Out in the Cold
Episode Summary
TRIGGER WARNING – This episode may be upsetting and does contain crimes targeting children so listener discretion is advised.
In 1868 a group of boys from Greenock in Scotland stowed away on a ship bound for Quebec in Canada, all thinking they were bound for adventure, but faced a harsher and more shocking reality they never could have expected that would leave most of them out in the cold.
- Photo illustration showing how the young Scottish stowaways were forced off the Arran and on the ice barefoot
- Ship like the Arran from The Stowaways and Other Sketches: True Tales of the Sea by John Donald
- Stowaway survivors David Brand, John Paul and James Bryson
- Greenock Stowaways Memorial
- Greenock and St George’s Bay
The boys on the ice – BBC News
Stowaways thrown off ship near N.L. remembered by descendants 150 years later | CBC News
The Arran Stowaways: graphic novel revives 150-year-old scandal | The Scotsman
04 Feb 1869 – CRUELTY TO STOWAWAYS ON THE HIGH SEAS. – Trove (nla.gov.au)
Greenock stowaways – Wikipedia
Scottish Murders is a production of Cluarantonn
Hosted by Dawn and Cole
Researched and Written by Peter Bull
Produced and Edited by Dawn Young and Peter Bull
Production Company Name by Granny Robertson
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