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Anecdote about the superstition that a murderer has two shad...

Date
Track ID 24261
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.171.A8

Original Tape ID

SA1960.171

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

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good