10 DARK SCOTTISH LEGENDS

[@shaunvlog]

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[@TheXanderGrim]

My family hails from Yester Castle ..... Clan Hay of Yester ......... the Geomancer of Yester castle is pretty dark

[@MSW450]

Love these dark stories man!! I'm going to have to go back to Scotland as a soon as I can and follow your adventures!! Thanks for sharing!

[@shaunvlog]

Jeff hayes it’s an awesome place, one of my first ever vlogs on this channel was about Yester 😉

[@TheXanderGrim]

It is still interesting my clans crest is a Falcon clutching mistletoe I wish sometime I could travel to the old homestead but alas I may never be able to afford it ..... But thanks man for liking my comment if you ever hit the Maryland Pennsylvania area feel free to drop a line would love to show you how to eat REAL maryland steamed crabs ....

[@bearnunnemaker5453]

Shaun what day in October? Mines the 16th. The day Marie Antoinette got her head chopped off. And I was born the exact time she got the ax supposedly. Spooky 😜😜❤️❤️🐻🐻🤠🤠

[@UNITEDJACKSONSFANS]

Please do more on Scottish myths and legends 😊🤓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@shaunvlog]

JACKSON FAN will do 😊😮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@littledikkins2]

@@shaunvlog You didn't mention the Gray Lady of Glamis. Never fear the dead, they can't hurt you... it is the living you have to keep an eye on.

[@olivia8525]

This is exactly what I need on a Stereotypically wet and drousy Scottish night

[@VerbaleMondo]

You part of the *phandom* eh?

[@olivia8525]

@@VerbaleMondo aye, are you

[@shaunvlog]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@kendostick01]

What you said sounds like a good night in Glasgow

[@shadowwitch4796]

Love, love, love the video. I'm all about legends and spooky stories, especially those from Scotland. Cant wait to see more.

[@nitesurfer247]

I agree, the spookier the better. Scotland and Ireland have the best places and the best stories

[@Betharoot]

Greyfriar's Kirk is spooky during the day. I can't imagine what it's like at night. I've walked past George Mackenzie's Mausoleum and didn't know the history (shuddering a bit). Thank you!

[@shaunvlog]

Betharoot glad you liked it. The Mackenzie story is crazy !!!

[@Anna-gq6vg]

It's mega creepy at night. The nearer you get to the mausoleums the more it feels like something's watching u and more than once it feels like something's touched you

[@0513bobbi]

My Great Grandfather Scott from South of Selkirk brought a bag of Scottish Thorne trees and planted them on his land in Michigan. As a child we always stayed with our Grandparents in an old farmhouse that was built in the 1800s (totally haunted) by my Great Grandfather on that land. We were told not to go near the thorn trees. These trees lined the entrance of the driveway. My mother stated the trees protected us from unwanted visitors and she would wink at us. Years later the trees still hover over a very grown up land because no one has lived there for years. When I tell you the trees are totally beautiful they are and still growing strong. I have read some of the folklore of these trees and now have found out they were planted to protect. As a child I did not know this but always felt safe around them.

[@writeitandweep]

When I visited Edinburgh, my boyfriend and I agreed that the best part was our two hour night tour of the underground tunnels and greyfriars Kirk. We actually went into one of the tombs. It was absolutely fantastic and we ended up talking to our tour guide for an extra hour afterwards because of how fascinating it had been. Absolutely recommend it to anyone going.

[@shaunvlog]

writeitandweep that sounds like an awesome tour so glad you enjoyed it

[@gayleash9712]

I feel fortunate to have found your station. We've been in quarantine in Michigan because of the Covid-19 virus. I've been traveling with you in Scotland through your KZbin channel! Thank you!

[@odeenou5537]

Yeaaah your channels are amazing ! Thank you sooo much for sharing these parts of culture with us!!! About Glamis Castle hidden chamber I remember an other Legend about a man (can’t remember if it was the Lord) who played cards with the devil and it was about gambling but can’t really remember..

