Tales From Wyrd Scotland
Tales from Wyrd Scotland is a new Podcast/radiophonic drama by Nick Cole-Hamilton and Gordon Stewart, in which we plunge deep into the mystical and murky depths of Scotland’s dark, weird and haunted past.
- Update frequency
- every 53 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 28 - The Stones of Scotland
Episode 28 - The Stones of Scotland
In which Gordon Stewart explores the history, myth and murky past of the stones of Scotland. Tales of fairies, giants and rumours of human sacrifice abound.
You…
00:27:36 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 27 - The Grey Paw
The Grey Paw was written and told by Barbara Buchanan.
This episode was recorded produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton.
You can find us now on Mastodon, BlueSky and Facebook, …
00:07:48 |
Tue 24 Dec 2024
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 26b - Hallowe'en Live! Treacle Scones & Tumshie Lanterns (part 2)
Episode 26 - Hallowe'en Live! Treacle Scones & Tumshie Lanterns (part two)
The second part of our first ever live show! From the historic village of Stow in the Scottish Borders, hosted graciously a…
00:34:24 |
Fri 01 Nov 2024
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 26 - Hallowe'en Live! Treacle Scones & Tumshie Lanterns (part 1)
Episode 26 - Hallowe'en Live! Treacle Scones & Tumshie Lanterns (part one)
Our first ever live show! From the historic village of Stow in the Scottish Borders, hosted graciously and generously in th…
00:50:13 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 25 - The Dark Lady Of Littledean
Episode 25 - The Dark Lady of Littledean
In which Gordon Stewart explores the dark history of the little remembered Littledean tower in the Scottish Borderlands.
This episode was written and narrat…
00:14:08 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 24 - The Deil's Days
Episode 24 - The Deil's Days
When making a deal with the Devil you must always check the small print, lest you get more than you bargained for.
Barbara Buchanan tells a dark tale which she has writ…
00:20:38 |
Sat 23 Dec 2023
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 23 - Rites And Mysteries, A Haunted Book Tale
Episode 23 - Rites and Mysteries.
We're back! Nick Cole-Hamilton recounts his experience with a supposedly haunted book...
This episode was written, read, produced and radiophonically designed by N…
00:11:47 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 22 - Feartie, A Winters Fable
Episode 22 - Feartie, a Winter's Fable
When there is no witness, when guilt cannot be proven, our only punishment is that which remains, that which haunts us.
Barbara Buchanan narrates a dark fable…
00:39:54 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 21 - Vanished Lands
Episode 21 - Vanished Lands - Ghost Towns, Lost Islands And Places That Never Were.
Gordon Stewart explores towns engulfed by sand, lone mythic islands in the Atlantic, and a town which never was.
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00:42:39 |
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 20 - Something In The Air - The Haunting Of Montrose Airfield
Episode 20 - Something In The Air - The Haunting Of Montrose Airfield
Barbara Buchanan looks back on the storied history of Montrose Airfield, remembering those who lost their lives there and who's …
00:23:45 |
Sat 18 Jun 2022
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 19 - The Ringcroft Poltergeist, An Infestation Of Evil
Episode 19 - The Ringcroft Poltergeist, An Infestation Of Evil
Barbara Buchanan explores the terrifying account of a poltergeist which plagued a family in Auchencairn in 1695. The account was docume…
00:21:58 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 18 - Psychogeoraphy And The Scottish Wyrd (Feat @Concretebodach)
Episode 18, featuring Callum Sutherland.
Callum is a researcher at the University of Glasgow who reached out to us via our twitter account to ask if we'd be interested in talking to him about his re…
01:34:24 |
Sat 26 Feb 2022
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 17 - Shoes For Black Donald
Episode 17 - Shoes For Black Donald, a tale written by Nick Cole-Hamilton
The tale was told by Gordon Stewart and featured:
Donald Cowan as Black Donald
Barbara Buchanan as Morag
and Nick Cole-Hamil…
00:29:42 |
Tue 21 Dec 2021
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 16 - The Point, A Story For A Winter's Night
The Point is a story written and told by Barbara Buchanan.
This episode was recorded produced and radiophonically designed by Nick Cole-Hamilton: www.youbetterrun.media
The image used for this epis…
00:25:13 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 15 - Samhain - Guisers, Dookin' And Bogles
Episode 15 - Samhain - Guisers, Dookin' And Bogles
Barbara Buchanan lights her neep lantern to illuminate the shadows around this darkest of festivals. We explore traditions around Halloween, encoun…
00:20:33 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 14 - The Gorbals Vampire
Episode 14 - The Gorbals Vampire, in which Gordon steps from behind the tombstones to explore a very peculiar Scottish Vampire story.
Content warning - Please note that this episode contains depicti…
00:18:41 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 13 - Waiting In The Wings: The Ghosts In Scotland's Theatres
Episode 13 - Waiting In The Wings: The Ghosts In Scotland's Theatres
In which Barbara Buchanan dims the house lights and calls forth the spirits which linger on the stages and in the stalls of Scotl…
00:17:52 |
Wed 18 Aug 2021
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 12 - Yellow Eyes, 1979
Episode 12 - Yellow Eyes 1979.
In which Gordon Stewart travels back in time to explore a very peculiar haunting on Edinburgh's Regent Terrace.
This episode was written by Gordon Stewart, based on a…
00:16:32 |
Wed 28 Jul 2021
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 11 - The Casebook Of The Photogenic Fairies
Episode 11 - in which, alongside an immensely famous Scotsman, we cross the veil and the border, to investigate the surprising story of the Cottingley Fairies.
This episode was written and narrated …
00:15:01 |
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Tales From Wyrd Scotland | Episode 10 - "Is There Anybody There?" Spiritualism and Scottish Mediums
Episode 10 - exploring the rise of Spiritualism, focusing particularly on two famous Scottish mediums, Daniel Hume, and Helen Duncan, who was one of the last people to be tried under the Witchcraft A…
00:25:02 |
Wed 19 May 2021
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