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Robert Colvin Smith (died 12 May 1868) was the last person to be publicly executed in Scotland.. On 1 February 1868, Smith, a 19-year-old labourer, encountered 9-year-old Thomasina Scott at the home of Jane Crichton in Cummertrees and offered to accompany her to Annan, where her mother had sent her to run an errand.
Alexander "Sawney" Bean (sometimes also given as Sandy Bane, etc.) is a legendary figure, said to have been the head of a 45-member clan in Scotland in the 16th century that murdered and cannibalised over 1,000 people in 25 years.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, the Royal Beekeeper, John Chapple, informed the bees of Buckingham Palace and Clarence House of her passing and the accession of King Charles III. [8] Chapple described the practice to the press as such: "You knock on each hive and say, 'The mistress is dead, but don't you go.
Frank McPhee (21 October 1948 – 10 May 2000) was a long-time Glasgow gangland boss. [1]McPhee was reported to have built his "underworld empire" on drugs and robbery. He was jailed in 1978 for five years for robbery and served another five in 1986 for an armed raid. [2]
Duncan is also the heroine of Scottish novelist and poet Jenni Fagan's book, Hex. [10] In 2023 there was an exhibition of thirteen figures, Witches in Words, not Deeds, created by Carolyn Sutton, MLIS,AA. Duncan was one of the figures exhibited at Edinburgh's Central Library from September to November 2023. The artist had made her dress with ...
Alistair Wilson was a banker aged 30 living in Nairn, Scotland who was shot to death on his doorstep on 28 November 2004. [1] The ensuing murder inquiry was one of the largest ever carried out in Scotland [2] and the crime remains unsolved. The apparent lack of motive and other unexplained elements of the murder have led to it being described ...
Lady Finella (c. 950–995) was a noblewoman [1] and Scottish assassin who killed King Kenneth II (some sources say King Kenneth III [2]) out of revenge. Her story is based on chronicles from the 14th century. She was the daughter of Cuncar, Mormaer of Angus, who was thought to be a descendant of Pictish royalty. Lady Finella is a well-known ...
Major Thomas Weir (1599 – 1670) was a Scottish soldier and presumed occultist, executed for bestiality, incest and adultery. Weir was a Covenanter who professed a particularly strict form of Presbyterianism. His spoken prayers earned him a reputation for religiosity which attracted visitors to his home in Edinburgh.