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Scotland is a country with a mystical and ghostly past.

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To our clans!

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Tales of bloody clan battles and family curses still resonate

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within the stones of its ancient castle walls.

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Ghosts lurking behind secret doors,

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waiting for just the right moment to reveal themselves,

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perhaps when we least expect it.

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These are the stories of Scotland.

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Supernatural tales of fierce loyalty, personal sacrifice,

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and cruelest betrayal.

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The World of Ghosts

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Have you ever wondered what they would say if the walls could talk?

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In Scotland, it is said sometimes they do.

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Phantom hammering in the dark of the night,

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moans of pain and loneliness emanating from hidden rooms,

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whispers of secrets around every corner.

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Duntrun Castle stands on the west coast of Scotland in the region of Argyll.

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It is a fortress built more than 800 years ago

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to guard the surrounding countryside against raiders from across the sea.

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Now, a peaceful home, it was once the scene of bitter clan fighting.

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To this day, Duntrun is said to be haunted by the spirit of a lone piper,

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whose herald deed and loyalty to his clan brought him to a gruesome end.

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The sound of Scottish pipes has haunted the castle for many years,

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summoning memories of Duntrun's brutal past.

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But it is not only the pipes that seem to haunt Duntrun.

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Furniture has been seen moving on its own,

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and objects have been known to hurl themselves at the walls.

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Clocks stop, and a horrible discovery has been unearthed from beneath the castle's stones.

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To understand the hauntings at Duntrun, we must return to its violent past.

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In the 1600s, Duntrun was owned by the powerful Campbell clan.

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The Scots were divided by civil war.

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The Campbells fought on the side of Parliament,

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and their mortal enemies, the McDonalds, supported King Charles I.

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Hearing that most of the Campbells were away from Duntrun,

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Carl Keto, a McDonald chieftain, took advantage of the situation and attacked the castle.

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The Campbells were determined to take over the castle.

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When the McDonalds had secured the castle, Keto sailed off to continue his campaign.

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He left behind a small garrison and his lawyer piper to guard the castle.

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The Campbells were determined to retake their castle from the McDonalds,

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and in Keto's absence, they mounted a counterattack.

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Eventually, the Campbell clan recaptured Duntrun.

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Only one McDonald was spared, the piper.

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As privileged individuals, piper were protected.

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Imprisoned and surrounded by enemies, the piper knew that his master would return to meet an almost certain death.

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The piper scanned the horizon for his master's boat, desperate to find a way of warning him.

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At last, the piper saw their boat on the horizon, and he did the only thing he could do to warn his master.

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He began to play his pipes.

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At first, Keto thought the piper was playing a tune of welcome, but as he came closer, he heard the tune become more urgent.

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And understanding it was a warning to leave, he turned the boat around and sailed to safety.

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When the Campbells realized that there had been a message in the piper's tune,

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they decided upon a punishment they felt would fit the crime.

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Brutally, they cut off his hands so he could play no more.

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The piper died from his wounds.

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Those who thought the story to be merely a local myth were quite shocked when, in about 1880,

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a chilling discovery was made beneath the castle flagstone.

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Hey, John, look at this!

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What's your name, Jimmy?

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Look!

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Come on.

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How long back was that?

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The workmen had found a skull, and when more stones had been removed,

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much to everyone's amazement, a full skeleton was revealed.

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Conspicuously, missing his hands.

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At long last, the myth of the Dungeon Piper had been proven.

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A single standing stone marks the spot where the skeleton was found.

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The skeleton is said to have been buried.

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It is known only as the piper's grave.

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But though he is nameless, his courageous act has immortalized him, the piper of Dungeon,

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who, perhaps to this day, waits loyally at his post for his clan to return.

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The piper.

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Five-E castle, infamous for its fearsome hauntings.

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When truth is scared, returns.

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The Scots are people with strong traditions.

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They have always held a deep respect for the unseen forces of nature,

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and unexplained occurrences that have been part of their history from the dawn of memory.

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On the east side of Scotland, in the Grand Pian region north of Aberdeen, stands Five-E castle.

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Five-E is steeped in mystery and strange, terrifying tales.

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It is a castle with a disturbed soul.

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It is said, the ghost of a betrayed wife, the green lady,

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walks Five-E's long corridors to this day.

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One afternoon, while totally alone in the castle tower,

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an army man, rather skeptical of the supernatural, entered Five-E's drawing room.

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As he stepped aside to let someone pass, he was quite startled when he realized no one was there.

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The green lady is thought to be the ghost of Dame Lilius Drummond.

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In the early 17th century, the owner of the castle was Alexander Seton, Lord Five-E.

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He lived in the castle with his wife, Dame Lilius, but Seton was not happy with her.

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They had five daughters, but Lilius had not given him the son and heir he longed for.

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Relatives of Dame Lilius lived nearby, among them a beautiful young woman named Grisel.

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Seton fell passionately in love with her.

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Suddenly, Dame Lilius was reported unwell, and within months, she passed away.

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Whispers rumors about how Lilius had died echoed around the castle.

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Seton, they said, had locked his wife up in an upstairs room.

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Alone and without nourishment, Lilius perished.

