Halloween Special: Thistle Boo Nicely

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10/27/20 • 51 min

Today we are talking about spooky Scotland.
We are joined by Owen Innes from the Scottish History Podcast, bringing with him a little bit of history and a little bit of mystery. The first half of this episode is on his stream - so jump over there to hear how Scotland invented Halloween (obviously) and to hear Rory's creepy story about the Bean Nighe - like a Scottish banshee but weirder.
We also tell stories about Sawney Bean, the Gorbals Vampire and The Haunted Greyfriar's Kirkyard

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