How to use the archive
Just keep scrolling down to see the most recent posts, and click previous at the bottom of the page to see more – be warned there are over 130 stories here! If you’re looking for something specific, use the search bar (there’s one in the footer on every page if you keep scrolling down, you’ll find it!) or click on any category (like crime and death, or wars and battles – the ones with the coloured backgrounds below each post) or one of the words in the tag cloud below to see all posts in a specific theme.
We hope you enjoy reading all the stories about Dundee’s dark history we’ve put together for you, but if you’re looking for things to do in Dundee why not take one of our walking tours!
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
1980s
anatomy
animals
Antarctica
assault
bad luck
Bigfoot
body snatchers
Bonnie Dundee
Broughty Castle
burning
Captain Scott
Castle
city centre
coffin mill
corruption
crime
Dark Dundee
death
debauchery
disaster
Discovery
disease
drunk
Dundee
Dundee ghost
dundee landmarks
Dundee songs
events
execution
experiences
Explorers
fire
folklore
ghosts
Glamis
Glamis Castle
Grissell Jaffray
haunted
haunted dundee
history
howff
hurkle jean
interview
King Alpin
landmarks
Legend
living conditions
magic
Mains Castle
mediaeval
missionary
mobs
monster
murder
mystery
myths
occult
On this day
paranormal
people
people of Dundee
Picts
police
politics
prisoners
public execution
religion
revolution
riots
RRS Discovery
sasquach
Scott
sightings
snow
storm
streets
supernatural
superstition
the Law
tribal
video
videos
wars and battles
wars of independence
wiccan
william wallace
winter
witch
witchcraft
zombie