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Skeptoid #276: The Monster of Glamis

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2011

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The story of a living beast in Scotland's Glamis Castle may have a nugget of truth.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Who doesn't love a monster tale?

0:06.1

And moreover, a tale that involves an actual, real, live monster that supposedly lived

0:12.5

in an old castle in Scotland.

0:15.1

The best stories are always those that aren't just stories, but those that have, so far

0:19.6

as we can tell anyway, a legitimate historical provenance.

0:24.1

So we find that the monster of Glam's was actually real.

0:30.0

We'll find out today on Skeptoid.

0:33.0

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0:40.4

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1:07.6

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1:15.3

Thanks.

1:21.1

For listening to Skeptoid, I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

1:26.2

The Monster of Glams Today we have a good old-fashioned

1:30.7

ghost story, and it even comes from a famous dark old castle in England.

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