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Only weeks after his wife's suspicious death, Seton married Grisel.

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According to legend, however, Dame Lilius would soon return.

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The night was over.

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On their wedding night, Seton and his new wife heard the sound of heavy sighing from outside the window.

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Seton tried to calm Grisel's fears by telling her that it was only the wind.

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He opened the window and looked out, but the night was still.

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Seton again assured his young bride that there was no need to worry.

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But as the night wore on, the sounds coming from the window grew louder and more human,

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like the cries of a woman in despair.

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In the morning light, Grisel cautiously approached the window.

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What she saw next terrified the young girl.

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Something had been carved on the window ledge.

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In letters nearly three inches high and inscribed from the outside were the words D, Lilius, Drummond.

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The words that perhaps were written by a ghostly hand remains there to this very day.

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A deadly curse that may still be afflicting people today are whispered of in the halls of Fiey.

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When truth or scare returns.

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Fiey V. Castle was built 200 years before Columbus came to America.

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Its ancient walls have weathered the century as well, but along the way it has collected a history of betrayal and treachery.

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So intense that it seems even now to deeply affect the lives of those who dare to stay.

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Another ominous presence hangs over Fiey V. Castle. It is known as the Curse of the Weeping Stones.

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More than 500 years ago, an ill-tempered prophet named Thomas the Rimer, renowned for his gloomy predictions, announced he wanted to visit the castle.

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In anticipation of his arrival and to welcome him, the castle's great doors were left open.

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Years passed and Thomas had not come. Still, the door stood open.

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Seven years and a day after he had first announced his intention to visit the castle, Thomas arrived.

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Talk about fashionably late. But as he approached the entrance, a freak storm blew in, slamming the door in his face.

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Always quick to take offense, Thomas took this as a personal insult and cursed the castle and its lands.

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The curse spoke of three stones taken from the boundary markers of the castle lands.

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Until all three stones were found in reunited, the firstborn sons of the families that lived at Fiey V would never inherit the castle.

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The alleged curse is so powerful that the one weeping stone that has been recovered still exerts an evil influence.

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Christopher Hartley came under the stone spell when he was working on its conservation and display.

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And it was strange that every time I seemed to be closely working with it, shortly after something terrible happened to me.

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The first time, having worked very closely with the stone, I twisted my ankle. And so did the surveyor who had also seen it on the same occasion.

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The next time I sprained my knee very badly, and the third time when I put it into a showcase, I was rushed to hospital in the middle of the night with kidney stones.

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I don't like to look at the stone anymore or go too close to it at all. I try to avoid it if I can.

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The weeping stone also has remarkable and unexplained physical properties, which explain its name.

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Although kept in dry conditions, in a wooden bowl, the stone actually weeps, filling the bowl with moisture.

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Is there really a curse on Fiey V castle?

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Perhaps. Perhaps not.

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But there is one castle that is reputed to be more haunted and breathing with spirits than all others in Scotland.

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When truth or scare returns.

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Scotland has many castles that some believe still contain living history.

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Spirits with unfinished stories. Entities that have secrets to share.

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And beings that wish to stay in the homes where they were once happy.

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Glamis is the most infamous of the many Scottish castles reputed to be haunted.

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Glamis castle has a mythical and certainly mystical reputation.

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The ghosts of Glamis are numerous and legendary. Bantams have been reported in the castle for centuries.

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Many of these hauntings are focused on the bedroom known as the Blue Room.

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One account, recorded in the 1870s, described the event.

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A guest at the castle, the wife of the Archbishop of York, was staying in the Blue Room.

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She awoke feeling that something had brushed her face, but she couldn't see anyone in the room.

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A figure loomed over her, with a long flowing beard and the face of a dead man.

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In 1454, Patrick, the first Lord Glamis, was set to have played host to an evil visitor at the castle.

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He was known for his love of gambling and often played cards with Earl Beard, of Crawford.

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So called because of his long thick beard.

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The pair were playing together late one Saturday night, when a servant entered and reminded them of the hour.

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It was nearly the Sabbath and gambling was forbidden on the Lord's day.

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We're no bother me mind. Can you know she am into my Lord game?

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But the men ignored him and played on.

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But five minutes to midnight, the servant again entered and pointed out the time.

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If we have a mind to, we shall play until doomsday.

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Earl Beardy roared.

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He would regret his words. On the stroke of midnight, the door opened.

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A mysterious stranger entered. The stranger sat down and placed a stake of sparkling rubies on the table.

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The three men started to play.

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Lord Glamis and Earl Beardy soon got into a heated argument.

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The stranger watched. The sounds from the room became loud and furious.

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And the servant longed to enter and see what was happening.

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But as he approached the door, he reeled back in terror.

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The two gambling men were enveloped in flames.

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That night, the castle had entertained the one known to people of that time as the Prince of Darkness.

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Two men were condemned by the dark spirit to play until doomsday at the prize for gambling on the set.

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Do specters from another world coexist with us in this one? Never intending to be seen by us at all?

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If we listen very carefully, might we hear voices or music drifting toward us from another time and place?

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In the ancient and magical land that is Scotland, some still believe they can.