Why Was THIS Scottish History's Most Gruesome Execution...?

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  • @ScotlandHistoryTours
    @ScotlandHistoryTours  Місяць тому +14

    Support the channel with Patreon www.patreon.com/scotlandhistorytours
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  • @Andy-m3l
    @Andy-m3l Місяць тому +64

    To be fair Bruce, it was simply the fact you'd posted a video that inspired me to click on it. But if you're going to insist I would prefer more background. Thank you so much ol' bean 😊

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Місяць тому +13

      Fair enough, I'll keep posting😜

    • @Andy-m3l
      @Andy-m3l Місяць тому +1

      @@ScotlandHistoryTours 👍👍

    • @heatherlewis4477
      @heatherlewis4477 Місяць тому +2

      I'm more curious about the background of King James I's murder, to be honest. As brutal and as gruesome as that execution is, the history is fascinating to me.

    • @raydriver7300
      @raydriver7300 Місяць тому +1

      As Meatloaf said: You took the words right out of my mouth 🌞

  • @katherinegannett
    @katherinegannett Місяць тому +37

    Background, please. I'm glad to see you back. I missed you last week. Your videos are always entertaining, informative, and interesting! A fan from Southwest Oklahoma.

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 Місяць тому +25

    Bruce, "Click the like button at the end..."
    Me, clicking the like button before starting the video, "He's not let me down yet." 👍
    Exeground!!! Backcution!!!

  • @Wee_Langside
    @Wee_Langside Місяць тому +30

    Hi Bruce good to see you back.
    Background for me

  • @ikaika0083
    @ikaika0083 Місяць тому +27

    Fascinating as always sir! Background please.

  • @Scot-r3z
    @Scot-r3z Місяць тому +12

    Hi Bruce. I’m the ignoramus that interrupted you mid phone call on Princess St a fortnight ago 😬. Loving your work 👍

  • @robbieredball
    @robbieredball Місяць тому +9

    What videos? In the words of Monty Python's Mr Creosote, "I'll ave the lot". Story teller supreme, always fascinating and always learn something Thank you!

  • @007hwm3
    @007hwm3 Місяць тому +10

    From my scottish/irish/Scandinavian heritage I'm into the background of the why and how things happen.

  • @peterscrafton5212
    @peterscrafton5212 Місяць тому +11

    I admire your videos, which are both educational and entertaining. Only my lack of mobility prevents me from applying to join your eleven-day tour. Thank you. Were it to be possible, I should like to learn more about the background AND the execution, please

  • @pageegap1
    @pageegap1 Місяць тому +4

    please tell us about the Covenanters! Great video!

  • @ryvyl
    @ryvyl Місяць тому +7

    New video! Reason enough to watch. But background, please.
    Thanks Bruce!

  • @tomhafele359
    @tomhafele359 Місяць тому +5

    Always a gem! Background for me!

  • @rhondajhunter9091
    @rhondajhunter9091 Місяць тому

    I love learning about the background of events. It helps me understand how they came about. I learned some of this in college, but you are much more easy to understand than some university lecturers.

  • @benjaminmaybury4238
    @benjaminmaybury4238 Місяць тому +1

    Background please.
    I was the guy who saw you at the Parliament and briefly said hi.
    I’m glad to see the video you were working on. Love your work.

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Місяць тому +1

      Good to meet you, if only briefly and under the stress of completing the task

  • @paulhooton6261
    @paulhooton6261 Місяць тому

    I've never come across you before but I'm impressed. Yours is a very entertaining and informative style. I like that you don't try to sugar-coat the horror and brutality of those times. So, for anyone who yearns for a return to the good old days, there weren't any!

  • @joani2824
    @joani2824 Місяць тому

    I cannot believe even surviving the first day of that. It’s fascinating how Edinburgh was such a brutal place for so long in history and now … just lovely. How the times change. Your videos are amazing as always Bruce .

  • @billyharden9316
    @billyharden9316 Місяць тому +4

    I like the story and background.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @PixieDustedTara
    @PixieDustedTara Місяць тому

    Just received my second hoodie from your shop and I love it!! Yours is my favorite channel here on UA-cam. Have a great day

  • @elizabethparker2017
    @elizabethparker2017 Місяць тому

    Background. And I agree with everyone else's nice comments. Your videos are great! Scotland is high on my list of places to visit. I'll get there eventually, but in the meantime, I get to watch your videos! Thanks!

  • @nastyham5302
    @nastyham5302 Місяць тому +2

    "three day execution"
    Excellent metal band name

  • @askel-1
    @askel-1 Місяць тому

    Clicked on out of curiosity, really happy to find a very well presented video. Nice wk fella

  • @pederkristensen4691
    @pederkristensen4691 Місяць тому

    Hi Bruce , nice to see you back after your break. A background episode would be great, thank you.

