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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