High up on the slopes of Ben Macdui, folklore says something enormous hides in the fog that has terrifed hikers for decades...

Scotland has some lovely folklore. Selkies. Fairies. Helpful wee household spirits. Orkney looked at that and said “no thanks, give us a skinless horse demon.” So I wrote a wee horror story about the...

A patch of woodland in Livingston, Scotland, an old quarry, a missing sign, and a name that seems to have survived entirely because local people refused to forget it.

In Harperrig, Scotland, strange things have been spotted in the skies...

In Edinburgh, there’s a legend of a little drummer boy, sent beneath the cobbles of the Royal Mile in the 1800’s, who never made it back out...

Scottish folklore has a plethora of beasts woven into it, and the Cù-Sìth is just the tip of the iceberg...

An old crone sits by a river, washing bloodstained clothing. You approach and realise the stained linen belongs to you...

Folklore is prevalent here in Scotland. I first heard this story in a pub, with a cold pint on the table in front of me, and a random lad beside me. He told me a story he had heard, about a deer.