  • @andrewscott5852
    @andrewscott5852 Місяць тому

    🤯background please Bruce amazing and hilarious too.
    Loved the burns reference too’ see yon Burke that calls himself a lord’! Class act sir🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

  • @nancyholcombe8030
    @nancyholcombe8030 Місяць тому

    A new video from my favorite bard of history! That's why I clicked this on! I've missed my Saturday story but hope you had a fantastic birthday! From what I've seen in the comments, I think your pointing out the grusomeness of this execution with sounds of it curdled more than a few stomachs! It made me thankful that we don't think that such a thing as public execution is necessary anymore. Of course, the local newscast tells me that others think we do. I'll look at both of the other videos as anything you put out is worth watching! Please take care now! May God bless you and yours. 😊

  • @Hiltok
    @Hiltok Місяць тому

    Lovely seeing the doggos playing behind you at the end, Bruce.
    The reign of James VI certainly was consequential, uniting the Scottish and English crowns and starting the plantation of Ulster. It's hard to warm to many of these historical leaders when their methods were so damaging to common folk.

  • @chipjohnson9283
    @chipjohnson9283 Місяць тому +3

    Execution. If your speaking about the Wigtown Martyrs, then Yes!!! Also, are you planning a Halloween in Scotland video for next month?
    Spent Halloween in Edinburgh in 2019 and it was the best! 💚

  • @resourcedragon
    @resourcedragon Місяць тому +4

    Definitely the BACKGROUND.

  • @gryffydd42
    @gryffydd42 Місяць тому

    I’d like both eventually, but would like Background first, please. Thanks again for more learning Scottish history. And very glad I got to meet you, Bruce, in Vancouver, WA this past summer.

  • @sjohnson1216
    @sjohnson1216 Місяць тому

    You mentioned the Proclaimers in one video. THANKS. I'm a contemporary of theirs but was, er, studying Greek and Latin in those days instead of watching MTV. Anyway-skipping a lot of narrative-I looked up their music and can't thank you enough.

  • @sandyr1789
    @sandyr1789 Місяць тому +1

    Bruce Thank you for another excellent and educational video. Background video plz.

  • @lynnemurphy114
    @lynnemurphy114 Місяць тому +9

    Why you not on TV ☘️

  • @iainmelville9411
    @iainmelville9411 Місяць тому

    Good to see you back. I missed you last week.
    Edit : had a think about it = background.

  • @gdhdi5339
    @gdhdi5339 Місяць тому

    BACKGROUND
    I noticed the Australia pin, too. I bet we're only too glad to have you!

  • @sharktomesmiles
    @sharktomesmiles Місяць тому

    Happy Birthday Bruce!!! Are you having fun? I love the touch that your doing a vid in Edinburgh. Im sure you know me enough Background your going to get to the execution anyway. If you have to make it a two vid. Hugs

  • @suemackenzie7491
    @suemackenzie7491 Місяць тому

    I'm currently reading David Mitchell's Unruly. History with a splash of humour. Did he get inspiration from your videos, I wonder?
    Glad to see you back.

  • @wayneharryhughes3629
    @wayneharryhughes3629 Місяць тому

    Your videos are amazing and so informative and a rich amazing history that is Scotland

  • @Jonnyxs
    @Jonnyxs Місяць тому

    Good to see you big man👊🏼

  • @IIChristisKingII
    @IIChristisKingII Місяць тому +3

    Background and the execution, Im a greedy bugger. 😅

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 Місяць тому

    Hi Bruce!
    I'm a Scot-Canadian who lives in Nova Scotia. I love my motherland, but I prefer the vast wilderness of Canada.
    I love Pict/Scot history and you are a great presenter.

  • @alansmithee8831
    @alansmithee8831 Місяць тому +5

    A'reyt Bruce. Background.
    I commented before that not all English are so keen to bow and scrape. My native Yorkshire has many Robin Hood place names. Our US cousins point to the Magna Carta, from that era as a confirmation that everyone is equal. Our ancestors accepted Scottish kings too, so long as they did not start overruling Parliament. Then it was execution time.

  • @malcolmmacdougall
    @malcolmmacdougall Місяць тому

    I love the way you explain all

  • @davidjohnston7512
    @davidjohnston7512 Місяць тому +1

    I like the pin on your jacket mate.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇺👍

  • @julzy3
    @julzy3 Місяць тому

    I clicked because I wanted a story by Bruce, so thanks! 💫 Always background.🔦🔎

  • @cassieosbourne7666
    @cassieosbourne7666 Місяць тому +8

    Background please

  • @craigjohnstone3855
    @craigjohnstone3855 Місяць тому

    Ahh Saturday morning treat babk.. seen you last Saturday night in Dunblane great show Bruce..😊

  • @SeattleJeffin
    @SeattleJeffin Місяць тому

    Another engrossing story. I always look forward to your new releases.

