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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.]]> en Documentary HustleStudios Podcast Network https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b12ea3bc50807d74ba698a7eebef387b.jpg https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:28:36 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network HustleStudios Podcast Network hustlestudioph@gmail.com 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...
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.

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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.

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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.
]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75817207 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:30:02 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 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...
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.

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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.
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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.

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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.
]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75818146 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 01:30:02 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 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...
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...]]> 16296 false 1 12 full https://feeds.hustlestudios.net/link/24603/17499233/the-bookseller-of-victoria-street--75813289
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:

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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.
]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75813289 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:30:02 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 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...
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:

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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.
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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.

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75790420 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:17:03 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 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,...
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.

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A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.
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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.

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75779612 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:16:57 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 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...
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.

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A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.
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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.

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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.
]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75740820 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:30:00 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 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...
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.

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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.
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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.

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A HustleStudios Podcast Network production.
]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75786721 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 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...
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.

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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.
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Sealed for centuries beneath Edinburgh's Royal Mile, Mary King's Close kept its plague dead, its myths, and its stones. This week we descend: the close, the plague year of sixteen forty-five, little Annie, the working street, the burial pits, the rediscovery, the doctors, the loch, the neighbours, the inventory, the guides, and the reckoning.

What to expect: a full descent into the underground street — history, myth, and memory, told slow. Perfect for putting on while you do chores, work, cook, commute, or lie back and descend.

CHAPTERS: Welcome / Cold Open / The Close / The Plague Year / Annie / The Working Street / The Burial / The Rediscovery / The Plague Doctors / The Loch / Intermission / The Neighbours / The Inventory / The Guide / The Pits / Morning / The Pest House / The Records / The Reckoning / Next Week / Sources / Closing / Post-Credits / Dedication / The Last Lamp

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#Edinburgh #DarkHistory #MaryKingsClose #PlagueHistory #ScottishHistory #HistoryPodcast

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This episode includes AI-generated content.]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75397158 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:03 +0000 true HustleStudios Podcast Network The Street Beneath the Street — Mary King's Close. Sealed for centuries beneath Edinburgh's Royal Mile, Mary King's Close kept its plague dead, its myths, and its stones. This week we descend: the close, the plague year of sixteen forty-five, little...
Sealed for centuries beneath Edinburgh's Royal Mile, Mary King's Close kept its plague dead, its myths, and its stones. This week we descend: the close, the plague year of sixteen forty-five, little Annie, the working street, the burial pits, the rediscovery, the doctors, the loch, the neighbours, the inventory, the guides, and the reckoning.

What to expect: a full descent into the underground street — history, myth, and memory, told slow. Perfect for putting on while you do chores, work, cook, commute, or lie back and descend.

CHAPTERS: Welcome / Cold Open / The Close / The Plague Year / Annie / The Working Street / The Burial / The Rediscovery / The Plague Doctors / The Loch / Intermission / The Neighbours / The Inventory / The Guide / The Pits / Morning / The Pest House / The Records / The Reckoning / Next Week / Sources / Closing / Post-Credits / Dedication / The Last Lamp

Subscribe, follow, share with a friend who loves dark history. Next week: the fire.

#Edinburgh #DarkHistory #MaryKingsClose #PlagueHistory #ScottishHistory #HistoryPodcast

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In seventeen eighty-eight the city raised a bridge over the Cowgate ravine — and sealed a warren of vaults beneath its arches. This episode descends into them: the bridge raised over a hearse's first crossing, the vaults themselves, the cobblers and whisky-smugglers and forgotten poor who lived in the dark below, the gaugers who hunted the secret stills, the shadow of the anatomists, the wet stone and bricked arches, the day the vaults were broken open, what remains there now, and a closing blessing for the forgotten dead. History told slowly, for the small hours.

Recorded for sleep at a calm, even volume, with each part of the descent marked. The script was drafted with AI assistance and read through for flow before recording.

Chapters:
00:00 The Bridge Above
23:21 The Vaults Below
41:00 The People of the Vaults
01:02:23 The Secret Stills and the Gauger's Lamp
01:26:55 The Shadow of the Anatomists
01:50:26 The Wet Stone and the Bricked Arches
02:09:20 The Breaking of the Stone
02:33:34 The Vaults Today and What Remains
02:55:11 A Blessing for the Forgotten Dead

Descend gently. Remember them kindly. Goodnight from Edinburgh.

