Stories Edinburgh Podcast

HustleStudios Podcast Network

Edinburgh is a city built in layers. Beneath its crowded streets lie sealed rooms, forgotten passageways, and stories that never entirely remained buried. Stories Edinburgh Podcast explores the Scottish capital’s folklore, unsolved mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history. Each week, a British storyteller leads you through shadowed closes, ancient graveyards, underground vaults, and the weathered streets where history and legend continue to overlap. Journey from the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle to Greyfriars Kirkyard, the Old Town, and the chambers hidden beneath the city. Discover notorious crimes, restless spirits, disputed legends, unexplained events, and the real history that inspired generations of dark storytelling. Some tales can be traced through surviving records. Others changed as they passed from one storyteller to another. Episodes distinguish documented history, reported claims, folklore, and creative reconstruction whenever possible. True-crime stories are presented with consideration for victims, survivors, and their families. Reported allegations are identified as such, and anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. Every stone has a story. Some are simply darker than others. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support.

  1. 3d ago

    The Fiddler of Stockbridge Market

    Edinburgh's Stockbridge Market on a slow Sunday morning: strings tuning in the cold air, tales traded between stalls, and one fiddler whose bow seems to remember every soul that ever stopped to listen. A three-and-a-half-hour story in seventy-two small movements. Best heard with nowhere to be. Chapters: 0:00 Strings in the Morning Air 3:50 Tunes from the North 7:31 The Cheese Monger and the Poet 11:35 An Empty Case Fills Slowly 15:44 Sessions in the Back Room 19:32 The Rainy Sunday Repertoire 22:31 A Student of the Bow 26:34 Rosin and Horsehair 29:58 The Flower Stall Duet 33:25 Waltzes for Old Couples 36:53 The Terrier Parade 40:34 Coffee Queue Harmonies 44:04 The Honey Seller Tears 47:22 Shetland Reels at Noon 51:10 Slow Airs at Closing 54:38 The Cold Flat Practice 58:27 Strings and Their Moods 62:27 The South Bridge Luthier 66:11 Winter Fingers and Gloves 69:48 Festival Fringe Spots 73:35 Street Party Gigs 77:03 The Wedding Ceilidh Call 80:25 Teaching the First Scale 83:56 The Bus Driver Daughter 87:32 Duets with the Whistle 90:48 The Box Player Answers 93:57 Bodhran Heartbeat 97:27 The Retired Joiner March 100:49 The Poet New Pamphlet 104:19 Cheese for Tunes 107:21 The Crab Tale Retold 111:07 Rain Under the Awning 114:49 Sunshine Sets 117:47 The Proposal Napkin 120:48 Foreign Coins Week 123:56 The Drive By Patron 126:56 Schoolgirl Pocket Money 129:44 Dogs Who Sleep Through Airs 132:43 Babies and Ballads 135:42 The Grandmother Air Passed On 138:51 Shetland Pilgrimage 141:47 The Morning Scale Ritual 144:45 Busking Through Showers 147:34 The Bookstall Keeper 150:24 Tunes for the Pigeons 152:51 The Deli Sausage Trade 155:10 Night Walks by the Water 157:47 The Session Oracle 160:27 Guitar Student Progress 162:30 The Lighthouse Keeper Concertina 164:31 Strings in Summer Heat 166:34 The Christmas Carol Pitch 168:21 Farewell Tunes for Departures 170:08 The Morning Coffee Overture 172:13 Umbrella Audiences 173:57 The Flower Man Birthday 175:55 Session Anniversary Night 177:44 The Spare Fiddle Fund 179:24 Lullabies for the Close 181:03 The Rain Gauge Reels 183:04 Applause in Different Tongues 184:54 The Lost Glove Sonata 186:39 Bells and Open Strings 188:20 The Tune Book Bindery 190:06 Encore Etiquette 191:40 The Last Busker Standing 193:05 The Bow Hair Confession 194:40 The Pitch at Rest 196:40 The Tuner App Rebellion 199:09 The Bow Arm Diary 201:54 The Deaf Regular Who Feels the Tunes 208:23 Last Tune at Dusk Stories Edinburgh Podcast — fireside tales from Scotland's most haunted city. Follow for a new story every day. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support. Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support This episode may combine documented history, folklore, reported paranormal claims, and clearly identified creative reconstruction. Supernatural accounts are presented as cultural stories rather than verified fact. True-crime subjects are discussed with respect for victims and survivors. Anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