[@shaunvlog]

odee nou thanks so much 😊😊😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@conitorres9774]

Fantastic, loved it. Hope you make more of these.

[@BlackSNSmoke]

Did the city of the dead tour last September in Edinburgh, it was creepy and amazing. Takes you to Mackenzie ghost and the underground vaults!!

[@jessicadu37]

I've been watching many videos about Scottish legends and doing researches about it but your video is the best I've seen so far!!! I wish I had seen it before 😅 These legends were really interesting and original! Thanks a lot Shaun~😊 And have fun at comic con!

[@carmenwheatley7316]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Shaun. Yes October is my favorite month and Halloween 🎃 is my favorite holiday. Love all the stories.

[@susanfarley1332]

When i was a kid i read about Sawney Bean and his family. I always wondered if you could see the cave his family lived in. And Bruce and the spider is also a story i remember reading. It was so long ago i read that story i didn't connect it to Scotland. The videos you showed of the countryside were beautiful. The devils pulpit area was something else.

[@andrewobrien8325]

Just watching this for a bit of fun. Love the t-shirt!

[@4ukindnesss]

I loved the Isle of Iona as well and the homemade wine they passed around in the church, on Sunday Mass, one sip got me high.

[@carriestreeter5313]

Right after you started telling the story of Bluidy Mackenzie I got goosebumps, too. 👻

[@lughnie]

What a great video. Thank you for the fantastic stories, and Happy Samhuinn from the US.

[@dynamitedog4949]

I know sauny bean from the Edinburgh Dungeon, If you ever go to Edinburgh you have to check the place out. Also in Greyfire’s Kirk yard any graves with a skull and cross bones means they died of the Black Death, and J.K. Rowling named many characters of her book from some graves there.

[@kittykat559]

This is fun! October is also my favorite time of year!

[@ioanaloredana2973]

I love your T-shirt. Good stories! I'll travel to Scotland for the first time,next summer with my boyfriend. We are so excited!

[@mary-anneswanson8445]

My Great Grandmother was from Edinburgh ,my Grandmother was born in Knockando at Knockdo Cottage and my Mom was born in Inverness. My Great Grandfather was from the Speyside area. We are from the Stewart Clan :) It's interesting to hear history and legends of Scotland :)

[@silviahannak3213]

I like the drone shots!! Beautiful!

[@englishgoddess8238]

I love rabbie burns poems of the witches. I live in Ayrshire I love it here🥰❤️. Glad I found your channel 🥰🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@StMyles]

I’m superstitious and Sensitive to dark and evil tidings..... Ok I’m chicken. One thing I learned is you don’t mess with the Trinity, don’t mess with the Devil, and You Don’t mess with Texas. And heaven forbid you cross the Ohio State Football team. I would rather do another tour military service in the Jungles of Honduras. So what I’m saying is I probably will only have a few places that I would go to in Scotland.

[@shaunvlog]

Myles Yoshimoto we have so many dark stories involving the devil here. Most might think twice about coming if they knew haha

[@ErinMTexas]

That's right! Don't mess with Texas!!! 🇺🇸😄🤘🐎🐴.

[@kimberlyponder9523]

DON'T. MESS. WITH TEXAAAAAAS!!!!

[@themadlad8540]

I'll mess with texas tuck fexas! BOOMER SOONER

[@PapercraftsbyCindyellen]

Absolutely- don't mess with them Buckeyes!!

[@melissaswaner7763]

I was hoping you would do the Sawney Bean story!

[@jenniferahough4983]

I'm from Ayr so it's the greatest legend in my opinion.

[@williammcilwraith9304]

I'm from Girvan. Don't know if the actual S.B. cave has been identified.

[@patriciasmith5849]

Loved the stories Shaun. Happy birthday a bit early. My birthday is in October as well.

