Listen here; Illustration of a brownie sweeping with a handmade broom by Arthur Rackham ..read more

Listen here; If you want to visit the Arthur's Seat Coffins, and see them for yourself, they are on exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. Address; Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF In the early 1990s, Professor Samuel Menefee & Dr Allen Simpson investigated the remaining coffins and found that; All of the figures seemed to be made by the same hand, although some of the coffins may have been made by two different people Some of the materials used to make them included wood, iron, embellishments, nails, a sharp, hooked knife that suggested the coffins were made by a shoe maker The eye ..read more

Listen to the podcast here; For children who were born with differences, before modern medicine, it was blamed on alleged Selkie heritage. For children born with "scaly" skin, they were unlikely to be children of Seklies but more commonly to have ichthypsis which is a genetic skin disorder that causes patches of skin to harden and appear scaly. For children born with a "seals head" was more likely to be due to anencephaly which is a a birth defect, where during the development in the embryo there is a major absence of the brain, skull and scalp. The MacCodrum clan of the Outer Hebrides became ..read more

Listen to the podcast here: Bob Hamilton, who was a boy at the time, took part in the hunt back in 1954 recounted the event in an interview with Glasgow Live he said “we used to sit and tell ghost stories, scary stories. The vampire was supposed to have killed two children. I think It was when the headmasters of the schools heard about it, they had to put a stop to it.” You can see the full interview here The Gorbals Vampire was turned into a stage performance late October 2016. Marvellous Murals, a competition run by the ScottishPower Foundation and the Citizens Theatre ahead of the stage pe ..read more

Listen to the podcast here The famous Kelpie statues in Falkirk are over 1,000 feet tall and weigh over 300 tonnes each. The sculptures were molded on Clydesdale horses Duke and Baron. The first year that the 5-star tourist attraction nearly one million people visited them, they are built from structural steel with a stainless-steel cladding. Construction on the sculptures started in the June 2013 and was completed by October 2013. They also have a smaller pair of Kelpie sculptures that are a tenth of the size of the original and are portable. They have been displayed all over the world from ..read more

Listen to the podcast here; Many over the years have claimed to see The Loch Ness Monster, a creature that is meant to call Loch Ness it's home but George Spicer's account, published in the Inverness Courier in the early August of 1933 was one that would lead to the local newspaper getting flooded with letters (usually anonymous) claiming to have seen Nessie. George Spicer, manager of a firm of tailors, claimed he and his wife saw "the nearest approach to a dragon or pre-historic animal that I have ever seen in my life" while driving by the Loch. The animal was apparently crossing the road tow ..read more

On today's Episode of Scottish Folklore & Myths, we look at two stories; the Brownie of Fern Glen & The Tale of the Red-Etin. The Brownie of Fern Glen is a goblin that scares everyone who knows of him and the Red-Etin is a three headed monster that holds a princess captive. Check out our website for additional information and pictures; https://lilyannazarasmith.wixsite.com/website ..read more

On today's Episode of Scottish Folklore & Myths, we look at the Arthur's Seat Coffins, where young boys found 17 mysterious miniature wooden coffins in Arthur's seat where the origin and meaning behind is still unknown. Check out our website for additional information and pictures; https://lilyannazarasmith.wixsite.com/website ..read more

On today's Episode of Scottish Folklore & Myths, we look at Selkies, a mythical creature that can transform from a seal to a human by shedding its skin. Check out our website for additional information and pictures; https://lilyannazarasmith.wixsite.com/website ..read more

On today's Episode of Scottish Folklore & Myths, we look at the Gorbals' Vampire, a fiendish beast that was meant to reside in the Gorbals District of Glasgow. Check out our website for additional information and pictures; https://lilyannazarasmith.wixsite.com/website ..read more