    The Fiddler of Stockbridge Market
  2. Oct 4

    The Lake Beneath the Gardens

    Beneath the lawns of Princes Street Gardens lies a vanished lake — the Nor Loch, the Castle's ancient moat, playground, and secret-keeper. Tonight we drain it with words and walk its vanished shores, from skaters to witches to the last boat. Chapters: 00:00 — Fireside Welcome 02:05 — The Hollow Beneath the Castle 05:09 — A Moat Made by Nature 08:10 — The Skaters of Winter 11:37 — What the City Poured In 15:40 — The Draining of the Loch 19:46 — The Making of the Gardens 23:13 — The Mound That Crossed It 27:09 — The Railway Arrives 30:55 — Ducking the Witches 34:31 — What the Mud Kept 38:29 — The Fountain and the Bandstand 42:21 — Winter in the Gardens 46:06 — Famous Feet 50:04 — The Lake in the Archives 54:05 — What Lies Beneath 57:38 — Crossing the Hollow 60:38 — The Great Frosts 64:30 — The Last Boat 67:26 — The Herons at Dawn 71:10 — Sign-Off Stories Edinburgh Podcast, every Thursday night. Follow the show so our fire is always lit when you need it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support. Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support This episode may combine documented history, folklore, reported paranormal claims, and clearly identified creative reconstruction. Supernatural accounts are presented as cultural stories rather than verified fact. True-crime subjects are discussed with respect for victims and survivors. Anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

