Curses & omens

The Sound Before the Auchanasie Murder, 1797

Cottertown of Auchanasie, near Keith

11 January 1797

The murder is presented by Gregor as tradition and is the kind of event a newspaper or court record may survive for. The phantom sound is the folklore element. Gregor says such sounds were believed to come before dreadful crimes such as murder.

The details of the crime and whether the strangers were convicted are not given in the source.

This site is private property or has no public access. Coordinates shown are rounded and no directions are offered.
Evidence
Long-standing local tradition
Access
No public access
Location
57.500, -3.010 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)

Sources: Walter Gregor, "Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland" (1881), Internet Archive [public-domain]

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