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Goirid mus deach a chrochadh airson murt ann an 1831, chaidh Uisdean Macle貌id a dhraghadh tro shr脿idean Inbhirnis is r貌pa mu amhaich, air beulaibh tr矛 mile neach. Bhruidhinn e sa Gh脿idhlig, ag aideachadh a chiont, mus deach a chuir gu b脿s.

An seo, tha sgeulachd eucoir bhr霉dail Mhicle貌id, agus a' ch霉is c霉irte a lean, air a h-矛nnse sl脿n. Seo an aon turas riamh fo lagh na h-Alba a chaidh an d脿rna shealladh a ghabhail mar fhianais sa ch霉irt.

Bha Macle貌id aithnichte 'son am miann a bh'aige air airgead. B'e sin a dh'adhbhraich gun do chuir 猫 脿s do cheannaiche-siubhail, ann an sg矛re iomallach Chataibh far an robh an dithis aca an t脿mh. Bha n脿ir' is 霉praid sa choimhearsnachd, agus ged a bhathas aig an 脿m sin a' creidsinn gu m貌r sa ghiobht de'n d脿 shealladh, chuir e chaidh fianais bho fhear a bh'air aithneachadh mar "aislingeach" a chreidsinn le di霉raidh.

Le beachdan bho fhear poilis, neach lagha, neachd naidheachd agus e貌laiche inntinn, tha sgeulachd na c霉ise air a h-矛nnse 'son a cheud uair air telebhisean, le iomhaighean beartach dhr脿ma na cois.

Before he was hanged for murder in 1831, young Hugh Macleod was paraded through the streets of Inverness in chains, jeered by a 3,000-strong crowd. He was the only defendant in Scottish legal history whose trial had admitted the evidence of second sight.

Macleod was a native of remote Assynt in Sutherland. A schoolteacher, he was driven by an obsession for fine clothes and a fondness for reckless living. When a popular travelling pedlar acquired a windfall, he became an easy target for Macleod.

This extraordinary Scottish crime story is told in full - a murder that led to the exposure of a respected member of society, an investigation where ancient rituals were carried out and a trial where the only 'dream testimony' ever known in Scots jurisprudence was admitted by the Crown.

The crime is considered from a 21st-century perspective, through expert contributors and drama reconstruction. It reveals how the people of a small Gaelic-speaking village took on a murder case themselves and discusses how today's forensics might still be challenged by it.