The Headless Drummer Boy

The Headless Drummer Boy ...round and round and round, rat-tat-tatting on his drum. On closer inspection, frightened castle servants would observe that the unknown young boy had no head. By Rebecca Brown and Illustration by Allison McKay Edinburgh is a city of ghosts. You wouldn't be hard-pressed to find haunting…

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The Gorbals Vampire

The Gorbals Vampire After school, hundreds of children of all ages armed themselves with blades and crosses, stakes and dogs and descended upon the city's Southern Necropolis to hunt the Gorbals Vampire. By Rebecca Brown In September 1954 in Gorbals, Glasgow, rumours had spread among the school children of a…

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The White Lady of Balgay Bridge

The White Lady of Balgay Bridge Never cross Balgay Bridge at night, lest you meet the same fate as the White Lady... By Rebecca Brown The story of the White Lady that haunts Balgay Bridge on the picturesque Balgay Hill in Dundee is one that is often told to children…

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