Halloween Special: Sawney Bean

In the 18th Century stories begun to appear about a clan of cave-dwelling cannibals on the West coast of Scotland.  In today's story Taylor tells us all about the story of the Sawney Bean cannibal clan and we debate whether the story is real or just English propaganda. FURTHER READING: https://web.archive.org/web/20100610003823/http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/newgate/beane.htm (Volume 1 of The Newgate Calendar) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean (Sawney Bean) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akjkzmgz0Q (Sawney Bean: The Scottish Cannibal Killer (Ghastly Tales of Scotland) | Documentary) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie-Cleek (Christie-Cleek) https://historycollection.com/legend-scottish-cannibal-clan-may-killed-ate-1000-people/3/ (The Legend of the Scottish Cannibal Clan That May Have Killed and Eaten 1,000 People) https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Sawney-Bean-Scotlands-most-famous-cannibal/ (The story of Sawney Bean, Scotland's most famous cannibal.) https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/alexanderbean.html (Alexander "Sawney" Bean: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21506077 (Who was Sawney Bean?) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1887748/ (Sawney: Flesh of Man or Lord of Darkness) https://www.thedungeons.com/edinburgh/whats-inside/what-is-the-dungeon/cannibals-cave/ (Cannibal Cave) ----------------------------------------------- https://pod.link/1499149474 (Like the show? Give us a rating and review!) Follow us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/pg/squaremilepod/ (Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/squaremileofmurder/ (Instagram) https://squaremileofmurder.com/ (Squaremileofmurder.com) Support us: https://www.patreon.com/squaremileofmurder (Patreon) https://squaremileofmurder.com/support-us/ (Other support options) <a rel="payment" href="https://patreon.com/squaremileofmurder">Support this podcast</a>