[@shaunvlog]

Patricia Smith awesome! Same to you. I’m 27th 🦂

[@katedoesnature1967]

Awesome VLog topic Shaun! History is fun... but you tell a great story!

[@shaunvlog]

Katherine Somerville thank you 😊

[@mermaidmersea7113]

One of my ancestors came from Iverness, right on the Loch ! I love Nessie !!! I am also a descendant of Robert the Bruce and I have never heard the spider story, fascinating ! I love this episode, thanks Shaun !

[@dove1965]

Mermaid MerSea watch Braveheart. The actor playing him tells the story well in the movie as Robert. Shaun is right. I have heard it many times. Have ever thought about going to visit the stones in Outlander? Or the site of of the finally battle of the Jacobites? Find out if it is true about the women in Robert the Bruce’s family being put in cages?

[@arieliantunesdoamaral6225]

Loved it, Shaun! I can't wait to go TO Scotland again after all those creepy stories

[@shaunvlog]

Arieli Antunes do Amaral thank you Arieli really hope to see you in Scotland again too 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇧🇷

[@jacquelineking1683]

OMG! Thank you Shaun! This was wonderful! 👻

[@gaylemesser136]

There are sand dunes in California east of Los Angeles that are called Glamis Dunes. These dunes are 500' to 600' tall. Very popular with off road enthusiasts. Some of these vehicles are very specialized. The dunes are actually closer to Palm Springs, Ca. If you get a chance to go out there you will have blast exploring them with atvs or motorcycles. Later. Vaughn

[@mandibailey9104]

We were just engaged for the last 16 minutes. Was lovely. October is my favorite month and any haunt story or legend rocks my socks.

[@shaunvlog]

Thank you Mandi I’m really glad to hear it 😊

[@mithrilfences]

This is the quality content that I subscribed for

[@shaunvlog]

Lauren Tyndall thank you Lauren 😊🙌🙌🙌

[@IubescViata]

Hi Shaun. I read a lot about Scotland since I'm here. I remember about the first family you spoke. And about Robert the Bruce. That reminds me about a celebration or something like that you have in Scotland in autumn, when you make fire in your yards. Do you have a vlog about this yet?

[@Eowynnofrohan]

October is my birthday month as well ! Favorite month, lots of colors on the trees, pumpkin stuff, I've been making a tradition to watch scary movies.

[@emmaknight3890]

YOU Shaun are definitely Scottish.... a wonderful story teller‼️ Thank you😉

[@desertrose9483]

Great stories!! I love scary stories, legends, and the history behind them. 👻

[@rusnikfromtranscarpathia]

Great video Shaun! You should make a video with MoscowMoo (Tammy) and do a full documentary if these monsters!

[@Zamode68]

Fantastic stuff Shaun! I love these kinds of legends. Never heard the Apin story, I like that one. I’m an October baby, too 🎃. Edinburgh is looking beautiful in autumn as well. More stories! 💀 👻

[@dorothystuart429]

ooohhh cool spooky stuff just in time for halloween...love it

[@kellyr3179]

Great video Shaun! I've learned so much about the Scotish culture through your channel. You are one of my favorite youtubers! Keep up the great material. PS. I'll read a bit more on this scarey stories. Will scare myself silly 🎃👻

[@kennasmith1293]

My family are from Glamis and many of them including my Grandad worked on the estate and in the castle. It's actually pronounced Glams with a silently I 😁😁

[@shaunvlog]

Kenna Smith I’d so love to go there and learn more about the place and story

[@kennasmith1293]

@@shaunvlog it's only a couple hours from Edinburgh, you should go one Sunday and make a vlog. It's been such a huge part of my childhood with so many of my relatives working for the Bowes-Lyon family. My great great Uncle Bob was the family chauffeur and worked in London for the Queen Mother, Prince George (before he became the King) for a short while 😁

[@kellycurry7406]

This was very interesting!