  • @Expressionisto1
    @Expressionisto1 Місяць тому

    Background please Bruce. Thanks for another fascinating story.

  • @davidberesford7009
    @davidberesford7009 Місяць тому

    Hi Bruce. I clicked because I wanted to see another of your history vids. Keep up the good work. Bye!

  • @colinthompson3111
    @colinthompson3111 Місяць тому +16

    Apologies Bruce but I saw Celtic deliver a 3-0 execution of Rangers recently. Watching the Rangers analysts explaining their teams loss makes that the most brutal execution in Scottish history.
    Excellent video as always.
    Canadian fan of the channel.

  • @nicholahenry539
    @nicholahenry539 Місяць тому

    Thank you Bruce for another fascinating video background please

  • @GAIVSCALIGVLA
    @GAIVSCALIGVLA Місяць тому

    Great video Bruce but next time I would say just make the sound effects quieter because it made it hard to hear you at times. But again overall great job

  • @ianbarkham5080
    @ianbarkham5080 Місяць тому +2

    I've known several people who've died over three days in Edinburgh. Mind you it was their first Fringe... Oh and BACKGROUND

  • @elainewoodard2970
    @elainewoodard2970 Місяць тому +1

    Background please! So good to see ya!

  • @dabsafe
    @dabsafe Місяць тому

    Background. Well done Bruce. I should be hqving nightmares for the next 2 weeks.

  • @gailsears2913
    @gailsears2913 Місяць тому +2

    Well, not exactly what I was expecting for my breakfast entertainment/enlightenment! I kept wondering at what point the prisoner would have passed out from the pain. Anyway, background.

  • @johnpuntenney4596
    @johnpuntenney4596 Місяць тому

    Great video Bruce. Background would definitely help.

  • @juliemyers8869
    @juliemyers8869 Місяць тому

    Hi Bruce hope your well, yet another fab video, I have to admit I’d never heard of this before , background please , and thank you for your time

  • @Calum_S
    @Calum_S Місяць тому

    Hooray! Brucester's back!

  • @marka4891
    @marka4891 Місяць тому

    As unhelpful as this might be, I'd love both videos!

  • @peterkelly1665
    @peterkelly1665 Місяць тому

    Very interesting presentation not for the ordinary casual viewer but great tale in particular that Scots tradition of minority rulers the background to the execution is a must to hear

  • @resourcedragon
    @resourcedragon Місяць тому +3

    I would have thought that with such a brutal execution there would be a good chance that the victim would die before they'd finished. In particular, if he were left out at night, there's the risk of hypothermia. Shock can also kill. The violence of the process makes it likely that a major vein or artery could be ruptured.
    Dare I say it, the fact that poor Walter Stuart survived so long suggests that he was in very good physical condition before they started killing him.

  • @AlanMcCartney-t6h
    @AlanMcCartney-t6h Місяць тому

    background ....bit late , love the channel Bruce.

  • @Allastrology
    @Allastrology Місяць тому

    oh my gawsh!!! It BRUCE!!!! So great to see you holy crap this was intense. This brutal execution, more like torture and def for a show. This is timely for Halloweeny vibe...yikes!!! James the first background please. I like your jacket amigo. Holy shit all the minority monarchs:0
    Honestly, I will watch whatever you upload. Your high quality story telling, including history as you know it happened is all I need. Thanks again for the lesson!!

  • @NicholasEV1986
    @NicholasEV1986 Місяць тому

    Background, please. Glad you're back this week.

  • @macfiercesome
    @macfiercesome Місяць тому +1

    great stuff, Bruce, some background please.

  • @NG-monkey
    @NG-monkey Місяць тому

    Where n why for me Bruce, so "background" please 😁 👍🏻 great video!

  • @divi2747
    @divi2747 Місяць тому

    thank you!

  • @dayeti6794
    @dayeti6794 Місяць тому

    I was watching for the 2 adorable pups swimming at the end of course! 😂 🐕🐕‍🦺
    Great story… a bit gruesome though. 😮🤣
    ❤ you Brucey!

  • @davidarchibald50
    @davidarchibald50 Місяць тому +8

    Hey Bruce. I took another lotto ticket, I am determined to annoy yer one more time yet, and even buy ye a dram...don't git yer hopes up. It seems we humans, Scots and others, are never so happy as when making other folks miserable. We are no different even today. Aroha

  • @wesleyworley8982
    @wesleyworley8982 Місяць тому

    I played the video because you're an amazing storyteller.