    The Lake Beneath the Gardens
  3. 4d ago

    The Long Night of Holyrood Park

    Holyrood Park after dark: Arthur's Seat against the stars, palace shadows on the loch, and one long walk through four hundred years of Edinburgh night. A four-and-a-half-hour story in one hundred forty-four small movements. Best heard with nowhere to be. Chapters: 0:00 Gates of the Royal Park 3:08 The Crags at Moonrise 6:50 Arthur Seat and Its Legends 10:30 The Chapel Ruins 14:26 Owls Over the Lochs 18:03 The Palace and the Park 21:33 Foxes and Ravens 25:17 Gorse in Blossom 29:24 The Radical Road 32:45 Whinchat and Stonechat 36:04 The Basalt Columns 39:00 Ravens at First Light 41:15 Fox Cubs in Spring 43:23 Badgers After Dark 45:31 Bats Over the Water 47:19 The Trig Point 49:18 May Morning Crowds 51:16 Dew on the Summit 52:59 The Miniature Coffins 54:58 The Hill Fort Ramparts 56:32 Bronze Age Burials 58:15 The Norse Arrowhead 59:41 Saint Anthony Well 1:01:22 The Hermit Cell 1:03:07 Ruins at Midnight 1:04:45 Duddingston Loch Circuit 1:06:18 Saint Margaret Loch 1:07:42 Swans and Cygnets 1:09:13 Herons at Daybreak 1:10:36 Wigeon in Winter 1:11:57 Curling on the Ice 1:13:22 The Village Kirk 1:14:48 Sheep on the Slopes 1:16:15 The Palace Gates 1:17:49 Abbey Ruins 1:19:21 The Poacher Verse 1:20:58 Parliament Below the Crags 1:22:27 Runners at Daybreak 1:23:59 Snow on the Crags 1:25:26 Wind on the Summit 1:28:29 Sunset from the Radical Road 1:31:42 Stars Over the City 1:34:35 The Lion Shape 1:37:19 Gorse Fires and Renewal 1:40:32 The Piper Path 1:42:46 Dog Walkers Circuit 1:44:45 The Commuter Cut Through 1:46:21 Photography at Golden Hour 1:47:56 The Ranger Rounds 1:49:22 Volunteers Clearing Paths 1:50:53 The School Visit 1:52:20 Geology Students Mapping 1:53:42 The Pulpit Rock 1:55:05 Hunter Bog Rest 1:56:35 The Meadow Brown Meadow 1:57:59 Orchids on the Slopes 1:59:24 Swifts Over the Crags 2:00:44 Kestrels Hovering 2:02:08 The Peregrine Return 2:03:41 Buzzards Circling 2:05:02 The Full Moon Walk 2:06:29 Midsummer Light 2:08:00 The Equinox Balance 2:09:30 Hogmanay Fireworks View 2:11:05 The Stoat Hunt 2:12:30 Deer in the Morning Mist 2:15:38 The Salisbury Crags Climb 2:18:01 Naismith Pacing Counts 2:19:47 The Seven Hills View 2:21:24 The Firth from the Top 2:22:54 The Pentlands Opposite 2:24:19 The Castle from Below 2:25:42 Calton Hill Across the Valley 2:27:03 The Meadows Link 2:28:28 The Innocent Railway Path 2:29:46 The Burns and Springs 2:31:09 The Toad Patrol 2:32:24 The Frog Chorus 2:33:44 The Newt Ponds 2:35:02 The Lizard Bank 2:36:22 Slow Worms Under Tin 2:37:41 The Harvest Moon Rise 2:39:07 The Winter Solstice Sunrise 2:40:21 Dunsapie Loch Rest 2:43:29 The Crags in the Rain 2:45:34 The Gully Scrambles 2:47:07 The Royal Hunts 2:50:29 The Dry Stone Walls 2:52:35 The Hawthorn Guardians 2:54:35 Elderflower June 2:56:12 The Bramble Harvest 2:57:37 Rosehip Winter 2:58:50 The Yew by the Chapel 3:00:18 The Moth Trap Night 3:01:56 The Lantern Walk 3:03:20 The Story Circle 3:04:38 The Bench Dedications 3:06:03 The Lost Property Rail 3:07:28 The Cloud Reading 3:08:53 The First Snowdrop 3:10:22 The Last Leaf 3:11:32 The Year Ledger 3:12:56 The Final Circuit Home 3:15:07 The Rowan Berries 3:17:59 The Birch Clumps 3:19:51 The Pine Stand 3:21:25 The Sycamore Shade 3:22:50 The Ash Watch 3:24:22 The Ivy Harvest 3:25:40 The Holly Thickets 3:27:10 The Alder Carr 3:28:27 The Willow Carr 3:29:53 The Poplar Avenue 3:31:12 The Lime Walk 3:32:37 The Oak Veterans 3:34:05 The Beech Hedges 3:35:29 The Cherry Glade 3:36:59 The Crab Apple Fall 3:38:28 The Wild Pear 3:39:45 The Hazel Nuts 3:41:07 The Sweet Chestnut 3:42:23 The Walnut Sapling 3:43:48 The Spindle Berries 3:45:06 The Hornbeam Hedges 3:46:25 The Wild Service Tree 3:47:40 The Blackthorn Sloe 3:49:07 The Guelder Rose 3:50:36 The Dog Rose Scramble 3:52:01 The Field Maple 3:53:20 The Whitebeam Avenues 3:54:42 The Buckthorn Breaks 3:56:03 The Wayfaring Tree 3:57:27 The Privet Flower 3:58:57 The Night Ledger Close 4:00:28 The Juniper Clumps 4:03:21 The Final Lantern Douse 4:06:03 The Dogwood Stems 4:07:27 The Tutsan Glade 4:08:47 The Long Watch Ends 4:12:19 The Starling Murmuration 4:14:15 The Wren Chorus 4:16:04 The Firecrest Glimpse 4:18:39 The Aurora Over the Forth 4:27:50 Dawn on the Summit Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support. Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support This episode may combine documented history, folklore, reported paranormal claims, and clearly identified creative reconstruction. Supernatural accounts are presented as cultural stories rather than verified fact. True-crime subjects are discussed with respect for victims and survivors. Anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

    The Long Night of Holyrood Park
  4. 5d ago

    The Bookseller of Victoria Street

    Step in out of the night air. Tonight we browse where Victoria Street bends like a bow, among shelves that have outlived their makers — four floors of books in a building meant for two, a bargain cart chained outside in all weathers, and a bookseller who claims he can find any title in the dark. We wander the printers' Old Town, meet the cat who shelves nothing, hear rain on the bow windows, and open the antiquarian map drawer. There are lost manuscripts, circulating libraries, ballad sellers, students who browse for hours, and Scott himself proofreading through the night. Settle in for a gentle fireside ramble through the book trade of Edinburgh, ending settled as always. Chapters: 00:00 The Curve of Colored Shops 02:54 Printers of the Old Town 05:41 The Cat Who Shelves Nothing 08:27 Rain on the Bow Windows 11:16 The Lost Manuscript Tale 14:34 The Antiquarian Map Drawer 18:35 Story Hour for Small Browsers 22:35 The Cellar of Forgotten Boxes 27:16 Christmas on the Curve 31:02 The West Bow Before Victoria Street 36:14 The Bookbinders of the Cowgate 42:06 The Circulating Libraries 47:04 Scott and the Book Trade 52:07 The Ballad Sellers and Chapmen 56:30 The Bargain Cart in All Weathers 01:04 Students Who Browse for Hours 01:12 The Festival Book Tent 01:19 The Winter Stocktaking 01:25 Telephone Orders and Postal Trade 01:29 The Rival Across the Mile 01:34 The Ghost Signature Mystery 01:38 The Shop Bell and Its Ringers 01:42 The Cookery Corner and Its Fans 01:48 The Poetry Wall and Open Mic 01:54 The Rainy Day Regulars 02:00 The Morning Before Opening 02:06 The Last Customer Each Night 02:10 Window Displays Through Seasons 02:14 Book Groups That Meet Upstairs 02:19 The Quiet Hour After Closing 02:23 The Birthday Book Club 02:26 The Travel Shelf Wanderers 02:29 The New Year Shelf Wish 02:32 Shutters Down, Story Done Stories Edinburgh — true things told true, old sayings told as sayings, and a gentle landing at the end. Voices in this episode are AI-synthesized performances. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support. Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support This episode may combine documented history, folklore, reported paranormal claims, and clearly identified creative reconstruction. Supernatural accounts are presented as cultural stories rather than verified fact. True-crime subjects are discussed with respect for victims and survivors. Anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

