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Sounds,20 Feb 2025,40 mins,

Glencoe Massacre: Haunted Highlands

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
Contains some violent scenes.

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(Part 2/2) On the 13 February 1692, Scottish government troops slaughtered between 30-40 members of Clan MacDonald in their home in Glencoe, in the Scottish Highlands. Who was behind the killings? How has this atrocity been remembered? Is Glencoe haunted by its past? Maddy and Anthony's guests today are Dr Allan Kennedy whose new book 'Serious Crime in Late Seventeenth-Century Scotland' is out now and Lucy Doogan from the Nation Trust for Scotland's Visitor Centre in Glencoe. Edited and produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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