Season 2 - Episode 5 - Culzean Castle And The Devil's Chariot

This week, Eilidh tells Kieran all about Culzean Castle - a haunted fortress perched on the cliffs of Ayrshire. We discuss the ghostly piper trapped in the castle's caves; the story of a young slave who started a new life in the grounds; a man roasted alive by a jealous rival; and the curse of Archibald Kennedy...

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Show Notes

Sources

• https://www.celticcastles.com/castles/culzean/history.aspx#:~:text=Culzean%20Castle%20originally%20belonged%20to,castle%20with%20improvements%20and%20alterations.

• https://www.scottscastles.com/blog/culzean-castle/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culzean_Castle

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man

• https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12494708.things-that-go-bump-in-the-night-they-are-creatures-of-the-dark-lingering-in-the-recesses-of-scotlands-most-historic-locations-their-antics-would-raise-the-hair-on-a-newly-waxed-chest-say-boo-to-the-ghost-finders/

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7063851.stm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Kennedy

• https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/maidens/culzeancastle/index.html

• https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/exploring-culzean-castle-the-life-of-scipio-kennedy-part-1

• https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/smugglers-of-culzean

• https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/the-ghosts-of-culzean-castle

• https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/spooky-stories

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennedy-4008

• https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/things-to-do/fright-night-haunted-culzean-castle-20552855

• https://www.visitsouthwestscotland.com/sir-archibald-the-wicked/

• https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/the-laird-of-culzean-tales-of-the-covenanters-history/

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-53112915

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-45361704