Cabbage Patch Murder of Inverness

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.