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Halloween Special with Wayne from Eerie Edinburgh

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A woman said her dead grandfather came into her bedroom and opened her sock drawer.

1. Mums Mysteries & Murder marks a Halloween special with Marty and Wayne from Eerie Edinburgh. 2. Wayne is a podcaster, a YouTube creator, and the author of Hidden Haunts Scotland, Hidden Haunts England, Ghostly Tales of the NC500, and Hidden Haunts Ireland. 3. The episode asks what ghost stories change when they are tied to Scottish history, Irish folklore, and specific places. 4. Wayne contrasts Scotland’s folklore-heavy hauntings with Ireland’s family-linked banshee stories. 5. He says the banshee is often described as a spirit tied to one family, and he gives the Kennedys as an example. 6. He mentions a Bavanshee story from Blair Athol in Glen Tilt and a cognac at Durness that was said to foretell death. 7. Wayne says the traditional banshee is usually shown as an older woman or a red-haired woman in a green dress. 8. He links the stereotype of witches to historical attitudes and says witch hunts accelerated under James I of England. 9. He describes the North Coast 500 as Scotland’s route 66, stretching 516 miles around the north coast. 10. He says the route includes places such as Ardvreck Castle, Dunrobin Castle, and Smoo Cave. 11. Wayne argues that history helps explain hauntings, because sites like Lochmaben Castle carry battles, sieges, and named figures such as the Bruce family and Edward Longshanks. 12. He says some viewers complain that he includes too much history before the ghost story. 13. He uses the stone tape theory to explain why a violent event could leave an imprint at a location. 14. He points to David Rizzio’s murder at Holyrood Palace as a case where a location keeps a remembered trace. 15. He says crisis apparitions may involve people who are still alive, or people appearing at the moment they die. 16. He cites Major Dundee and a story where a grandfather appeared to a child and opened a sock drawer after death. 17. Wayne says poltergeist cases are the most frightening stories he covers, and he names the Enfield case, the Dagg case in Canada, and the Raric case in Scotland. 18. He describes his style as research-heavy, history-first, and shaped by video editing, voice recording, and audience comments. 19. Listeners who like Scottish folklore, ghost history, and location-based storytelling should fit this episode. 20. Listeners who want a fast, history-light chat may skip it.

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