Magic Island Storytelling Theatre: Strange Tales From The Isle Of Arran: Ghost & fairy tales & more.

About Magic Island Storytelling Theatre: Strange Tales From The Isle Of Arran: Ghost & fairy tales & more.

"It must be admitted that the particular class of stories which turns on the marvellous possesses a stronger influence when told than when committed to print" - Walter Scott, The Tapestried Chamber. Storyteller & audio dramatist Marty Ross (Audible, BBC, Wireless Theatre, Big Finish, Kisses In The Dark) performs magical, mysterious and creepy tales as a spinoff from Ross's regular storytelling shows for ArranSound radio on the Scottish Isle of Arran, where Ross lives. Ross' work has been performed by the likes of Brian Cox, Daniel Kaluuya & Stephen Fry - here Ross performs "unplugged".

Publisher

Marty Ross

Category

fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Feb 2021

Latest episode

3 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

126 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Sept 2026

   THE GORBALS VAMPIRE part 10 (FINAL EPISODE): Taste The Blood Of The Gorbals Vampire

   And so we come to the final episode of this dramatic tale inspired by the urban landscape and macabre folklore of my native southside of Glasgow, a story I've wanted to perform and record like this ever since I first performed it live in the theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival way back in 2015, a story I was intent on performing, then as now, in an unequivocal, unapologetic Glaswegian voice and language. I hope with this, and the preceding episodes, I have done my native city full dramatic justice, in my own macabre sort of a way. Our young narrator has looked set to suffer the most terrible yet of all the many cruelties the Vampire has inflicted on him, having to stand by and watch as the Vampire sinks his iron teeth into the throat of his ailing mother on her sick bed. But maybe our protagonist has more fight in him than even he had thought, fight enough to challenge the Vampire at last - to take him on in a fight to the death. The Gorbals Vampire Must Be Destroyed!

2. 

   29 Aug 2026

   THE GORBALS VAMPIRE part 9: The Unquenchable Thirst of the Gorbals Vampire

   Now that the Gorbals Vampire has told his story to our narrating protagonist, this strange pair perhaps better understand one another now. Yet the fact remains - our young hero is getting older and no longer able to serve so successfully as 'bait', drawing victims to the vampire's iron fangs, and the Vampire is getting helluva thirsty. But now the Vampire comes up with a whole new idea for getting hold of fresh blood. But this will lead our hero to another startling reunion....

3. 

   25 Aug 2026

   THE GORBALS VAMPIRE part 8: Scars of the Gorbals Vampire

   So the time has come for The Gorbals Vampire himself to tell the story of how he came to be a vampire in the first place, a story which links his biography intimately with that of the city he haunts.... This being a horror story, the episode contains scenes and images some listeners might find disturbing....

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

20

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81