What gave off the foul stench that greet the Duke at his Edinburgh home? Why can voices be heard to this day in an empty guest-house room? Find the answers to these and many more questions!
Your cloaked guide leads you through the murky depths of Edinburgh’s Old Town and leaves you with plenty to ponder as you return to your accommodation - alone? It is right and fitting that the tour begins at the Mercat Cross, scene of punishment and public executions in Edinburgh’s past.

The tour begins with the tale of the one survivor of Scotland’s terrible defeat by the English at Flodden in 1513. How did he secure his safety?

Next discover what depraved and satanic acts were perpetrated by the Wizard of the West Bow ….. Mad? or Bad? No ghost tour is complete without a visit to the haunted underground vaults beneath the South Bridge. In the candlelit rooms shadows dance on damp stone walls - you will shiver to tales of strange and sinister happenings there. Some of the spirits that haunt these vaults are malevolent and resentful of intrusion. Whatever you do, do not wander off alone. No-one will go back to find you!

As you proceed down the Canongate listen out for the sound of ghostly bagpipes. The Canongate Graveyard is the last resting place of many an Edinburgh worthy and provides an eerie backdrop for our final tales of the evening. You will venture deep into this necropolis, over the mouldering remains of your forefathers. Moonlight falls on the gravestones … the wind whistles through the trees … time to learn of Edinburgh’s notorious bodysnatchers. Dare you join us?

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Posted on April 12th, 2008. Filed Under Scotland Attractions Category
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