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Explore Edinburgh’s darkest history and graveyard ghost stories on a tour that takes you through dim closes and wynds of the Old Town. Hear the distant sound of a rope pulled tight, the scraping of a foot behind you and the crowd baying for blood in the distance. Learn about the unsavoury characters who once occupied these streets and experience the eerie atmosphere of the haunted Blair Street Underground Vaults.

There is something unsettling about the vaults, whether it is the change in temperature, the perpetual darkness or the ever smaller rooms stretching beyond the weak beam of a torch. Your storyteller will reveal the troubling tales of the underground, before leading you to the Canongate graveyard, where the spirits of the dead await.

On this tour, you will hear countless tales of cannibals, body snatchers and deals with the devil, even before heading underground. A walk through shadowy closes to the Canongate graveyard brings you to the resting place of some of Edinburgh’s most famous figures, many of whom met a tragic and gruesome end. Adam Smith, the father of economics, David Rizzio, confidant of Mary Queen of Scots, and James Douglas, the infamous cannibal of the Canongate, are just a few of the names you will encounter. Hear stories of dastardly deeds and ghostly sightings in the very places where they occurred.

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