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Ancient Edinburgh: a thousand years of life, death, murder, intrigue, and ghosts! Edinburgh is a paranormal enthusiast’s paradise, with spirits and spectres seemingly around almost every corner and up every close.In recent years, its best known hauntings are the fascinating stories of the ghosts in the underground vaults and the MacKenzie poltergeist in the graveyard at Greyfriars Kirk. However, if you look beyond these incredible modern tales, you’ll find hundreds of years worth of history and spooky goings-on.Edinburgh has it all – ghostly pipers, Egyptian spirits, white ladies, warlocks, and witches, to name just a few.
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- Yesterday26 min
The Canongate Hauntings: Edinburgh’s Supernatural Hotspot
The Canongate is one of the oldest parts of Edinburgh, a street with a history stretching back almost nine centuries. Behind its familiar buildings and closes lies a remarkable collection of ghost stories. In this episode of Eerie Edinburgh, I return to the place where the channel began almost three years ago: Bible Land, home to one of the Canongate’s strangest supernatural traditions. But that story is only the beginning. From centuries-old accounts of apparitions and unexplained encounters to stories that survived into the twentieth century, we follow the Canongate through some of the hauntings that have become attached to its buildings, closes and streets. Some are well known. Others have almost disappeared. Together, they suggest that few parts of Edinburgh have accumulated quite so much supernatural folklore in such a small area. Welcome back to the Canongate.
- 2 weeks ago26 min
The Ghosts of Duntulm Castle: The Haunting That Drove Them Out
Perched on a cliff at the northern edge of the Isle of Skye, the ruins of Duntulm Castle are home to some of the island's darkest ghost stories. Once a stronghold of the MacDonalds of Sleat, Duntulm's history is filled with clan rivalry, violence and tragedy. There are tales of strange sounds, slamming doors, disembodied voices and figures moving through the castle - and an old tradition claiming the disturbances eventually became so unbearable that the MacDonalds abandoned Duntulm altogether. Today, little more than atmospheric ruins remain above the sea. But according to the stories told on Skye for generations, the MacDonalds may not have left Duntulm entirely...
- 4 weeks ago23 min
The Ghosts of Culross Palace: Fife’s Most Haunted House?
Culross Palace is one of Scotland's most remarkable surviving buildings from the 17th century - but behind its distinctive yellow walls are stories that suggest some of its former occupants may never have entirely left. In this episode, we travel to the historic Fife village of Culross to explore the palace built by wealthy merchant Sir George Bruce and investigate the strange experiences reported within its rooms. Culross Palace is a building with more than four centuries of history behind it. How much of its folklore can be explained - and how much remains rather more difficult to account for? Join me as we explore the ghosts and strange history of Culross Palace. If you enjoy Scotland's lesser-known ghost stories, haunted places and historical mysteries, please consider subscribing to Eerie Edinburgh.
- Aug 9, 202627 min
The Ghost of Meggernie Castle: A Highland Haunting
What if one of Scotland's strangest ghost stories turned out to be more than just a legend? In this episode, we travel to the beautiful Glen Lyon in Highland Perthshire to explore the haunting of Meggernie Castle - a place where history, folklore and eyewitness testimony have become closely intertwined. According to local tradition, a jealous laird murdered and dismembered his wife, concealing part of her body within the castle before burying the rest elsewhere. Over time, stories spread of a ghost unlike any other in Scottish folklore - not a full apparition, but only the upper half of a woman silently moving through the rooms of the old tower. Most castle ghost stories remain just that: stories. But during the nineteenth century, two educated visitors - the Reverend E. J. Simmons and Beaumont Featherstone - independently recorded experiences that appeared to match the centuries-old legend in remarkable detail. Were they influenced by local tradition? Victims of suggestion? Or did they genuinely witness something they could not explain? Join me as we examine the history of Meggernie Castle, the legend behind its most famous ghost, and the eyewitness accounts that continue to make this one of Scotland's most intriguing hauntings. 📚 A special thank you to my good friend Graeme Milne, whose excellent book Tales From Haunted Scotland: Volume 2 first introduced me to the story of Meggernie Castle. If you enjoy Scottish folklore, ghost stories and lesser-known history, I'd thoroughly recommend his work. You can find Graeme's books here: Graeme Milne at Waterstones If you enjoy Scotland's forgotten history, ghost stories and carefully researched paranormal investigations, don't forget to subscribe for new episodes every week.
