Uncovering the hidden gems of Scotland's past
10/10. Mark Stephen goes on an adventure across Scotland to answer the historical puzzles sent in by Past Lives listeners.
Details2/8. Mark Stephen heads to the beautiful Northern Edge of Scotland to Skerray and Bettyhill in Sutherland to find everything from common cold experiments to ruins in the forest.
Details3/8. Mark Stephen heads to Gretna and discovers the story behind the intriguingly named ‘Devil’s Porridge’, as well as revisiting the 1915 Quintinshill rail crash.
Details4/8. Mark Stephen explores the rich history of the Royal Burgh of Montrose, with an added helping of bad girls and shaggy dog stories.
Details5/8. Mark Stephen revisits Glasgow's recent radical past on the Clyde where a project is underway to collect personal memories of the famous shipbuilder work-in of 1971.
Details6/8. Mark Stephen goes to Rannoch Moor. Along the way he will be exploring stories of second sight, a vanished railway community and looking at feats of Victorian engineering.
Details7/10. Mark Stephen is in Edinburgh to explore the mystery of the baby in the wall at Edinburgh Castle and what William Hare, the body snatcher, did next.
Details8/10. Mark Stephen uncovers the hidden history of the Fife coast.
Details9/10. Mark Stephen uncovers the hidden gems of Scotland's past.
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