Stories of Scotland

By Carrying Stream

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Subscribers: 190
Reviews: 5
Episodes: 116

Alex
 Jun 10, 2022
Never fails to make me smile.


 Jun 8, 2022


 Jun 23, 2021

Anna
 Apr 6, 2021
Really interesting and entertaining look at Scotland's natural history and the human history intertwined within it.

Gary Randolph
 Dec 25, 2020
Great fun.

Description

Stories of Scotland is an award-winning Scottish history podcast. Join hosts Jenny and Annie as they unravel the rich tapestry of Scotland’s culture, nature and heritage. Prepared to climb into caves, cairns and chaos, Jenny and Annie travel around Scotland and investigate how stories of the past can help us make sense of modern life.

Stories of Scotland celebrates Scottish history through traditional storytelling, archival research, museum objects and wandering in nature. It is recorded in Inverness & hosted by Jenny, an environmental scientist & Annie, an archivist.

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Episode Date
Fireside Folklore: Nuckelavee, Scotland's Scariest Demon
Apr 26, 2024
Bog Bodies: Cladh Hallan to Betty Corrigall
Apr 15, 2024
Fireside Folklore: Warrior Women
Mar 23, 2024
Rewilding in Dundreggan
Mar 04, 2024
Fireside Folklore: Witch's Wrath and Kelpie's Curse
Jan 27, 2024
Blessed Butter: Bogs and Beyond
Jan 16, 2024
Fireside Folklore: Ghosts of Hogmanay
Dec 27, 2023
Michael Scot: Scotland's Greatest Wizard
Dec 19, 2023
Fireside Folklore: Pig Tales
Dec 08, 2023
Scotland in Space
Nov 27, 2023
Fireside Folklore: Monsters of the Glens
Nov 14, 2023
Buried Alive: Scottish Folklore Between Life and Death
Nov 01, 2023
Fireside Folklore: Skye's Most Haunted Duntulm Castle
Oct 17, 2023
Gory Galloway: Sawney Bean & Murder Hole
Oct 10, 2023
Fireside Folklore: Cursed Cows
Sep 13, 2023
Sutherland Wolves: Lost Howls of the Highlands
Sep 04, 2023
Fireside Folklore: Fairy Dogs of the Cairngorms
Aug 25, 2023
Glorious Galloway: Glaciers to Gallery Graves
Aug 18, 2023
Fireside Folklore: Secrets of the Selkies
Aug 03, 2023
Huntly Castle: A North Scotland Stronghold
Jul 27, 2023
John Francis Campbell: Stories as Driftwood
Jul 18, 2023
Fireside Folklore: Island Whisky
Jul 04, 2023
Kelp: Scotland's Seaweed Industry
Jun 21, 2023
Fireside Folklore: Caledonian Forest and Fruit
Jun 13, 2023
Highland Games: Gatherings of Glory
Jun 06, 2023
Fingal's Cave: Giants and Geology
May 19, 2023
Dragon and Stoor-Worm: Ancient Monsters
May 05, 2023
Welcome to Stories of Scotland Podcast: Scottish History, Folklore and Travel
Apr 12, 2023
Scottish American Folklore: Gold, Ghosts and Enchanted Chanters
Apr 01, 2023
Slains & Sorcery: an Aberdeenshire Witch Hunt
Mar 18, 2023
New Slains Castle: Dracula, Smugglers & Ghosts
Feb 27, 2023
Old Slains Castle: Falcon Flight & Spanish Blanks
Feb 20, 2023
Neeps and Tatties: Burns Night Special
Jan 25, 2023
Beauly Wych Elm: A Fallen Giant
Jan 17, 2023
Horrendous Haunted Hogmanay
Dec 30, 2022
Trows of Yuletide: Shetland’s Festive Folklore
Dec 22, 2022
Linlithgow Palace: Song of the Stone
Dec 21, 2022
Flow Country: Big Beautiful Bog
Dec 08, 2022
Greyfriars Bobby: Loyal Graveyard Guardian
Nov 14, 2022
Haunting Greyfriars Kirkyard: Bloody George MacKenzie
Oct 31, 2022
The Falkirk Triangle: An Alien & UFO Hub in Scotland
Oct 17, 2022
Promo: Scotland- A Scottish History Podcast
Oct 04, 2022
Women Turned to Stone
Sep 13, 2022
Ferns and Stinging Flowers of Scotland
Aug 28, 2022
Fairy Folks of Loch Fyne
Jul 31, 2022
The Hercules: A History of Scottish Diaspora
Jul 22, 2022
Promo: Weight of Sand
Jul 07, 2022
Granite Blessings of the Woman's Stone: Clach Bhan
