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Cabbage Patch Murder of Inverness
Podcast |
Stories of Scotland
Publisher |
Carrying Stream
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
History, 
Scotland, 
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
History, 
Places & Travel, 
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Oct 06, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:46:04

The majority of research for this episode came from original archival material.

The front page of the newspaper discussing the missing livestock is the Inverness Courier from 28 November 1861.

The court records of the assault and murder trial are held at the National Records of Scotland, under the references of AD14/62/144 or alternatively JC26/1862//120.

Information about David Cumming and the Fergusson family was found in Scotland’s census records, birth, marriage and death papers.

We read extracts about the death and murder trial from the Inverness Courier published on 05 December 1861, 24 April 1862,01 May 1862. We also used the Elgin Courier from 02 May 1862 and the Renfrewshire Independent from August 9, 1862.

Warning: this episode is a true crime and is focussed on a murder case. It contains descriptions of violence and may not be suitable for younger listeners.  Whilst wandering around Chapel Yard Cemetery in Inverness, Jenny and Annie stumble upon a gravestone which describes a brutal murder. As locals, they are shocked to have never heard of this story. Baffled and intrigued, they look back to Inverness in 1861 to try to understand what happened to a young hard-working man, David Cumming, on the night of his death. What happened in the Rose Street cabbage patch in Victorian Inverness, and why did the friends of the deceased feel the need to write details of his death on his grave?  Stories of Scotland is a multi-award winning Highland podcast, proudly recorded in Inverness in North of Scotland. We research our Scottish history, heritage, and mythology podcast using archives, books, museum objects, and oral histories from across Scotland. 

The majority of research for this episode came from original archival material.

The front page of the newspaper discussing the missing livestock is the Inverness Courier from 28 November 1861.

The court records of the assault and murder trial are held at the National Records of Scotland, under the references of AD14/62/144 or alternatively JC26/1862//120.

Information about David Cumming and the Fergusson family was found in Scotland’s census records, birth, marriage and death papers.

We read extracts about the death and murder trial from the Inverness Courier published on 05 December 1861, 24 April 1862,01 May 1862. We also used the Elgin Courier from 02 May 1862 and the Renfrewshire Independent from August 9, 1862.

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