A Wee Bit Gothic

Hello hello!  Well we finally made it. After a hellish technical disaster we have finally made episode 54 happen!  Hannah this week continues with the maritime theme and discusses the wild mystery of the Mary Celeste ghost ship, while Chris takes us just down the road to Crosshill, Glasgow and the 70's mystery Gurning Man 

This week Hannah and Chris chat about underrated musicals before heading into story time. Chris covers Glasgow's very own bath ghost and Hannah talks about the treatment of mental health back in the day and Takin’ Over the Asylum, starring a babyfaced David Tennant

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Yes it is our favourite time of year at last, which also marks the end of our first year of podcasting. Thanks so much for all your support so far!  Hannah takes us through the All Hallows Eve traditions of Samhain and how it influenced the Halloween we know today. Chris then talks about his literal life force: Hocus Pocus and the real life Salem Witch Trials 

Happy Halloween!  To celebrate spooky season, Hannah brings us the strange urban myth concerning a Victorian painting - what fate purportedly befell a student after looking at the work, and just why is it considered an omen of bad luck?

One week to go before our 52nd episode! Can you believe! Chris talks about the very last man hanged for murder in Dundee who had crimes very similar to someone you may know of already. Hannah talks about the incredible mystery novelist, Agatha Christie, and the mystery she found herself front and centre of.

Hello!  Apologies for the late episode but here we are back back back again.  This week we ask ourselves which period of Scottish history we would most like to get plonked in if the opportunity arose.  Hannah then talks about the pioneering women who infiltrated the historically male-only systems of Glasgow Uni and lovingly dubs 4 incredible women the Glasgow Four. Chris then talks...

This week we talk about some of our favourite plays! Punchdrunk and one Mozart get a lovely mention.  Chris tells us all about the outspoken woman who was sent into exile on St Kilda by her husband while Hannah tells us about one of the worst ship building disasters that took place in Glasgow 

Well well well what have we here? Another episode? Fabulous.  This week we kick things off (rather groggily) with stories of on stage mishaps! What. A. Hoot! Hannah then talks us through the difficulties of working in factories amid the industrial revolution and the steps one man took to make things a bit better. Chris then offers to buy you all a 99 before turning on his heels in fear of the...

Back in the Habit, here we be.  This week we discuss underrated horror films, niece nicknames, new money making adventures and more!  Chris then tells us about Scottish explorer Thomas Simpson and his mysterious death.  Hannah, with a new wild links and made coincidences, tells us about Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.

Welcome back once again to another episode of A Wee Bit Gothic.  This week Hannah and Chris discuss which Google holes they've been stuck in in recent weeks. Chris also divulges the details about his escapades as the next Mary Poppins.  Hannah's story is about Eugene Marie Chantrelle. A man with eerie similarities to one Dr Pritchard from a previous episode. Eugene went on to inspire a s...

Welcome back to another episode as Chris embarks on his third decade. Boke.  Things are a'changin'. Hannah returns to work and Chris is in crisis about his age. To distract ourselves we kick of proceedings with the usual hat question. This time we as ourselves which films we're embarrassed to admit we haven't seen, which segues beautifully into a preaching sesh from Chris about his main philosophy...

Welcome back to another episode of AWBG! This week we ask ourselves which fairy tale we would like to see adapted into some kind of truly gothic film. Chris then talks to us about Tom Jenkins, a man brought to Scotland on a ship called The Prestige which stole people from Africa as slaves. Hannah then give us the roots (some Scottish) behind Gaetano Donizetti's operas about Queens.

Hello hello! This week out ramblings involve what's been getting us down this week, which movie scenes (NOT from horror movies) that give us the heebie jeebies and what strange reactions our bodies have to being swabbed! Hannah then takes just up the road to look at the Stirling Tollbooth and a few of the grim stories that find a home there.  Chris then tells us all about the 2 little prankst...