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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.
]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75607479 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:30:53 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network Every day thousands of feet cross Edinburgh's South Bridge. Almost none of them know what lies underneath. In seventeen eighty-eight the city raised a bridge over the Cowgate ravine — and sealed a warren of vaults beneath its arches. This episode...
In seventeen eighty-eight the city raised a bridge over the Cowgate ravine — and sealed a warren of vaults beneath its arches. This episode descends into them: the bridge raised over a hearse's first crossing, the vaults themselves, the cobblers and whisky-smugglers and forgotten poor who lived in the dark below, the gaugers who hunted the secret stills, the shadow of the anatomists, the wet stone and bricked arches, the day the vaults were broken open, what remains there now, and a closing blessing for the forgotten dead. History told slowly, for the small hours.

Recorded for sleep at a calm, even volume, with each part of the descent marked. The script was drafted with AI assistance and read through for flow before recording.

Chapters:
00:00 The Bridge Above
23:21 The Vaults Below
41:00 The People of the Vaults
01:02:23 The Secret Stills and the Gauger's Lamp
01:26:55 The Shadow of the Anatomists
01:50:26 The Wet Stone and the Bricked Arches
02:09:20 The Breaking of the Stone
02:33:34 The Vaults Today and What Remains
02:55:11 A Blessing for the Forgotten Dead

Descend gently. Remember them kindly. Goodnight from Edinburgh.

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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.
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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.

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75846545 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network 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.

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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.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 The Stair Down to the Water
00:02:42 Mills Along the Leith
00:05:43 The Bridge That Sails Overhead
00:08:36 Herons and Kingfishers
00:11:46 The Painters of the Gorge
00:14:32 The Old Schoolhouse and Its Bell
00:18:09 Well Court and Its Courtyard
00:22:00 Winter on the Water
00:25:23 The Walk to Stockbridge
00:29:07 The Baxters and Their Bread
00:34:02 The Lade and the Sluice Keeper
00:40:13 St Bernards Well and the Mineral Spring
00:45:40 The Cemetery on the Hill
00:50:48 The Floods of the Leith
00:54:55 The Sawmills and the Timber Trade
00:58:48 The Washerwomen of the Drying Greens
01:02:56 The Village Smithy
01:06:47 The Rope Walk by the River
01:11:09 Evening Falls on the Gorge
01:15:20 The Chapel in the Valley
01:18:54 Climbing Back to the City

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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.

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]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75815244 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network Good morning from the Water of Leith. Today we leave the ridge and the crowds behind and walk down into Dean Village, the old milling hamlet hidden inside the city: the stair down to the water, the wheel that ground for centuries, the garden walls and...
Chapters:
00:00:00 The Stair Down to the Water
00:02:42 Mills Along the Leith
00:05:43 The Bridge That Sails Overhead
00:08:36 Herons and Kingfishers
00:11:46 The Painters of the Gorge
00:14:32 The Old Schoolhouse and Its Bell
00:18:09 Well Court and Its Courtyard
00:22:00 Winter on the Water
00:25:23 The Walk to Stockbridge
00:29:07 The Baxters and Their Bread
00:34:02 The Lade and the Sluice Keeper
00:40:13 St Bernards Well and the Mineral Spring
00:45:40 The Cemetery on the Hill
00:50:48 The Floods of the Leith
00:54:55 The Sawmills and the Timber Trade
00:58:48 The Washerwomen of the Drying Greens
01:02:56 The Village Smithy
01:06:47 The Rope Walk by the River
01:11:09 Evening Falls on the Gorge
01:15:20 The Chapel in the Valley
01:18:54 Climbing Back to the City

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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.
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Settle in. This one unfolds slowly, the way the vaults themselves did — arch by arch, lantern by lantern.

Chapters:
00:00 The City Built Upon Itself
07:35 A Bridge Over Nothing
13:50 Arches Of Damp Stone
20:41 The Cobblers And The Coopers
27:30 Lanterns For Smugglers
33:47 The Water That Would Not Leave
40:13 Whispers Of Sacks And Surgeons
46:25 The People Who Lived Below
53:02 The Sealing Of The Arches
59:35 What The Dark Remembered

Stories Edinburgh Podcast — quiet histories for rest and sleep, one city at a time.

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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.
]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75767670 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 HustleStudios Podcast Network Beneath one of the grandest streets in Edinburgh lies a second city that was never meant to exist. When the South Bridge rose across the Cowgate in the late seventeen hundreds, its great arches created hollow chambers of stone — and a crowded city,...
Settle in. This one unfolds slowly, the way the vaults themselves did — arch by arch, lantern by lantern.

Chapters:
00:00 The City Built Upon Itself
07:35 A Bridge Over Nothing
13:50 Arches Of Damp Stone
20:41 The Cobblers And The Coopers
27:30 Lanterns For Smugglers
33:47 The Water That Would Not Leave
40:13 Whispers Of Sacks And Surgeons
46:25 The People Who Lived Below
53:02 The Sealing Of The Arches
59:35 What The Dark Remembered

Stories Edinburgh Podcast — quiet histories for rest and sleep, one city at a time.

