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Laying the Ghost

The famous 1889 “Arran Murder” of Edwin Rose almost went unsolved because the island’s police buried a key piece of evidence in the sea–his boots. They upheld the old Arran superstition of “laying the ghost” to prevent murdered men from haunting the locals.

Source: Illustrated Police News. 14th September 1889. pg. 1
References

Roughead, W. (1913) Twelve Scots Trials. William Green & Sons, Edinburgh. pp. 273-302