This week we ask ourselves what we reckon the creepiest song ever. Dare to listen to our choices? Chris then talks about the worst maritime disaster in the east coast of Scotland.  Hannah then talks about one bad bloodsucking bat man. 

It’s all games and fun at Episode 41!  Chat this week includes Hannah’s birthday, Chris’ amphibian pal, our “lads” trip to Edinburgh & Ms Hattie McCap asks us about our comfort TV shows. Nuns and Belgian detectives both feature.  Hannah gives us the story of Scotland’s bizarre big cat sightings, and the sleekit’ feline soul-stealer that haunts the Highlands.  Chris then gives us...

Life begins at (Episode) 40! Chat this week includes feeling our age, fighting with technology, how not to fall out of a tree & Ms Hattie McCap asks us about infamous cold cases.  Stories include the disappearance of Moira Anderson; a case featuring an (arguably) bungled investigation and a confession kept secret for years.  We then explore the dark meaning behind one of Scotland’s g...

Welcome to your flight: Episode 39: A-Cute Triangle Mrs Hattie asks us who we would bring back to life to give us a concert for just us. We come up with 3 absolutely corkers. Who would you choose? Hannah then takes us through a scandalous and mysterious non-love triangle of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais. The Chris tells us about the dark cloud the hovered over the head of the ma...

Let’s concentrate on all things Episode 38.  Chat includes mini-heatwaves & classic sleepover horror films, before Ms Hattie McCap asks us all about why we joined this wonderful podcast land.  Then join us, fair friends, as we head down to Stratford-Upon-Avon to discuss all things Shakespeare. But did he really write those plays, and just whom are his sonnets declaring love for?&nbsp...

This little slice of heaven is episode 37! Out of the all villainous horror movie killers would you want to eternally steer clear of in life? This is one of life's tough questions that Hannah and Chris tackled on this day.  Ding dong the witch is which witch? Hannah takes us back to the Pollock witches and the mysterious accuser; Janet Douglas.  Then Chris takes us home with the freshly...

We’re lacking in rhymes, but here’s number 36 on sweet, sweet time.  We have a whine about live sports again this week, before Ms Magical Hat asks us about lesser known Scottish facts. Unicorns, bar brawls and urine soaked wool all feature.  Story times this week include a strange cold case from the Kingdom of Fife. No witnesses, no apparent motive, and cause of death an ancient martial...

Episode 35 has arrived, what a time to be alive. What a week we've had! This episode has been whipped up just in time for you lovely lot. First we ask ourselves which horror films we wouldn't bother giving a second watch. TW: controversial opinions. Hannah talks us through some of the more gothic style choreograph stylings of Kenneth McMillan. He covered it all, smashed some boundaries and strayed...

This week we start the ball rolling with a chat about our favourite buildings in Glasgow. Chris then gives us the twists and turns of John Merritt and John Chesney. How might the two connect? Hannah then gives us the harrowing true story that inspired the BBC drama The Terror.

What shall it be, thirty-three? Well this week it starts of a big spoooooky when we discuss what our first ever West End show experience was. Hannah then takes us for a walk down the aisle to see how superstitious the Victorian couple at the end may well have been. More of the strange customs are still around to this day. Can you guess which those might be? To wrap up this week, Chris tells us the...

Thirty Two, watcha gonna do. This week we kick things off by discussing what our ideal gothic novel adaptation would be. Chris takes a nautical route while Hannah demands a true-to-the-novel adaptation of a Sci Fi novel. Story time takes us to the story of Mary Timney, the last woman hanged publicly in Scotland and the history and design of the stunning Glasgow University buildings. 

Let’s get it done, it’s Episode 31.  Weekly nonsense chat includes Chris’ passionate argument as to why heat should stay in Hell and Hannah’s bank holiday weekend escapades.  Ms Hattie McCap then asks us about true crime TV adaptations: sometimes actors can look a little uncomfortably too like their characters.  Stories include the tale of Dr Joseph Bell and his remarkable gift for...