City of The Dead Tour (Edinburgh)

My husband and I visited Edinburgh in July 2006 and took the City of the Dead Tour while there. We had already taken another ghost tour in the city previous to this one, and I thought the first one was MUCH better. We were not impressed with the City of the Dead Tour at all. It started off fairly well, with some interesting stories of Edinburgh's gory history, but once we left the Royal Mile and started walking down to Greyfriar's the whole thing became a shambles. Most of this was down to the guide, an Australian girl who took off walking at such a speed that i'm sure some of the older people in the group couldn't keep up and were left behind. We were practically ...  Read the complete review

I'm a confirmed skeptic who believes that there is a rational explanation for most things paranormal. Mr Wigglylittleworm however believes in things that go bump in the night. He had read a lot about the Mackenzie poltergeist and really wanted to go on the City Of The Dead tour. After a lot of begging on his part for me to go with him, we got into the car one night to go join the tour. The tour is run by Black Hart entertainment who run walking tours all over the UK. They were set up by Jan-Andrew Henderson, a historian who also wrote the book The Ghost That Haunted itself which sparked Mr Wigglylittleworms interest. We walked up to the wonderful St ...  Read the complete review