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Hello, I'm Professor Susanna Lipscomb and welcome welcome to Not Just the Tudors from History Hit,

the podcasts in which we explore everything from Anne Boleyn to the Aztecs,

from Holbein to the Huguenots, from Shakespeare to Samarise,

relieved by regular doses of murder, espionage and witchcraft.

Not in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors.

Let me take you back to the 17th century.

The setting is the village of Aberfoyle in Scotland,

where the lowlands give way to the highlands,

where rivers are born,

pearls once lay submerged in forest streams,

and old beliefs refuse to die.

On a cold misty night,

a man of God steps out into the dark,

wearing only his nightgown.

By morning, he will be dead.

Also the official story goes. But the people of the glens say they know better. They say that the fairies have taken him. This is the story of Robert Kirk, a quiet minister who may have crossed

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