When a student moves to Glasgow to study the history of sexual shame, they expect archives and lecture halls, not footsteps in empty corridors and whispers at midnight. But their new home is haunted by a past the city has all but forgotten. A chance encounter with a woman who knows Glasgow’s buried truths reveals the building’s origins: it stands on the site of the Lock Hospital, where women deemed ‘fallen’ were confined and condemned. As the student and their unlikely ally dig deeper, they uncover not only the suffering endured there but also the unexpected heroes who once fought to expose the cruelty. Each discovery intensifies the haunting, as if restless spirits are urging them to finish what was started long ago. Only they know the truth, and together, they must bring it to light, even if it means confronting the ghosts that refuse to rest. Some stories demand to be told, no matter how deeply they’ve been buried.
Participant: Ahmed Awadalla