[@Rain-Peters]

About the wee coffins found at Arthur’s seat. I am pagan and sometimes pagans will use tiny representations of loved ones for instance, to use in a burial ceremony when they either couldn’t get to their funeral, or if the person was dead long ago, like a great grandfather for instance, or to bring peace to someone they revere for some other reason.

[@TutaiJessie]

i subbed last week coz of your outlander vlogs.. and i find im also loving other scottish topics on your channel

[@Chicky-C]

So proud to be a Scot from Edinburgh we have some amazing ghost storys and myths 🥰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@DollFaceWinter]

Great stories!

[@mattgowans5121]

This was interesting I've been to the grayfryers bobby and it got to me and after you told the story of robbert the bruce I've had issues of giving up before but now this has helped :)

[@LoonyLeandra]

i would love to hear more about the storys.

[@shaunvlog]

Leandra I’ll do some more of these videos 😊

[@TheFiown]

I grew up hearing a few stories, one was about a castle with a tunnel system that they kenneled the guest dogs in during the hunt and the tunnels collapsed and it is said that you can still hear the dogs howling! Another up by Portmahomack where a horse gallops along a road, I even have an aunt who walked on that road and hearing a horse she got out of the way but when it reached her, no horse!

[@cwalkerfrench9847]

Great vlog about Scottish legends. Safe travel to NY, Shaun.

[@karinscott1241]

Good Heavens, I'm only up to the 2nd story and I'm freaked out and fascinated.

[@alethearia]

Noticing that Scottish legends are different from legends in, say Germany or France. Where Continental legends are like "oh yes, this creepy monster lived in the wilderness and eats children who misbehave" but Scotland is like "no, seriously there was this guy and this really happened!"

[@alethearia]

Unless we get into Kelpies and fairy stories which seem to be in a completely different category.

[@elijaaaah]

Ghosties, myths and creatures are my favorite part about living here.

[@adchancellor1380]

Check out Shieldhill Castle in Lanarkshire and the Grey Lady. That's my ancestors home.

[@karakastanada1519]

You can find the coffins in the Edinburgh museum. It’s my favourite wee bit in there.

[@PS3GamingScotland]

This was a brilliant video.

[@erikbrown1827]

Always good to hear about the legions from other countries. My Mother was Norwegian. Born in Oslo, and my families from Norway told me many story's. . Needless to say,.. I still walked under the bridge's,.. And looked for a Troll. ;)

[@monicabainum3659]

i love you and what you are doing.. Thanks for sharing your town and your life.. Specially everything Outlanders stuff.. Stay well.

[@Anna-gq6vg]

I've done the tour of greyfriars and stayed in Edinburgh castle. Definitely something there although can't explain what

[@MrChoke666]

I would love a video on the Scottish Pict tribes and if Scotts today know much about them. A really popular video game came out called Senua's Sacrifice about a Pict warrior who loses her husband to the Norse Vikings when they invaded Scottland long ago. Would love to learn more about them!!!!

[@sneaky6820]

Just brilliant laddy

[@thatscottishcouple1006]

The 17 coffins on Arthur's seat is just so creepy, what is that all about?! We loved it, can't wait for more spooky content this month. 👻💀👽

[@shaunvlog]

That Scottish Couple such a mad story and I had no idea about it

[@katiemartin4743]

Just found your page. Wanting to discover my roots.. My mother and gma went to scotland and were at the kelpie statues!. I didnt know the legend.

[@edithmary1]

Creepy more please loved it

[@scottishcuteness3994]

One quite well known Scottish story the massicre of Glencoe

[@shaunvlog]

Donald's daughter great idea

[@bepisaxe4464]

I'm kind of interested in the Kwenywk (dunno how it's spelled) which was apparently heard by All of the Mcdonalds in the Glencoe in the weeks leading up to the massacre.

[@annikee5925]

Shaun, when you're in NYC please go to GreenWood Cemetery in Brooklyn! A Victorian cemetery is perfect for October. Have fun and safe travels!

