Nightmarks in Edinburgh
5 nightmarks documented
Ghosts & Hauntings
The Ghosts of Mary King's Close
Mary King's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland·1600s
Plague-era streets sealed beneath Edinburgh's Royal Mile, haunted by the ghost of a child called Annie and other trapped spirits.
Ghosts & Hauntings
The Haunting of The Witchery by the Castle
The Witchery by the Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland·1500s
A restaurant on the site where 300 accused witches were burned, haunted by phantom smells of smoke and spectral figures.
Ghosts & Hauntings
Bald Agnes at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland·1591
Edinburgh's royal palace is haunted by a witch tortured by King James VI and by the stabbed secretary of Mary Queen of Scots.
Ghosts & Hauntings
The Haunted Vaults Beneath Edinburgh
Edinburgh Vaults, South Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland·1800s
Sealed for two centuries beneath Edinburgh, these 18th-century chambers echo with phantom footsteps and unseen hands.
Ghosts & Hauntings
The Great Lafayette Haunts Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, Scotland·1911
A legendary illusionist who died in an 1911 theatre fire still watches from the wings in his Victorian evening dress.