    The Bookseller of Victoria Street
  5. Oct 14

    Winter Light on Calton Hill

    Above Edinburgh's east end rises a hill of monuments, unfinished temples, buried radicals, and the best winter light in Scotland. Climb Calton Hill with us from the three o'clock gloom to the blue hour — past the time ball, the observatory keepers, the burial ground poets, the playback of Hogmanay fires — and come back down with twenty-nine small stories in your pocket. Chapters: 0:00 The Climb at Three 2:45 The Unfinished Parthenon 5:49 Nelson Tower and the Time Ball 8:43 The Observatory and the Stars 11:59 Dugald Stewart Watching South 14:46 The Cannon That Fires at One 18:08 The Bridewell and the Jail 21:47 Festivals on the Summit 25:48 The View Toward the Forth 29:45 The Old Calton Burial Ground 35:30 Burns Monument and the Poet Corner 41:25 The Playfair Observatory and Its Keepers 46:55 The Signal Mast and the Shipping News 52:32 Gorse, Crag, and the Hill Wildlife 58:05 The Panorama Painters of the Hill 63:13 Hogmanay Fires Above the City 68:59 The Tunnels Under the Hill 74:09 The Dawn Walkers Club 79:30 The Stonemasons Who Tend the Monuments 84:52 The Kite Flyers of March 89:47 The Wedding Parties at the Columns 94:16 The Lamplighter Twilight Rounds 98:16 The Snow Days and Sledges 102:41 The Plaques and Their Stories 106:21 The Night Bus Home 110:34 The Carol Singers at Christmas 114:25 The Spring Snowdrops Below the Crags 118:30 The Last Light on the Columns 120:26 Descending in the Blue Hour Stories Edinburgh Podcast — fireside tales from Scotland's most haunted city. Follow for a new story every day. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support. Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support This episode may combine documented history, folklore, reported paranormal claims, and clearly identified creative reconstruction. Supernatural accounts are presented as cultural stories rather than verified fact. True-crime subjects are discussed with respect for victims and survivors. Anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

    Winter Light on Calton Hill
  6. Oct 14

    The Baker of the Grassmarket

    Before dawn, while Edinburgh sleeps, the Grassmarket baker fires his ovens and the old square wakes trade by trade. From gallows shadow to festival August, from drovers' roads to the one o'clock gun, this is a fireside walk through the most storied marketplace in Scotland — its bakers and candlemakers, night watches and winter fairs, pigeons, gulls, and square cats. Chapters: 0:00 Ovens Before Dawn 2:45 The Square of Many Trades 5:42 A Loaf for Every Purse 8:46 Castle Shadow, Hearth Glow 11:59 The Night the Oven Failed 15:03 The Gallows Shadow and Mercy 19:31 Market Day in the Square 23:33 The White Hart and the Stables 27:29 Apprentices and Their Ways 31:41 The Drovers and Their Roads 35:58 Hay, Horses, and the Stables 40:51 The Covenanters Memorial and Quiet Respect 44:59 Candlemas and the Winter Fairs 49:00 The Night Watch of the Square 53:25 Flour From the Mills of the Leith 58:02 The Trams That Rang Past the Door 62:31 Festival August in the Square 66:48 The Candlemakers and the Chandlers 70:24 Secondhand Clothes and the Rag Trade 73:39 The Dance Halls of Living Memory 77:14 Pigeons, Gulls, and the Square Cats 81:22 The One O Clock Gun From Below 85:41 Rain on the Cobbles 89:22 The Memorial Steps at Midday 93:17 The Saturday Cheese Woman 96:52 Sunday Quiet in the Square 98:51 Last Crumb, First Light Stories Edinburgh Podcast — folklore, mysteries, and haunted history, weekly. Follow for the next tale. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support. Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support This episode may combine documented history, folklore, reported paranormal claims, and clearly identified creative reconstruction. Supernatural accounts are presented as cultural stories rather than verified fact. True-crime subjects are discussed with respect for victims and survivors. Anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

