Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is reputed to be one of the most haunted spots in Scotland. And Edinburgh itself has been called the most haunted city in all of Europe. On various occasions, visitors to the castle have reported a phantom piper, a headless drummer, the spirits of French prisoners from the Seven Years War and colonial prisoners from the American Revolutionary War – even the ghost of a dog wandering in the grounds’ dog cemetery.
Mary King’s Close
Mary King’s Close, Edinburgh, is a narrow street leading off the famous “Royal Mile” (the picturesque street linking Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse), that was bricked up during an outbreak of plague and completely hidden from the outside world, to be re-discovered only recently. Mary King’s Close,is reputed to be the most haunted place in Edinburgh, and is said to be haunted by the spirit of a young girl of mysterious origin.
Greyfriars cemetery
Not far from the Royal Mile is Greyfriars cemetery which is said to be haunted by the ghosts of covenanters who were tortured and executed. It was also to the place where body snatchers Burke and Hare first dug up bodies to sell to the medical students for dissection.
Roslyn Chapel.
Made famous by the novel and movie “The Da Vinci Code”, Roslyn Chapel is located a few miles to the south-east of Edinburgh. This fifteenth century church is siad to be haunted by the ghost of the apprentice who carved the famous Apprentice Pillar who was then murdered by his teacher. Ghostly flames also flicker in the burial vault when one of the local aristocratic Sinclair family is about to die.