Annie is reunited with her producer Jenny, as they try to dig up the last words of Isobel Gowdie. They both reflect on the interlinked stories of Isobel Gowdie and the Culbin Sands, Dunes and eventual Forest. Many thanks to our voice actors t

9- Calm That Carries

Jul 15th, 2022 19m 20s

Annie revisits Isobel Gowdie in 1662, to try to understand why Isobel may have believed in her own powers of witchcraft. Meanwhile, producer Jenny has been researching the Culbin and it’s different cycles of life. From the makers of Stories o

8- Turf Huts

Jul 10th, 2022 16m 11s

Behind the scenes, Producer Jenny has been investigating the environment of the Culbin. Shunning the folklore, we have a look at the true causes of the disappeared village. From the makers of Stories of Scotland and funded by Northword.

7- Betwixt the Horns of Two Bulls

Jul 8th, 2022 14m 6s

Annie confirms that the village of the Culbin was buried under sands with her own eyes. Whilst on this trip, enthusiastic ghillie Wee Hamish tells a surreal, spooky story of love, death and a witches curse. How does this tie back to Isobel G

6- A History of the Province of Moray

Jul 6th, 2022 16m 1s

It’s 1897 and a little group of tourists are en route to visit the sands of the Culbin, a desert-like landscape in the North of Scotland. Enthusiastic tour guide Wee Hamish reads from an old book as we approach the Culbin by ferry. From the ma

5- Dancing Dunes

Jul 6th, 2022 12m 4s

Annie joins a group of Victorian tourists to take a trip to the Culbin Dunes of 1897. This little crew approaches this edge of the Moray Coast by train. Meanwhile, they blether about the legends of smugglers, sands and skeletons.How much do w

4- Flint Arrows

Jul 5th, 2022 15m 55s

Annie interviews a reluctant Isobel Gowdie, who is insistent on discovering why folklore emerges that she cursed the lands of the Culbin. Thinking about the legends surrounding the Culbin, Annie reflects on a legendary artefact that was said

3- Candles to Fairies

Jul 4th, 2022 9m 57s

In Annie’s second interview with Isobel Gowide, we discuss the Land of the Fairies. It’s perhaps not the Fairy Land we would picture nowadays, but rather a blend of Highland mythology, witchcraft lore, and Early Modern superstitions.From the m

2- Ebb & Flow

Jul 4th, 2022 15m 10s

Annie meets with Janet Braidhead, a woman accused of witchcraft in Auldearn in 1662. Janet shares her knowledge of the blessings and the curses in the Moray Coast.Janet explains what it means to come hame with the cyarlin: to haul in an empty

1- Sin Curdles

Jul 4th, 2022 18m 27s

Annie takes her first trip back to Auldearn Tolbooth in 1662 to meet Isobel Gowdie, one of the most well-known women accused of witchcraft in the Scottish Witch Hunts. Her testimonies of witchcraft have influenced folklore for centuries. But,

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0 - Weight of Sand Trailer

Jul 4th, 2022 1m 58s

The Weight of Sand is a new podcast exploring the life and legend of Isobel Gowdie, a woman accused of witchcraft in the Highlands of Scotland. In her folklore, we discover the tragic tale of the village of the Culbin, buried under sand to be

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