The Wolf at the Door: Werewolf Sightings from Scotland

While Eerie Edinburgh usually focuses on ghost stories and hauntings, sometimes a different kind of story stands out - strange, frightening, and too rooted in our folklore to ignore.

Scotland has no shortage of the supernatural: water horses in dark lochs, second sight, fairy abductions, witches blamed for failed harvests and sudden storms. But werewolves? That’s something we tend to associate with mainland Europe, not the glens and forests of the north.

But dig deep enough and the stories are there.

In this episode, we look at reports of wolf-like creatures in Scottish history - starting with the case of a royal messenger found dead in 16th-century Perthshire, and ending with a chilling account from the 1960's near Oban. Through legend, eyewitness claims, and fragments of historical record, we ask: what exactly was seen in the woods and hills of the Highlands?

Next time, we’re back on more familiar ground – ghosts, hauntings, and the kind of eerie stories this channel is best known for.