Lilias's Bones
The story of the only witch in Scotland with a grave and the search for her stolen bones.
In this podcast, American journalist Breena Kerr goes to Scotland to understand what happened during the European Witch Hunts, why hundreds of thousands were murdered, and the legacy that still endures today.
Podcasting since 2024 • 6 episodes
Lilias's Bones
Latest Episodes
Episode 4: Under the Weight of Words and Chains
In this episode, host Breena Kerr dives into some of the more lurid aspects of the witch hunts and attempts to separate what can so often be blended in pseudo-historical retellings and ghost stories: the horror of what witch hunters did on one ...
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Episode 4
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Bonus Episode 1.5 Signs of the Mystical and Traffic Variety
In this Bonus Episode I discuss what it took to get to Scotland, what it took to drive there, and beginning the journey in a place that was built when Lilias Adie was alive and the witch hunts were in full swing.
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Episode 3: A Body That Would Rise Again
After Lilias Adie, an accused witch, dies in church custody, her body becomes a source of fear and foreboding. Some fear that she may become a revenant and rise from the dead. Then, 150 years later, she does. Men arrive and dig up her grave, th...
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Episode 2: A Dream, a Witchcraft Accusation, and a Death
We begin this episode with a commentary on murder mystery podcasts and on the history of witch hunting. Then we dive into the story of Lilias Adie. In 1704, she allegedly appeared to a neighbor in a dream, and was accused of witchcraft soon aft...
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Episode 1: The Only Witch in Scotland With a Grave
A group in Scotland discovers the unusual story of an 18th-century accused Scottish witch, named Lilias Adie. The group vows to clear Adie's name and find her remains. After being buried, her bones were taken by grave robbers, then passed betwe...
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