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S04E35 - Dread Bothy and Beyond

MonsterTalk

Monster House LLC

History, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Matt Baxter returns to join Karen and Blake in a discussion of allegedly haunted “bothies” in the remote hiking regions of the UK. This episode contains some discussion of guns, suicide, and cannibalism.

Links to further reading/listening:

What is a “bothy?”

Mountain Bothy Association

BBC’s Uncanny episodes we mention:

Don’t Sleep in this House – December 2021

Return to Luibeilt Christmas Special 2024

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Monster House Presents.

0:11.1

This episode includes coverage of suicide.

0:14.7

Self-harm is a serious problem,

0:16.5

and one of the best things you can do if you're struggling with such thoughts

0:19.1

is to reach out and talk to someone.

0:21.3

In the United States, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline can be reached by dialing 988.

0:28.4

If you're struggling, please seek help.

0:30.6

We care about our listeners and want you to be around for many years to hear stories about monsters,

0:35.0

science facts, and, of course course terrible puns. Thanks.

0:44.8

It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.

0:49.6

A giant hairy creature, part ape, part mad.

0:54.5

In Larkness, a 24-mile long bottomless lake in the highlands of Scotland.

0:59.3

It's a creature known as the Loch Ness Monster.

1:31.8

It's a creature known as the science show about monsters. I'm Blake Smith. And I'm Karen Stolznor. Hey there, listeners. In this episode, we'll be traveling to the remote

1:35.6

mountains of Scotland, where, scattered across the landscape, miles from the nearest roads,

1:41.1

an affiliated network of rude lodgings provide shelter to the weary traveler

1:45.2

in need of a roof and fire. They're called Bothys, and according to lore, some of the

1:50.0

occupants are staying well past their final checkout time. Let's take a quick dive into this

1:55.7

Bothy's sphere right now on Monster Talk. Hey, now, I'm following your advice here. I have not opened up the dock

2:06.1

to look at it. So I'm going in cold. This is basically an audio reaction video. Well, yeah,

2:13.2

I think you have a little background knowledge on tonight's topic, today's topic, this week's topic, which is Bothy's.

2:20.4

And so we're joined by Matt Baxter as well.

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