The Face of a Witch
Susan Morrison and Louise Welsh swap tales of Scotland's darker history in a spooky Time Travels special.
Susan Morrison and Louise Welsh swap tales of Scotland's darker history in a spooky special, finding out who gets buried in a bog and getting up close and personal with an accused witch from the early 1700s - Lilias Adie. Susan heads to Dundee University to reconstruct Liliasβ face while Louise Welsh goes to visit what remains of a person who became a bog body, to look at the reality behind one of Scotlandβs most famous Gothic novels The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg.
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Lilias Adie Facial Reconstruction Process
Duration: 04:01
Susan Morrison with Dr Chris Rynn as Lilias Adieβs face is reconstructed
Dr Christopher Rynn, lecturer at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification atΒ the University of Dundee shows Susan how he works on digital facial reconstructionΒ
Lilias as she may have been in modern times
Dr Christopher Rynn brought Lilias right up to date as a contemporary elderly womanΒ
Louise Welsh with the remains and clothes of 18th century Arnish Moor Man
The beautifully preserved wool bonnet found with the body
Broadcasts
- Tue 31 Oct 2017 13:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Sun 5 Nov 2017 07:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Wed 27 Dec 2017 12:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Sun 3 May 2020 07:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland except Highlands and Islands
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Time Travels
Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.