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
anatomy
animals
black magic
Bonnie Dundee
bridge
Broughty Castle
burning
Castle
city centre
coffin mill
crime
Dark Dundee
death
debauchery
disaster
Discovery
disease
dragon
drinking
Dudhope Castle
Dundee
Dundee ghost
dundee landmarks
Dundee songs
events
execution
fire
food
gambling
General Monck
ghosts
Glamis
Glamis Castle
graveyard
Grissell Jaffray
haunted
history
howff
interview
landmarks
Legend
living conditions
magic
Mains Castle
massacre
mediaeval
mill
mobs
monster
murder
mystery
myths
occult
On this day
ouija
paranormal
people
people of Dundee
plague
police
politics
public execution
railway
religion
revolution
riots
rituals
RRS Discovery
sex
ship
siege
snow
spirits
storm
streets
supernatural
superstition
tay rail bridge disaster
the Law
the Mars
the nine maidens
torture
tragedy
video
videos
wars and battles
wiccan
winter
witch
witchcraft
zombie