Scotland's History

This is the history of the Burns Supper in Scotland, and beyond, and the traditions that go with it.

The body of a young boy washed up on the shore at Tayport in Fife in 1971. He has never been identified. This is his story.

At Cowden in Clackmannanshire, Ella Christie established a Japanese Garden in the early 20th century which can still be seen today.

An arm was found on the foreshore at Torry, Aberdeen in December 1945. Identified as Betty Hadden, no-one had been charged with her murder and the case remains unsolved.

Major Thomas Weir and his sister were accused of sorcery in 17th century Edinburgh. Both were arrested and tried in 1670 and it is said strange noises can still be heard near to where their house once stood.