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The Crime of Witchcraft & King James VI | Edinburgh History
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon Bendle Keep the dates in mind when you hear grisly...
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Putting Victims of Scotland's Witchcraft Trials on The Map
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon Bendle You don’t have to join an underground...
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Under the spell of Edinburgh's Witches
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon Bendle “The good old days” is not a phrase...
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Who Were Scotland's Witches?
Who Were Scotland’s Witches? Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Simon...
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Edinburgh History: A Letter to the Pope
In this series, we tell the stories of a range of characters from Scottish history. In all of them...
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Edinburgh History | Corstorphine Hill & Clermiston Tower
Written by Mercat Tours Storyteller Scott. In addition to having a lot of history, Edinburgh has...
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A Brief Exploration of Highland Coos in Edinburgh History
Mercat Tours Storyteller Stefanie introduces us to her hairy four-legged neighbours in Mortonhall....
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Edinburgh Tours, and the Secret Lives of Taphophiles!
Mercat Tours Storyteller Lauren discusses the often forgot about places in which many stories are...