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:

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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.
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Edinburgh, 1828. Two Irish labourers, a respected doctor, and fifteen missing poor. Burke and Hare smothered their victims and sold the bodies to anatomy lecturer Dr Robert Knox — until the city caught them. Walk West Port, Surgeons Square, the Lawnmarket gallows and Greyfriars with us through murder, medicine, myth and memory.

What to expect: the true history of the Burke and Hare murders, the trial and the twenty-five-thousand-strong hanging crowd, the legend they became — songs, films, and the word burke itself — plus a walking guide to every site you can still visit today. Eighteen chapters, one city that never forgets.

CHAPTERS:
0:06 — Welcome & Introduction
3:14 — Cold Open
4:41 — Chapter 1 — A City of Medicine and Murder
8:59 — Chapter 2 — The Trade
15:33 — Chapter 3 — The Trial
22:10 — Chapter 4 — The Legend
29:18 — Chapter 5 — The Walk
36:10 — Chapter 6 — The Names
42:21 — Chapter 7 — The Doctor's Fall
47:36 — Chapter 8 — The Resurrection Men
53:04 — Chapter 9 — The Athens of the North
58:47 — Intermission
61:01 — Chapter 10 — The Trial of the City
65:47 — Chapter 11 — The Women
71:42 — Chapter 12 — After Dark
76:28 — Chapter 13 — The Reckoning
82:31 — Chapter 14 — Next Week
85:53 — Chapter 15 — The Ballads
91:18 — Chapter 16 — The Guide
95:51 — Chapter 17 — The Afterlife
102:21 — Chapter 18 — Epilogue: Edinburgh Today
105:42 — Closing
107:32 — Post-Credits
109:06 — After the Farewell — Edinburgh Tonight

If this episode gripped you, subscribe to Stories Edinburgh, share it with one friend who loves dark history, and join us next Thursday beneath the Royal Mile for Mary King's Close.

This episode was created with AI assistance — written and narrated with AI tools, produced by a human who loves Edinburgh.

#Edinburgh #TrueCrime #BurkeAndHare #DarkHistory #ScottishHistory #HistoryPodcast

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Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital:

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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.


This episode includes AI-generated content.]]> https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75365550 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:00:03 +0000 true HustleStudios Podcast Network The Butchers of West Port Edinburgh, 1828. Two Irish labourers, a respected doctor, and fifteen missing poor. Burke and Hare smothered their victims and sold the bodies to anatomy lecturer Dr Robert Knox — until the city caught them. Walk West Port,...
Edinburgh, 1828. Two Irish labourers, a respected doctor, and fifteen missing poor. Burke and Hare smothered their victims and sold the bodies to anatomy lecturer Dr Robert Knox — until the city caught them. Walk West Port, Surgeons Square, the Lawnmarket gallows and Greyfriars with us through murder, medicine, myth and memory.

What to expect: the true history of the Burke and Hare murders, the trial and the twenty-five-thousand-strong hanging crowd, the legend they became — songs, films, and the word burke itself — plus a walking guide to every site you can still visit today. Eighteen chapters, one city that never forgets.

CHAPTERS:
0:06 — Welcome & Introduction
3:14 — Cold Open
4:41 — Chapter 1 — A City of Medicine and Murder
8:59 — Chapter 2 — The Trade
15:33 — Chapter 3 — The Trial
22:10 — Chapter 4 — The Legend
29:18 — Chapter 5 — The Walk
36:10 — Chapter 6 — The Names
42:21 — Chapter 7 — The Doctor's Fall
47:36 — Chapter 8 — The Resurrection Men
53:04 — Chapter 9 — The Athens of the North
58:47 — Intermission
61:01 — Chapter 10 — The Trial of the City
65:47 — Chapter 11 — The Women
71:42 — Chapter 12 — After Dark
76:28 — Chapter 13 — The Reckoning
82:31 — Chapter 14 — Next Week
85:53 — Chapter 15 — The Ballads
91:18 — Chapter 16 — The Guide
95:51 — Chapter 17 — The Afterlife
102:21 — Chapter 18 — Epilogue: Edinburgh Today
105:42 — Closing
107:32 — Post-Credits
109:06 — After the Farewell — Edinburgh Tonight

If this episode gripped you, subscribe to Stories Edinburgh, share it with one friend who loves dark history, and join us next Thursday beneath the Royal Mile for Mary King's Close.

This episode was created with AI assistance — written and narrated with AI tools, produced by a human who loves Edinburgh.

#Edinburgh #TrueCrime #BurkeAndHare #DarkHistory #ScottishHistory #HistoryPodcast

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:

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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.


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