About this episode

The episode explores the haunting history of Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh, focusing on a forgotten young poet and the father of modern economics.

The Grim is opening the gate and entering Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the most storied burial grounds on the Royal Mile, where the dead have never quite stopped making noise. A young poet dies in an asylum at twenty-four, buried without a stone, forgotten by the city that once read him, until the man who owed him everything walks through these gates and refuses to leave him nameless. The father of modern economics rests steps from the house where he spent his final years...

People in this episode

Host: Kristin Lopes

Topics covered

• burial grounds
• history
• poetry
• Edinburgh
• economics
• forgotten figures

Keywords

• Canongate Kirkyard
• Edinburgh
• burial grounds
• young poet
• father of modern economics
• Royal Mile
• history
• haunting

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Royal Mile

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