeist - a case that left its mark on those who lived through it. But the story doesn’t end there. More than a decade later, a climber named Phil MacNeill would encounter something deeply disturbing at a remote Highland bothy - only to return home to neighbouring 39 Gibson Street and discover the nightmare wasn’t over. A hidden trapdoor. A strange, newspaper-lined chamber beneath the kitchen. And a name that links it all.
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The Black Robe of Duchal: A Castle Haunted by Faith and Fury
Hidden deep within a wooded glen near Kilmacolm stands the forgotten ruin of Duchal Castle - a fortress steeped in stories of siege, scandal, and something darker.
In this episode, we uncover the chilling legend of the Black Robe: a ghostly monk said to haunt the castle’s crumbling walls, watching, waiting, and confronting those who dare enter its halls.
From historical battles and royal intrigue to whispers of ancient rites and supernatural confrontations, this is more than just a ghost story - it’s a tale of power, guilt, and a haunting that refuses to fade.
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