Anecdote about the superstition that a murderer has two shad...
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
May 1960
Track ID
24261
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.171.A8
Original Tape ID
Summary
Anecdote about the superstition that a murderer has two shadows.
It is said that a person who commits murder has two shadows: his own and that of his victim. Lucy Stewart's father was walking one moonlit night with a man who had served ten years for killing his wife, and saw two shadows following the man, his own and his wife's.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good