[@jayclyde6045]

Great use of the lighting, made me think you were at a campfire speaking of these stories. Have you heard of the fairy flag at Dunvegan Castle of Clan MacLeod?

[@michaellavings3579]

Shaun, my friends an Aussie but his backgrounds Scottish, he told me when Robert the Bruce went to an island after his exile, he watched a spider build its web, wind takes it down then spider rebuilds it again, and from that he takes inspiration to fight the poms off his land, Scottish legends are sick, my mate also told me that a part of Scotland's population also comes from this group called the Skythians , even Parts of Irelands population come from a weird Celtic tribe who migrated through Egypt then through north Africa Hispania, poms are weird bunch too, after Roman empire left England to focus on barbaric tribes , Anglos, Saxons, jutes slowly took over the local Brythonic population, and drove the local Celtic speaking people into wales Cornwall and Brittany(France) , even the lowlands of Scotland was a bit Anglo(not Saxon since they were in Wessex) man history is great

[@jenkinda]

Should you ever decide to pay a visit to Savannah, GA. during your travels, I highly recommend you have a look into the haunted history of the area. Savannah is touted to be one of the most haunted cities in the United States. The city is also has a very rich history, mostly stemming from the colonial & civil war periods, which you may find quite interesting. If you ever find yourself in the area, I would be honored to take you on a tour...

[@TheFiown]

As a kid I was always rooting around old mansions and cellars, no torch! and spent many many nights exploring our cemetry, I would lie on the oldest tomb and listen to the sounds of the night, animals Hunting while watching the milky way turn, I was never afraid of anything.

[@HurtLittleGirl]

Bruce's cave is a few miles from where I live. Someone I went to school with lived so near it, she just had to go past her back garden and there it was.

[@williammcilwraith9304]

They are everywhere in Scotland! Most likely place is down in the Glentrool area where he fought a guerrilla war.

[@christineb.4254]

I got told the story of the coffins at Arthur's Seat standing up there while the sun was slowly fading...Thank's for that really bad night,Hamish🙈🙈I love these stories 😄😄

[@jenniferlawrence2988]

Very interesting!

[@traqueliacooper5132]

Its all about your voice its lovely

[@avasmith2274]

I would love to move to Scotland 😍 It’s such a magical place!!!

[@maryellencook9528]

You covered the kelpies, but what about the Nuckalaeve (sp) from off of the Orkney Islands and other northern areas?

[@jojothemidnightreadingowl5911]

sounds like the movie castle freak of that story of that castle monster lol

[@SkylaSugar]

I'm currently in Paisley studying abroad. I went to se the Kelpies last week. Hopefully I can visit some of these other spooky places. 💀💀💀

[@shaunvlog]

Skyla Shugart awesome Skyla, hope you’re having a great time studying here 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SkylaSugar]

@@shaunvlog I am! It's so nice here. The weather is still taking some time to get used to though seeing as I'm accustomed to 32-37 Celsius temperatures daily. But here it's been 15 C at the highest lol.

[@Hugginsince79]

My daughter is in 11th grade and wants to study abroad.

[@phillipkarcher2281]

Yo thats finna woke

[@SkylaSugar]

@@Hugginsince79 That would be a good time to study abroad if possible! I'm in my 3rd year of university. :)

[@basedacidfox6759]

As an American I can’t help but choke on my drink when you say “join the clan”

[@thewhisperingwoods5069]

I've been on that tour in greyfriars on Halloween night last year where they take you down the covenanters prison and into the black mausoleum Scary stuff.

[@jstringfellow1961]

The Queen had two severely mentally disturbed cousins, first cousins, who were put away from the world and hidden. To think that the relatives of these people had someone hidden in a castle is not hard to imagine. What people did in those days to those who were deformed or mentally challenged is devastating. I don't put anything past the Royals.

