The Scottish woman who survived being hanged and lived for 40 more years

She earned an unfortunate nicknameIt is one of the strangest chapters in Scotland’s history(Image: ironstuff / Getty Images)The spooky season is upon us, and Scotland has no shortage of dark and bloody history to delve into to mark the occasion. There are lots of famous stories of grisly battles and creepy ghosts, but there are many more gruesome tales that you might not have even heard of.