  • @davidrobertson6501
    @davidrobertson6501 Місяць тому

    Let's go down the rabbit hole of background. Or whatever you want as you're always informative and entertaining

  • @gordonday1273
    @gordonday1273 Місяць тому

    And I enjoy your narrative of your history

  • @toddsaint-pe9726
    @toddsaint-pe9726 Місяць тому

    Background! (I clicked because you're a great storyteller, but I'm glad you asked!)

  • @SshadykK
    @SshadykK Місяць тому +5

    im scottish and live in scotland so does tht mean my vote couts twice? background plz x

  • @DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb
    @DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb Місяць тому

    Nah week past Friday when the mighty mighty pars beat the raith ❤😂coyp and thank you for the opportunity to watch/listen to a story 😂

  • @madscientistmtg
    @madscientistmtg Місяць тому

    Thanks!

  • @DraigBlackCat
    @DraigBlackCat Місяць тому

    Background.
    The explanation of the tale behind such an execution is more meaningful than the description of the act itself.

  • @geraldfuss7582
    @geraldfuss7582 Місяць тому

    Excellent video! Background and Execution, please! Thanks.

  • @davidmckay8413
    @davidmckay8413 Місяць тому

    Too late your decision is done, by the time I saw this, but the minority rule one after the other was of extreme interest to me and made me think of how it affected the country, great point. 👍

  • @agent_rouka
    @agent_rouka Місяць тому

    Background, please! (Excellent videa as always, thank you!!)

  • @IrishPotato86
    @IrishPotato86 Місяць тому

    I know I am going to enjoy all of your videos before I even click on them!!!

  • @raymondfink9580
    @raymondfink9580 Місяць тому

    Here’s an idea Bruce, how about the happiest story from Scotland ever?

  • @alecblunden8615
    @alecblunden8615 Місяць тому +6

    Background, pls.

  • @inkadinkadoodle
    @inkadinkadoodle Місяць тому

    BOTH! How could it not be both? The title begins with "WHY" and segues to "GRUESOME"!
    Who can pass up a bit of history with a gruesome twist?!

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Місяць тому

      It can't be both because there's only one vlivk option at the end. You can go through the back catalogue to find both though

  • @terrabytesarcheology
    @terrabytesarcheology Місяць тому

    loved the execution description, it needed some better graphics though :)

  • @RobertEWaters
    @RobertEWaters Місяць тому +8

    Background.

  • @Prel8
    @Prel8 Місяць тому

    Background please!!.....The description of that execution nearly made me lose my lunch.

  • @JerryBear59
    @JerryBear59 Місяць тому

    Background, Bruce🐻👍

  • @meredithf.1022
    @meredithf.1022 Місяць тому +1

    Background, please and thank you, Bruce.

  • @alisonbrowning9620
    @alisonbrowning9620 Місяць тому

    I'm half Scottish ancestry . a great grandfather plus plus and a bit was tutor to James 6th ( 1st of England) Sir Peter Young

  • @heathersteeves6800
    @heathersteeves6800 Місяць тому

    Background. Thank you!

  • @moragmckay3779
    @moragmckay3779 Місяць тому +4

    Background. But why not link both.

  • @gijgij4541
    @gijgij4541 Місяць тому +3

    Homo sapiens is not a very nice beast, is it, no matter how we think...

  • @metsfan1873
    @metsfan1873 Місяць тому

    Background. These things have the most to teach us when they're in context.

  • @christopheraliaga-kelly6254
    @christopheraliaga-kelly6254 Місяць тому

    You forgot to mention the 'Warriston Horror' of 1600, when the young wife of the Laird of Warriston was beheaded on 'The Maiden', our predecessor of the Guillotine, her nurse was burnt alive at the same time, and the man who was paid to kill the Laird of Warriston was 'broken on the wheel', the first to be executed that way and NOT the last!

  • @BarryHWhite
    @BarryHWhite Місяць тому

    wow!. And, the Academy Awards goes to...

  • @cindchan
    @cindchan Місяць тому +1

    If your eyes were gouged out the day before, you wouldn't be seeing yourself being gutted. But that's just me being picky. I clicked on this to find out who and why.

  • @nathanthomson1931
    @nathanthomson1931 Місяць тому +2

    Dude, I clicked because you finally posted a video again 😅

    • @ScotlandHistoryTours
      @ScotlandHistoryTours  Місяць тому

      Sorry, we had a family bereavement, which took up my time

    • @nathanthomson1931
      @nathanthomson1931 Місяць тому +2

      @ScotlandHistoryTours no worries, mate. We all need a break! Was just saying I was excited to wake up to another vid. My condolences, btw

  • @empatheticrambo4890
    @empatheticrambo4890 Місяць тому

    I’ll vote background! And also... the words description was horrible enough, I wasn’t expecting sound effects 😂😅