- Jul 26, 202638 min
The Ardachie Lodge Haunting: The Crawling Ghost
In 1953, a family moved into a remote Highland sporting lodge near Loch Ness, expecting nothing more than a fresh start. Within weeks, they began hearing footsteps crossing the landing above their heads. Then came the knocking. Always measured. Always deliberate. But the most disturbing encounter belonged to the housekeeper, Mrs MacDonald. Late one night she awoke to find an elderly woman crawling slowly along the upstairs corridor, carrying a candle. The figure vanished before anyone else could see her - yet the footsteps and knocking continued, witnessed by everyone in the house. Was it grief, suggestion... or something far stranger? Join me as we explore one of Scotland's lesser-known hauntings - the remarkable case of Ardachie Lodge and the legend of The Crawling Ghost. ☕ Support Eerie Edinburgh If you'd like to help me research and produce more Scottish ghost stories, folklore and historical mysteries, you can support the channel here: https://ko-fi.com/eerieedinburgh Every contribution goes towards books, archive access, travel and filming at the locations featured on the channel.
- Jul 12, 202626 min
The Lewis Poltergeist Case: The Day a House Came Alive
In 1954, on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, an ordinary croft became the centre of one of Britain's strangest alleged poltergeist cases. It began with peat moving beside the fire. Then glasses cracked without being touched. Crockery shattered, household objects floated from room to room. Was it an elaborate hoax? A rare psychological phenomenon? Or could there be another explanation? In this episode, we explore the extraordinary events of what became known as The Lewis Poltergeist Case - one of Scotland's most remarkable and least-known paranormal mysteries. If you enjoy Scottish history, folklore, haunted locations and well-researched ghost stories, don't forget to subscribe.
- Jun 28, 202628 min
The Haunting of Woodhouselee: Scotland's Forgotten White Lady
Deep within the woods near Edinburgh lie the forgotten ruins of Woodhouselee - a place haunted by one of Scotland's oldest and most tragic ghost stories. In this episode, we trace the legend of Anne Hamilton, a woman said to have been driven from her home during the Marian Civil War, before exploring more than four centuries of reported paranormal activity linked to the estate. From mysterious knocks heard by two Victorian sisters, to wartime sentries repeatedly challenging a ghostly woman on the grounds of a prisoner-of-war camp, and a strange apparition witnessed shortly before the house was demolished, this is a haunting that has refused to disappear. If you enjoy Scotland's history, ghost stories and forgotten folklore, don't forget to like, subscribe and let me know your thoughts in the comments.
- Jun 21, 202622 min
The Ghosts of Castle Fraser : The haunted seat of the Fraser Clan
Castle Fraser is one of Scotland's most beautiful castles - and one of its most haunted. In this episode of Eerie Edinburgh, we explore the ghostly legends of Aberdeenshire's Castle Fraser, from the mysterious Lady Blanche Drummond and phantom footsteps in empty corridors to the chilling tale of the Green Room and the bloodstained spiral staircase. Are these simply stories passed down through generations, or is something still walking the halls of Castle Fraser? #Ghosts #CastleFraser #Scotland #HauntedCastle #Paranormal #EerieEdinburgh #ScottishHistory #ghoststories #ScottishGhosts #TrueGhostStories #HauntedScotland #ClanFraser #Aberdeenshire #CastleCountry #HauntedPlaces #GhostHunting #Supernatural #HistoricScotland #DarkHistory #phantoms #hauntedhouse #hauntedhistory #spookyscotland
About Eerie Edinburgh
Ancient Edinburgh: a thousand years of life, death, murder, intrigue, and ghosts! Edinburgh is a paranormal enthusiast’s paradise, with spirits and spectres seemingly around almost every corner and up every close.In recent years, its best known hauntings are the fascinating stories of the ghosts in the underground vaults and the MacKenzie poltergeist in the graveyard at Greyfriars Kirk. However, if you look beyond these incredible modern tales, you’ll find hundreds of years worth of history and spooky goings-on.Edinburgh has it all – ghostly pipers, Egyptian spirits, white ladies, warlocks, and witches, to name just a few.
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