Eerie Edinburgh

Documenting Edinburgh’s lesser-known hauntings and ghostly goings-on. Eerie Edinburgh: the home of Edinburgh’s ghost stories.

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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. Each episode will feature one of the countries eerie tales, both old and new.
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Episodes

The Spectre of the Steward

Friday Mar 03, 2023

Friday Mar 03, 2023

Edinburgh Castle has stood atop Castle Rock for close to a thousand years. Given there are centuries worth of history, there are many hauntings associated with the castle.
The Spectre of the Steward tells of the haunting events witnessed by two Royal Engineers, one night in November 1889.

The Ghosts of Greyfriars

Saturday Feb 25, 2023

Saturday Feb 25, 2023

What haunts Greyfriars?
Since 1998, over 350 people claim to have been attacked by an apparent evil spirit, is it the tormented ghosts of dead Covenanters imprisoned there or the vengeful spirit of their tormentor, Sir George 'Bloody' Mackenzie?

The White Lady of Corstorphine

Saturday Feb 25, 2023

Saturday Feb 25, 2023

Socrates once said that "the hottest love, has the coldest end" and that is true of our two lovers who would meet under the stars by an historic Doo'cot.
Listen to find out about the true story of the White Lady of Corstorphine,

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