    The Baker of the Grassmarket
  7. Oct 13

    The Lanterns of Mary Kings Close

    Beneath Edinburgh's Royal Mile lies a frozen street — Mary Kings Close, sealed under the City Chambers, where plague-year doors still stand locked and a small shoe waits in the dust. Descend the steps with lantern light: the merchant houses above, the water carriers at the common well, the ghost stories gently considered, and the climb back up into the lamplight. A slow, atmospheric walk through one of the world's most haunted closes — history, mystery, and quiet dread in equal measure. Chapters: 0:00 Down the Steps Beneath the Mile 3:00 The Houses That the City Closed 6:46 A Small Shoe in the Dust 10:26 The Guides and Their Lamps 13:39 What the Stones Remember 17:12 The Plague Year and the Locked Doors 22:31 The Merchant Houses Above 28:01 The Exchange Rises Overhead 33:30 Ghosts Gently Considered 38:01 The Water Carriers and the Common Well 47:41 Winter Evenings by the Hearth 56:09 The Masons Who Raised the Exchange 64:16 The Bellman of the High Street 67:19 Coming Up Into the Lamplight Somewhere Eerie Podcast — dark history for slow nights. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support. Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support This episode may combine documented history, folklore, reported paranormal claims, and clearly identified creative reconstruction. Supernatural accounts are presented as cultural stories rather than verified fact. True-crime subjects are discussed with respect for victims and survivors. Anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

    The Lanterns of Mary Kings Close
  8. Oct 11

    The Resurrection Men of Surgeons Square

    In the winter of 1828, Edinburgh learned what its hunger for knowledge had purchased. Two Irish lodgers, an ambitious anatomist who asked no questions, sixteen victims, and a scandal that changed the law of the land. The full fireside tale of Burke and Hare, from the resurrection trade to the scaffold at the Lawnmarket — and the ghosts that linger still. Chapters: 00:00 A City Hungry for Knowledge 06:13 The Law Allows Only the Hanged 11:19 The Resurrection Trade 15:13 Two Lodgers From Ireland 19:00 The Old Pensioner's Death 23:58 The Method Refined 28:11 Doctor Knox of Surgeons Square 32:42 The Lodgers Grow Bold 36:52 The Discovery 41:10 Justice at the Lawnmarket 47:50 The Anatomy Act 52:07 The Ghosts of Surgeons Square 56:36 Carrying the Story Home 61:27 What the Stones Remember Stories Edinburgh Podcast — fireside tales from Scotland's most haunted city. Follow for a new story every week. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support. Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support This episode may combine documented history, folklore, reported paranormal claims, and clearly identified creative reconstruction. Supernatural accounts are presented as cultural stories rather than verified fact. True-crime subjects are discussed with respect for victims and survivors. Anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.

    The Resurrection Men of Surgeons Square

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Edinburgh is a city built in layers. Beneath its crowded streets lie sealed rooms, forgotten passageways, and stories that never entirely remained buried. Stories Edinburgh Podcast explores the Scottish capital’s folklore, unsolved mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history. Each week, a British storyteller leads you through shadowed closes, ancient graveyards, underground vaults, and the weathered streets where history and legend continue to overlap. Journey from the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle to Greyfriars Kirkyard, the Old Town, and the chambers hidden beneath the city. Discover notorious crimes, restless spirits, disputed legends, unexplained events, and the real history that inspired generations of dark storytelling. Some tales can be traced through surviving records. Others changed as they passed from one storyteller to another. Episodes distinguish documented history, reported claims, folklore, and creative reconstruction whenever possible. True-crime stories are presented with consideration for victims, survivors, and their families. Reported allegations are identified as such, and anyone accused of wrongdoing is presumed innocent unless proven guilty through an appropriate legal process. Every stone has a story. Some are simply darker than others. A HustleStudios Podcast Network production. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support.