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Stories Edinburgh Podcast

Stories Edinburgh Podcast

Written by: HustleStudios Podcast Network
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 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.

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Episodes
  • The Prison at the Heart of Midlothian

    The Prison at the Heart of Midlothian
    Oct 30 2026
    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.

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    Help us keep true horror stories alive by joining our Supporter Club or supporting us on Patreon.
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    Produced by ColoredJuice Podcast Studio.
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    3 hrs and 10 mins
  • The Gardener of Princes Street Gardens

    The Gardener of Princes Street Gardens
    Oct 24 2026
    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

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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.
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    2 hrs and 47 mins
  • Greyfriars Bobby and the Kirkyard That Kept Him

    Greyfriars Bobby and the Kirkyard That Kept Him
    Oct 23 2026
    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❤️ Support Stories Edinburgh!Help us keep true horror stories alive by joining our Supporter Club or supporting us on Patreon.Supporter Club: HEREPatreon: HERE🎙️ 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-4a16-9154-15c211f9cb96Follow the show and share it with fellow horror lovers!Produced by ColoredJuice Podcast Studio.
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    2 hrs and 7 mins
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