[@prepper_nation_h]

I don't put much faith in spirit photography, but I had an interesting experience at Adamton House near Prestwick. My Air Force unit was coming home from a trip to the Middle East and we flew into Prestwick Airport for an overnight layover. They put us up at Adamton House. Of course we were all intrigued by the sort of spooky manor architecture. We asked the staff if it was haunted. They said not very, but sometimes people claimed to see a figure on the grand staircase. I took it with a grain of salt. The staircase was beautiful, though, and I was sure to include it in my photographs I took around the house. This was on my 35mm camera, a couple of years before I got a digital. After I got home and had the film developed, I took the photos to work to show some of the people that had been on the trip with me. One guy said, "Oh look, you got a picture of the ghost." I hadn't remembered seeing a ghost. There was no discernable figure, but there *was* an orb in that photo of the staircase, and it was the only orb on any of the photos from that roll. So that was weird.

[@dorothystuart429]

Happy early Birthday !!!!!

[@valkahaddock8580]

I am absolutely in love with Gerard Butler! Very famous Scottish Actor! Great man!

[@scottgardenmusic1716]

Great to see a spotlight on Scottish folklore! If anyone is interested I've got a few pieces of music based around folklore for Halloween that I would love feedback on. Cheers!

[@meetalexa5169]

First time i went to Edinburgh i visited Greyfriars Kirkyard on the second day I was there. There was a tent in a wee yard type mausoleum, I assumed it’s a homeless persons one and thought none of it. I then went back again at the fourth day because I thought it’s such an interesting place and because I read into bloody Mackenzie. And the tent was slashed into pieces. I just remembered that now and I am watching this at 3 am in the night. Won’t be able to sleep now anymore, cheers mate. 😂

[@Rain-Peters]

Also what you called the devils pulpit, you mentioned is associated with the devil and witchcraft. As a witch I can assure you that witches actually don’t believe in the Christian devil. Witches are nature worshipers and are very careful about there intent as they believe any energy they put out comes back to the sender. Hope this helps. Love your videos. I’ve just found them a few weeks ago and have watched many. Love the ones where you talk about words and language differences. So funny!

[@emirii12]

Danny Bean story is the base story for the Hills have eyes. Both sound similar

[@Victoria2cupsadayVlogger]

Hello Shaun, I think because you made a dare video, well hmm I think you should visit some of these spooky places, as part of your clan, I say I double dare you :o). tyfs this video, cheers. :D

[@luckylass5444]

I did the night tour of the Black Crypt. There were 6 of us on the tour, 3 of us were attacked. I will not return to the crypt. However, Scotland is home away from home for us....beautiful place.

[@ImanZaineb]

Thanks for creeping me out, Shaun! 😳😬

[@gwang3103]

Tell us something about the Brollachan, too. :)

[@Addfrwn2]

I might be weird, but I find the scene at 5:40 kinda comfy. As a man, I like my room dark and cool. HOWEVER, don't EVER bother me with bullshit!

[@75marilyn1]

What is the tv show that Sam and Caitlin are watching called “Cheer”?

[@mortishastyles1345]

Great horror story behind this.My Grandfather had a lamp shade made from the skin of a chinese man.I was kid and that freaked me out.When the light was on you could see the blood veins.

[@mcnielentertainment]

I do hope one day to move to the land my ancestor(s) left Scotland in 1739 to Cape Fear, North Carolina if I can move there in the future. I do plan on in the future on visiting Scotland and seeing where my ancestors roamed. Clan MacNeill (originally Barra, then split into the Colonsay/Argyll McNiel family over a dispute. As far back to my findings as born about 1582 Neill MacNeill.

[@kyrawinroth]

I love your videos! I hope you don't mind, but I shared this with the Outlander fans group in Chile #SassenaChile, because we were just talking about this a couple days ago!

[@shaunvlog]

kyra winroth thanks so much for sharing :)

[@shaunvlog]

kyra winroth thanks so much for sharing :)

[@MICHAELSMITH-ys8ek]

What about the bridge that dogs jump to their death.