Ghost walks in Edinburgh?

Question

Can you recomend one that I may see something paranormal

Answer 1

Mary King's Close has an actual haunted room where some folk have seen the ghost of a little girl. That's as close as you're going to get to paranormal. If you just want the run of the mill tour then try something like City of the Dead or a visit to Greyfriars Graveyard on your own after dark.

Answer 2

Type in Edinburgh Ghost Tours into Yahoo and you'll come up with lots of different sites going into details of the type of tour they do. There are the more famous one's like Mary King's close and the Vaults. These websites are good as some of them tell you the days and times they're on and also if they have special tours for different occasions i.e. Hallowe'en. I went on the Edinburgh Underground Tour a few years back found it very creepy but if you like being scared out of your skin you'd be better doing one of the more "notorious" ones.

Answer 3

This is the link to book a mercat tour, it's expensive though at £75 pp, but worth a look >

The Paranormal with Mercat Tours of Edinburgh, Scotland
The Paranormal The Vaults may be empty - but many claim they are not unoccupied.
This eerie setting is home to dark, mysterious and often tragic apparitions ...
http://www.mercattours.com/the-paranormal.asp - Cached

Answer 4

Best ghost walks I've been on in Edinburgh are organised by Mercat Tours (check out their website).

They take you to some really spooky places, including underground vaults under a bridge.

Unlike some tours, they don't try to shock or surprise you, they just tell you what happened in the gory history of Edinburgh, and let you make your own mind up. The guides are very good.

Answer 5

There was 1 that I saw when I was there that really creeped me out. It was the underground Edinburgh where all the poor people used to live in like the 1800's. It was so cool because a ghost really did show their presence when I was doing the tour.

Answer 6

At the top of the Royal Mile next to the castle (across from camera obscura) is the ghost walk place - they're really good, I remember doing one when I was there on a school trip.

Answer 7

The most likely one is Mary Kings Close, it certainly shook the Most Haunted team!!

Info here, Enjoy! http://www.mercattours.com/scheduled-tours.asp

Answer 8

HEY HUN! DON'T LISTEN TO THE STUPID ANSWERS YOU GET LIKE CRAZY SE WROTE BELOW, I CAN TELL THAT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT! just browse the net hun! you'll have the best luck there. check out the ghost sites on there, they are bound to help. if i see anything on the net i'll let ya know.

Answer 9

Ghost Tours and Walks in Edinburgh

Tours into Edinburgh's haunted past

The Edinburgh ghost tours are among the most popular walking tours of the city. Edinburgh's history spans hundreds of years and the overcrowded Old Town, home of the common and rich alike, became the perfect setting for some of the richest gruesome folklore in Scotland.

Ghost tour guides, haunted tales and historical facts
Most guides doing Edinburgh ghost walks are masters of their craft. With training in history and storytelling, they set the right mood for the legends and horrific stories they have to tell.

Most historical facts are probably accurate, if not a little dramatised, but ghostly stories are based on local folklore and legends. The hauntings are allegedly backed up by psychic experts and some ghost tour companies keep a detailed record of the hundreds of independent sightings reported by tourists.

Ghost tours times and ticket prices

Historical tours around the Old Town take place during the day, while the really scary tours with ghosts and paranormal activity for adults take place late in the evening. Most tours last from 1 to 2 hours. Prices vary from company to company but expect it to vary between £6 and £8.

The day walking tours are suitable for children although the ones that take you underground or in graveyards may be upsetting to them. When you look for a family ghost walk, choose one with a more historical focus. These are very entertaining and children do enjoy them.

Ghost tour with historic focus

Many real-life historical incidents such as tragedies, executions, murders and stories of body snatchers are associated with the Old Town. Some of them are as eerie and chilling as some of the more paranormal tales.

Legends of witches, pagan rituals, dead and ghosts live to this day and the more interesting ones are included in the walking tours. With such a long and rich history, gruesome characters simply cannot miss from Edinburgh's folklore.

The ghost tours take two formats. The most common one has a strong focus on the real-life historical stories of the Old Town. A trained historian or history student relates the tales and points out buildings or objects of interest -- such as the grave of John Knox, now a simple mark in a city car park.

The storytelling is entertaining and accurate, with occasional ghostly tales and unexplained sightings and mysteries. On these history-ghost tours you also learn of how real life unfolded in an overcrowded 17th century Edinburgh.

The Old Town in Edinburgh had ten storey-high buildings and many underground closes (narrow streets). The stench of the Nor' Loch nearby and human waste made living here hardly bearable. While you would never want to live in those times, learning about them can be enlightening and these ghost walks are a good way to gain insight into the life of Old Edinburgh.

The tours also tell stories from centuries ago of notorious Edinburgh figures like Deacon Brodie, respectable citizen by day and burglar and murderer by night that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write 'Jekyll and Hyde' and who was eventually hung.

Dramatised ghost tours

Some local ghost tour companies put up a complete theatrical show. The tour is led by a 'deceased' guide dressed as a vampire with a flair for the dramatic. The storytelling focuses more on the darker side of spirits and supernatural, bringing to life before your eyes the stories that make Edinburgh, to some, haunted.

The character of the deceased tour guide is also used on Lothian Buses to advertise their Night Bus network so be sure to pay special attention to the words 'When dawn breaks, I catch the Night Bus home'.

An added attraction of these ghost walks are the tour 'jumper-ooters'. A jumper-ooter is someone who intends to scare the living pants out of everyone on tour by jumping out at them at appropriate moments dressed as ghosts, ghouls and other creatures of the supernatural. At night, this can become very scary and the Old Town is known for its occasional screams.

What places are included on the ghost walks?

All ghost tours routes are around the Old Town, particularly around the Royal Mile. Some explore the narrow streets and historical buildings while some go literally underground to explore the haunted Vaults beneath the South Bridge. Mary King's Close is also said to be haunted but the interactive tour presents a well documented view of life in 17th century Edinburgh while adding, perhaps, a hint of supernatural.

Some ghost tours take you to cemeteries like Canongate and Greyfriars and show you graves of famous Scottish people -- like the world's worst poet or Adam Smith, author of 'The Wealth of Nations'. The tour guide then tells stories of body snatching or bones slowly coming out of the damp soil.

Stories of cemeteries and the dead include graveyards being paved over to become parking spaces. Cemeteries in the Old Town Edinburgh were once so crowded that there were more bones than earth in some of them. You simply could not help but step on someone's grave.

One of the best ghost tour spots in Edinburgh is Greyfriars. The Convenanters' Prison in Greyfriars is home of the Black Mausoleum, final resting place of the Bloody MacKenzie poltergeist. MacKenzie was the judge responsible for the execution of the many Covenanters that were once imprisoned, ironically, in this very graveyard.

Whichever ghost walk you take, remember to take every story with a grain of salt and just enjoy the tour.

Answer 10

Try the Witchery tour it's really good, www.witcherytours.com