Stories Edinburgh Podcast

About Stories Edinburgh Podcast

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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss).

Publisher

HustleStudios Podcast Network

Category

society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026

   The Prison at the Heart of Midlothian

   Draw near the fire for the story of the Tolbooth — the great prison that stood in the middle of Edinburgh's High Street for centuries. From turnkeys and debtors to Porteous and Deacon Brodie, from the condemned bell to the Heart in the pavement, this is three quiet hours in the shadow of the stones. Chapters: 0:00:00 — Fireside Welcome 0:01:48 — The Stones of the High Street 0:05:03 — A Prison Above the Shops 0:08:03 — The Heart Marked in Stone 0:11:11 — Debtors and Dreamers 0:14:18 — The Iron Ring of the Door 0:17:10 — Porridge and Silence 0:20:22 — The Turnkey's Rounds 0:23:17 — Letters Never Sent 0:26:20 — The Chapel Bell 0:29:25 — Winter in the Cells 0:32:21 — The Crowd Below 0:35:22 — Sentences of the Lords 0:38:29 — The Last Night Before 0:41:46 — The Condemned Cells 0:45:06 — The Last Supper 0:48:23 — The Minister's Visit 0:52:02 — Chains in the Night 0:55:14 — The Walk to the Grassmarket 0:58:54 — The Gallows Tree 1:02:26 — The Crowd at the Hanging 1:06:00 — The Body After 1:09:39 — Buried at Midnight 1:13:16 — The Widow's Window 1:17:04 — Reprieve by Post 1:20:52 — The Empty Cell 1:24:30 — What Justice Cost 1:28:40 — The Last Turnkey 1:31:55 — Emptying the Cells 1:35:07 — Ropes and Picks 1:38:18 — The Stones Carted Away 1:41:48 — A Gap in the High Street 1:45:05 — Setting the Heart 1:47:51 — Hopping the Heart 1:51:02 — What the Tour Guides Say 1:54:34 — Bells Remembered 1:57:56 — The Law Remade 2:01:16 — Grassmarket Mornings Now 2:04:49 — The Door That Is Gone 2:09:13 — Winter Light on the High Street 2:12:59 — The Captain of the Guard 2:17:29 — The Night the Mob Came 2:21:21 — The Cabinetmaker's Second Life 2:25:08 — The First Man on His Own Gallows 2:29:16 — Jeanie's Walk 2:33:21 — The Bairns at the Door 2:37:31 — The Bell That Called the City 2:41:53 — Stones Beneath the Pavement 2:46:11 — The Witch Pricker's Cell 2:49:50 — From the Gallows to the Table 2:53:16 — The Twin That Survived 2:56:09 — Garnish and Fees 3:00:57 — What Walks the High Street 3:04:37 — Keeping the Memory 3:08:14 — 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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). ❤️ Support Stories Edinburgh! Help us keep true horror stories alive by joining our Supporter Club or supporting us on Patreon. Supporter Club: HERE (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support) Patreon: HERE (https://www.patreon.com/cw/hustlestudios) 🎙️ Got a scary encounter? Share your true horror encounter in your own voice! Submit in English, Tagalog, or your own language. Anonymous submissions are welcome, and your story may be featured on the podcast. 🎤 Submit your story: https://spoken.systems/f/99ae02d6-39bc-4a16-9154-15c211f9cb96 (https://spoken.systems/f/99ae02d6-39bc-4a16-9154-15c211f9cb96) Follow the show and share it with fellow horror lovers! Produced by ColoredJuice Podcast Studio (https://coloredjuice.com/).

2. 

   24 Oct 2026

   The Gardener of Princes Street Gardens

   Good evening from the green valley below the castle. Tonight we walk the Princes Street Gardens from spring planting to winter locking: the valley below the shops, the gardener's year, the statues that keep their own counsel, and the quiet work of growing things. Bring the episode along for evening chores or into bed as company. Chapters: 00:00:00 The Valley Below the Shops 00:02:50 The Floral Clock and Its Keepers 00:05:45 Roses Under the Rock 00:08:38 The Mound and the Galleries 00:11:39 The Ross Fountain Restoration 00:15:27 Autumn Leaves and the Great Clearing 00:19:23 The Nor Loch Beneath the Lawns 00:23:29 Winter Frost on the Lawns 00:27:30 Daffodils by the East Gate 00:31:06 The Scott Monument Shadows 00:35:04 Pigeons and Their Parliament 00:38:55 The Shed Crew at Tea Break 00:42:45 Lawnmowers at Dawn 00:46:28 The Castle Gun at One 00:50:06 The Bandstand Concerts 00:53:58 Squirrels of the West Garden 00:57:33 The Railway Below the Mound 01:01:09 Snowdrops in February 01:05:15 The Herbaceous Borders 01:09:11 Watering in Drought 01:12:47 The Apprentice First Year 01:16:34 Festival Crowds on the Slopes 01:20:14 Fireworks Over the Beds 01:24:26 The Gardener Diary 01:28:40 Robins Follow the Fork 01:32:21 Tulips in April Rows 01:36:24 The Old Sycamore 01:40:21 Benches and Their Sitters 01:44:15 The Dog Walkers at Opening 01:49:28 Litter Picking After Events 01:53:16 The Greenhouse Behind the Sheds 01:57:08 Seed Catalogs in January 02:01:08 The Lawn Stripes 02:05:04 Moles and Their Hills 02:08:59 The Evening Blackbird 02:12:48 Rain on the Rockery 02:16:42 Spring Bulbs Beyond Counting 02:20:48 The Rock Garden Terraces 02:24:31 Wedding Parties at the Fountain 02:28:23 The Sundial Border 02:32:35 Bees Among the Borders 02:36:23 The Night Frost Watch 02:40:13 The Compost Heaps Behind the Sheds 02:43:16 Gates Locked, Garden Sleeping Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

3. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Greyfriars Bobby and the Kirkyard That Kept Him

   Greyfriars Bobby and the Kirkyard That Kept HimEvery night for fourteen years, a small Skye Terrier slept on a grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard — through fourteen Edinburgh winters of frost, fog, and rain. The night watchman was long dead. The dog stayed anyway. And when Bobby died in eighteen seventy-two, the city buried him where no dog had ever been buried, and raised a statue, and argued about him for a hundred and fifty years.This night walk — nearly two hours in thirty-nine small chapters — follows the true story of Greyfriars Bobby from the winter of eighteen sixty-one to the bronze nose tourists rub for luck today. John Gray and the missing grave. Sergeant Traill and the daily firing of the Castle gun. The Lord Provost's licence, the red collar, the two-Bobbys dispute. And the kirkyard itself: Covenanters' Prison, the Black Mausoleum, the mortsafes, the symbols on the stones — the most haunted ground in Scotland, and the one ghost story in it that was always, provably, real.Documented history, reported claims, folklore, and honest reconstruction — always marked as such. That is the covenant of this show. The dark deserves the truth, or the closest we can come to it.CHAPTERS:0:08 — The Small Stone3:19 — The Gates5:36 — The Kirk8:23 — The Covenant11:45 — The Flodden Wall14:25 — The Plague Dead17:45 — The Resurrection Men21:04 — Why Kirkyards Keep24:16 — The Mortsafes27:28 — The Mausoleums30:57 — The Symbols33:57 — The Master37:18 — The Eighteen Sixty One Winter41:05 — The Traill Question44:34 — The Two Bobbys48:23 — The Fourteen Years51:53 — The Thirty Five Thousand54:46 — The Locked Gates57:37 — The Riddle Stone60:27 — The Dispute65:20 — The Statue68:48 — The Covenanters' Prison71:35 — The Black Mausoleum74:39 — The Breaking77:57 — At Arm's Length80:22 — The Small Stone at Last84:26 — The Watch Continues88:03 — The Other Dogs90:54 — The Loyal Dead94:22 — The Weather98:13 — The Gardeners101:28 — The Films104:53 — The Night Staff107:57 — The Missing Master111:06 — The Reasons115:14 — The Offering118:24 — The Vigil121:18 — The Last Round124:18 — The Walk HomeSOURCES:Greyfriars Kirk official kirkyard records and Bobby memorial / Lord Provost's dog licence 1867, City of Edinburgh archives (licence bought for Bobby by Sir William Chambers) / The Scotsman, Bobby coverage 1867–1873 / Baroness Burdett-Coutts Greyfriars Bobby Fountain, 1873 / Eleanor Atkinson, Greyfriars Bobby (1912 novel — fiction, marked as such wherever used)Bed music "Keeping Warm" by Oliver Massa, licensed via Uppbeat, code 2YZ5AYR2VZKOBLXY, link https://uppbeat.io/c/oliver-massaLove the music in this episode? It is all licensed from Uppbeat — get 20% off and support the show when you join here: https://share.uppbeat.io/b1d396uc1nkeSupport the show: https://www.spreaker.com/show/stories-edinburgh-podcast/supportWant every episode before everyone else? Join us on Patreon for early access to all episodes, exclusive supporter-only stories, and extended editions across every Hustle Studios show. Join here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/hustlestudiosFollow Stories Edinburgh Podcast for a new night walk every week. Every stone has a story. Some are simply darker than others.Greyfriars Bobby and the Kirkyard That Kept Him — by HustleStudios#StoriesEdinburgh #HustleStudios #GhostStories #HauntedEdinburgh #GreyfriarsBobby

4. 

   19 Oct 2026

   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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

5. 

   18 Oct 2026

   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...

6. 

   17 Oct 2026

   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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

7. 

   14 Oct 2026

   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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

8. 

   14 Oct 2026

   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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

9. 

   13 Oct 2026

   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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

10. 

    11 Oct 2026

    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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

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    8 Oct 2026

    The Street Beneath the Street

    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 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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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. This episode includes AI-generated content.

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    7 Oct 2026

    Beneath the South Bridge

    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 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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

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    4 Oct 2026

    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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

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    3 Oct 2026

    A Quiet Morning at Dean Village

    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 the heron that fishes the shallows. Walk it with us at our usual fireside pace. 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 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

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    2 Oct 2026

    The Vaults Beneath South Bridge

    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, with nowhere else to go, slowly filled them with workshops, smugglers, and families with no other roof. This is the story of how a monument to reason became one of the most hidden corners of Scotland, and of the people who lived, worked, and vanished in the dark below the road. 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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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.

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    1 Oct 2026

    The Butchers of West Port

    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, 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 (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss). 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. This episode includes AI-generated content.

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