For lovers of history, spooky stories (or a bit of both!!) here’s some haunted spots in Edinburgh to save for YOUR visit-list:
📍 Edinburgh Castle
👻 Hundreds of years ago a network of tunnels were uncovered running from the castle down the Royal mile. To see where they went a piper was sent to investigate, playing his bagpipes as he travelled so the people above ground could track his location. However, when he reached halfway to Holyrood Palace, the pipes stopped, soldiers went down to find him but was never found, and the tunnel was sealed up.
📍 West Bow
👻 The location of the former ‘Haunted House of Horrors’ previously owned by Major Thomas Weir, a man executed in the 17th century for horrific crimes including bestiality, incest, necromancy & witchcraft. After his death no one could face living in the house where such evil acts had taken place and it remained empty for over a century.
📍 The Blair Street Vaults
👻 The deepest and most extensive set of Edinburgh vaults, the...
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