Stories of Scotland

Stories of Scotland by Carrying Stream

Carrying Stream

Stories of Scotland is an award-winning Scottish history podcast. Join hosts Jenny and Annie as they unravel the rich tapestry of Scotland’s culture, nature and heritage. Prepared to climb into caves, cairns and chaos, Jenny and Annie travel around Scotland and investigate how stories of the past can help us make sense of modern life.

Stories of Scotland celebrates Scottish history through traditional storytelling, archival research, museum objects and wandering in nature. It is recorded in Inverness & hosted by Jenny, an environmental scientist & Annie, an archivist.

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We journey to the cold waters of the North Sea for Jenny to tell the famed story of the Nuckelavee as captured by farmer and folklorist Walter Trail Dennison. The nuckelavee is a skinless horse who haunts Orkney’s coasts, terrifying travelers. He also brings blight and plague to crops, livestock and even humans with his terrible toxic breath. Meanwhile, Annie will do anything to avoid the nuckelavee, including summoning the ancient Sea Mither to ensure the nuckelavee is trapped for summer.


Independently made in the Highlands, Stories of Scotland is gratefully funded through listener support on Patreon.www.patreon.com/storiesofscotland


Come and see Annie’s play! The Wound, the Rag and the In-Between follows a Highland journalist as she unravels a Victorian death. She exposes secrets that had been buried for generations. By the clootie tree, in a place meant for recovery and wellbeing, tragic forces are looming, ever-present. Book online at: https://eden-court.co.uk/event/the-wound-the-rag-and-the-in-between  

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Previous episodes

  • 127 - Fireside Folklore: Nuckelavee, Scotland's Scariest Demon 
    Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 0h
  • 126 - Bog Bodies: Cladh Hallan to Betty Corrigall 
    Mon, 15 Apr 2024
  • 125 - Fireside Folklore: Warrior Women 
    Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 0h
  • 124 - Rewilding in Dundreggan 
    Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 0h
  • 123 - Fireside Folklore: Witch's Wrath and Kelpie's Curse 
    Sat, 27 Jan 2024 - 0h
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