Nessie: Fact, Fiction and the Power of a Modern Myth

In this episode we follow the story of Loch Ness’s most famous inhabitant from medieval fisherman‑tales to a 1933 photographic hoax, scientific sonar sweeps and DNA studies. We look at how tourism and media have turned Nessie into an economic engine for the Highlands while also examining the psychological mechanisms that turn ambiguous images into belief. The episode ends by asking what the enduring legend tells us about Britain’s relationship between myth, evidence and national identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices