Such is the case with today’s story, The Hanging of Harry Polwart, a fascinating and often hilarious account of an eighteenth century public execution, Galloway-style. Excerpted from the novel, The Dark o’ the Moon, by the influential Scottish author, S. R. Crockett, it has been reproduced by McStorytellers with the kind permission of Cally Phillips of Ayton Publishing, who single-handedly is bringing about a renaissance of Crockett’s work.
So please sit back, read the story and enjoy Crockett’s gallows humour. Then click on the links below the story to find out much more about this wonderful but long-neglected writer.