Episodi

  • The Lake Beneath the Gardens

    The Lake Beneath the Gardens
    Oct 18 2026
    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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    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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    1 ora e 12 min
  • The Long Night of Holyrood Park

    The Long Night of Holyrood Park
    Oct 18 2026
    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 Park3:08 The Crags at Moonrise6:50 Arthur Seat and Its Legends10:30 The Chapel Ruins14:26 Owls Over the Lochs18:03 The Palace and the Park21:33 Foxes and Ravens25:17 Gorse in Blossom29:24 The Radical Road32:45 Whinchat and Stonechat36:04 The Basalt Columns39:00 Ravens at First Light41:15 Fox Cubs in Spring43:23 Badgers After Dark45:31 Bats Over the Water47:19 The Trig Point49:18 May Morning Crowds51:16 Dew on the Summit52:59 The Miniature Coffins54:58 The Hill Fort Ramparts56:32 Bronze Age Burials58:15 The Norse Arrowhead59:41 Saint Anthony Well1:01:22 The Hermit Cell1:03:07 Ruins at Midnight1:04:45 Duddingston Loch Circuit1:06:18 Saint Margaret Loch1:07:42 Swans and Cygnets1:09:13 Herons at Daybreak1:10:36 Wigeon in Winter1:11:57 Curling on the Ice1:13:22 The Village Kirk1:14:48 Sheep on the Slopes1:16:15 The Palace Gates1:17:49 Abbey Ruins1:19:21 The Poacher Verse1:20:58 Parliament Below the Crags1:22:27 Runners at Daybreak1:23:59 Snow on the Crags1:25:26 Wind on the Summit1:28:29 Sunset from the Radical Road1:31:42 Stars Over the City1:34:35 The Lion Shape1:37:19 Gorse Fires and Renewal1:40:32 The Piper Path1:42:46 Dog Walkers Circuit1:44:45 The Commuter Cut Through1:46:21 Photography at Golden Hour1:47:56 The Ranger Rounds1:49:22 Volunteers Clearing Paths1:50:53 The School Visit1:52:20 Geology Students Mapping1:53:42 The Pulpit Rock1:55:05 Hunter Bog Rest1:56:35 The Meadow Brown Meadow1:57:59 Orchids on the Slopes1:59:24 Swifts Over the Crags2:00:44 Kestrels Hovering2:02:08 The Peregrine Return2:03:41 Buzzards Circling2:05:02 The Full Moon Walk2:06:29 Midsummer Light2:08:00 The Equinox Balance2:09:30 Hogmanay Fireworks View2:11:05 The Stoat Hunt2:12:30 Deer in the Morning Mist2:15:38 The Salisbury Crags Climb2:18:01 Naismith Pacing Counts2:19:47 The Seven Hills View2:21:24 The Firth from the Top2:22:54 The Pentlands Opposite2:24:19 The Castle from Below2:25:42 Calton Hill Across the Valley2:27:03 The Meadows Link2:28:28 The Innocent Railway Path2:29:46 The Burns and Springs2:31:09 The Toad Patrol2:32:24 The Frog Chorus2:33:44 The Newt Ponds2:35:02 The Lizard Bank2:36:22 Slow Worms Under Tin2:37:41 The Harvest Moon Rise2:39:07 The Winter Solstice Sunrise2:40:21 Dunsapie Loch Rest2:43:29 The Crags in the Rain2:45:34 The Gully Scrambles2:47:07 The Royal Hunts2:50:29 The Dry Stone Walls2:52:35 The Hawthorn Guardians2:54:35 Elderflower June2:56:12 The Bramble Harvest2:57:37 Rosehip Winter2:58:50 The Yew by the Chapel3:00:18 The Moth Trap Night3:01:56 The Lantern Walk3:03:20 The Story Circle3:04:38 The Bench Dedications3:06:03 The Lost Property Rail3:07:28 The Cloud Reading3:08:53 The First Snowdrop3:10:22 The Last Leaf3:11:32 The Year Ledger3:12:56 The Final Circuit Home3:15:07 The Rowan Berries3:17:59 The Birch Clumps3:19:51 The Pine Stand3:21:25 The Sycamore Shade3:22:50 The Ash Watch3:24:22 The Ivy Harvest3:25:40 The Holly Thickets3:27:10 The Alder Carr3:28:27 The Willow Carr3:29:53 The Poplar Avenue3:31:12 The Lime Walk3:32:37 The Oak Veterans3:34:05 The Beech Hedges3:35:29 The Cherry Glade3:36:59 The Crab Apple Fall3:38:28 The Wild Pear3:39:45 The Hazel Nuts3:41:07 The Sweet Chestnut3:42:23 The Walnut Sapling3:43:48 The Spindle Berries3:45:06 The Hornbeam Hedges3:46:25 The Wild Service Tree3:47:40 The Blackthorn Sloe3:49:07 The Guelder Rose3:50:36 The Dog Rose Scramble3:52:01 The Field Maple3:53:20 The Whitebeam Avenues3:54:42 The Buckthorn Breaks3:56:03 The Wayfaring Tree3:57:27 The Privet Flower3:58:57 The Night Ledger Close4:00:28 The Juniper Clumps4:03:21 The Final Lantern Douse4:06:03 The Dogwood Stems4:07:27 The Tutsan Glade4:08:47 The Long Watch Ends4:12:19 The Starling Murmuration4:14:15 The Wren Chorus4:16:04 The Firecrest Glimpse4:18:39 The Aurora Over the Forth4:27:50 Dawn on the SummitBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/support.Support Stories Edinburgh Podcast and help us uncover more folklore, mysteries, true crimes, and haunted history from Scotland’s capital:https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stories-edinburgh-podcast--7254529/supportThis 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 ore e 32 min
  • The Bookseller of Victoria Street

    The Bookseller of Victoria Street
    Oct 17 2026
    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.

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    2 ore e 35 min
  • A Quiet Morning at Dean Village

    A Quiet Morning at Dean Village
    Oct 15 2026
    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

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    1 ora e 21 min
  • Winter Light on Calton Hill

    Winter Light on Calton Hill
    Oct 14 2026
    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.

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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.

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    2 ore e 3 min