A coastal cave in South Ayrshire has a gruesome history that would send shivers down anyone's spine.
The cave, located between Girvan and Ballantrae, is said to have been the home of Alexander "Sawney" Bean. Legend tells that Bean was the leader of a 40-plus-member clan in the 16th century who murdered and cannibalised more than 1,000 victims over a period of 25 years.
Bean reportedly moved into the cave with a woman named Black Agnes Douglas after leaving his childhood home of East Lothian. Having no legitimate source of income, the two would ambush travellers on the nearby highway or lure them back to the cave, where they would be robbed and killed.