Jun 25, 2022
Myths of a Skye Mountain: Beinn na Caillich
May 30, 2022
St Kilda: Life & Lore
May 14, 2022
Battle of the Braes: A Fight For Crofters' Rights
Apr 16, 2022
Salisbury Crags: Climbing in the Haar
Apr 02, 2022
Bonus: Interview with Jennifer Morag Henderson
Mar 20, 2022
Beinn Sgritheall: Mountain of Scree
Mar 14, 2022
Bonus: Interview with Sue Lawrence
Mar 06, 2022
Border Reivers: Outlaws on the Edge
Feb 07, 2022
Merlin of the Tweed: Lowland Legends & Geologic Journeys
Jan 16, 2022
Bonus: Christmas Crimes!
Dec 21, 2021
Tartan Folklore: Scottish Stories of Plaids & Patterns
Dec 14, 2021
Bonus: Interview with Diana Gabaldon
Nov 22, 2021
Bonus: Interview with Graham McTavish
Nov 21, 2021
Scary Ghost Stories of the Scottish Borders
Nov 16, 2021
Borders Witch Trial: Elizabeth Bathgate
Oct 28, 2021
The Cèilidh Hoose
Oct 14, 2021
Schiehallion: Highland Folklore and Second Sight
Sep 20, 2021
Schiehallion: A Perthshire Mountain that Weighed the World
Sep 01, 2021
Clan MacMhuirich: A bardic family
Aug 18, 2021
Battle Cries of the Clan Lands: Sluagh-Ghairm
Jul 19, 2021
Clan Lands: Dùthchas & Diarmuid
Jul 07, 2021
Will o' the Wisp: A Mischievous Fire
May 29, 2021
Over the Sea to Skye: Bonnie Prince Charlie's Escape
May 14, 2021
Culloden Aftermath: Slaughter in the Highlands
Apr 30, 2021
Battle of Culloden
Apr 18, 2021
Queer as Folktales Part 3: The Laird o the Loch
Mar 21, 2021
Queer as Folktales Part 2: Ceilidh in the Fae Broch
Mar 07, 2021
Queer as Folktales Part 1: Sough o the Sea
Feb 28, 2021
A Hilarious History of the Haggis: Burns Night Special
Jan 22, 2021
Northern Lights & the Battle of Flodden
Jan 14, 2021
Christmas Special: Highland Yule Traditions
Dec 24, 2020
Viking Scotland: Norse Mythology in the Highlands and Islands
Nov 30, 2020
Skara Brae: A Neolithic Village in Orkney
Nov 19, 2020
Scottish Halloween & Vampire Fairy Witches
Oct 31, 2020
The Graveyard Next Door
Oct 27, 2020
Cabbage Patch Murder of Inverness
Oct 06, 2020
Under the Light of the Harvest Moon
Sep 28, 2020
Scottish Ghosts: Hauntings in the Press
Sep 21, 2020
Elgin Cathedral & the Wolf of Badenoch
Sep 14, 2020
Gold Rush in the Far North Highlands
Jul 08, 2020
Clootie Well & the Well of Witchcraft
Jun 29, 2020
Illicit Whisky & the Shebeen
Jun 18, 2020
Bonus: Miniature Sea & Loch Myths
Jun 11, 2020
Smoo Cave: Unexpected Love & Sutherland Demons on the North Coast 500
Jun 02, 2020
Witches of the Waves
May 25, 2020
Blue Men of the Minch
May 18, 2020
Grey Mare’s Tail Waterfall: The Devil and the Rock
May 12, 2020
Anthrax Island: Gruinard Clearances & Deadly Experiments
May 04, 2020
Mermaids of Scotland: Dangers of the Deep Sea
Apr 26, 2020
Eilean Donan Castle: Medieval Misdoers, Legends & Jacobites
Apr 21, 2020
Midnight Poaching on the Tay
Apr 05, 2020
Bonus: Butteries, bakers & Bennachie
Mar 28, 2020
Fire & Iron: The Smiddy, Blacksmiths & Mythology
Mar 13, 2020
Love in the Lowlands
Feb 06, 2020
Winter Solstice Bonus: Clava Cairns & Shetland Tammasmas
Dec 22, 2019
Scottish Granny: Poppies & Prisoners
Dec 22, 2019
Tales from a Scottish Grandpa
Nov 27, 2019
Witchcraft & Witch-hunters
Oct 28, 2019
Scottish Zoo: Unicorn, Wildcat, Puffin & Deer
Oct 09, 2019
Tomnahurich: the Fairy Hill of Inverness
Sep 24, 2019
Rain, Plowtery, Dreich
Aug 29, 2019
Theatre in Victorian Inverness
Aug 23, 2019
Radical War 1820
Aug 08, 2019
Covesea Part 2: A Wizard, a Smuggler & a Wedding
Aug 01, 2019
Covesea Caves Part 1: Bronze Age Mortuary
Jul 24, 2019
Loch Ness Part 2: Science & Innovation
Jul 17, 2019
Loch Ness Part 1: the Pictish Beast & Monster Mysticism
Jul 11, 2019
Bothy Culture: Wee Huts of Stories
Jul 10, 2019