Great tour, and really nice recommendations about local things
from £12 per person
On the Edinburgh Mysteries, Witchery and Murders walking tour you will be introduced to Edinburgh’s gruesome past: tales of witches, murderers and graverobbers await you.
Join us in Edinburgh’s Old Town, where we will explore seventeenth-century alleyways and learn about how the Plague affected people living in this city. Travel back with us to a time when beaked doctors wandered Edinburgh’s dark alleyways and see for yourselves what it would have been like to live in plague-ridden 17th century Edinburgh.
When traveling through Edinburgh’s historic Old Town at night, it is not hard to picture its dark past. Hear tales of serial killers witch burnings, executions and torture.,
We will also take you to two old graveyards in Edinburgh, where you will hear of a different kind of plague: graverobbing. You would not have wanted to hang around these graveyard in late 18th century Edinburgh – often, the graverobbers were armed, as they could make good money selling corpses to the School of Anatomy.
We will also head across the North Bridge and into the New Town of Edinburgh, where we will show you amazing views across the Old Town and the Castle. Be prepared to be spooked when learning more about Scottish folklore and the Scottish fairies.
Edinburgh is said to be the most haunted city in Europe, but its real history is much darker than you would expect. This city’s past is full of dark tales and mysteries, and has attracted thousands of visitors over the years, so join us in exploring it further!
We have complete confidence in our professional guides,who deliver the stories of the city in their own unique, personal style. Therefore, their routes may vary slightly and cover different areas, but in most cases on the Edinburgh Mysteries, Witchery and Murders Walking Tour we will share with you:
The approximate duration of the tour is:2h
351 High Street
Will meet at 351 High Street (Royal Mile), opposite St. Giles’ Cathedral with BLACK UMBRELLA
If you would like an experience tailored to you, we offer personalized packages with a variety of options. You can choose the duration of the tour, focus on specific aspects of the city’s history, and explore the locations that are of interest to you.
From £12
Great tour, and really nice recommendations about local things
A super interesting tour with Raj, who was really knowledgeable and brought a funny side to the dark and creepy stories of Edinburgh.
Ever though we weren’t able to get both graveyards, the guide made it a super interesting and informative tour, a lot of stories and facts
Sonia was a lovely tour guide! She told us many interesting things about Edinburgh's dark (so dark) history with much enthusiasm, would definitely recommend!! ^-^
Sonia was a great introducer. even though I am not an English user, I could understand the story lines, which was really interesting. If you ask me if it was scary, I will say not that time, but after the tour, I felt some spooky mood from the story. so, It was helpful to vary my view for this city. Good!
It was a fun tour. thnx to Sonia.
Our tour leader is Raj, He mades the story of how scotland became part of british so interesting.I also enjoy his the scary telling story of how people being punished at old age, the hanging, witchecraft story and the story of the plagues. We just had a short stay in edinburgh, we are so happy to have this tour, many memorable stories to tell backhome. Raj is also so kind to give us information about interesting places to visit in our limited time.
Thoroughly enjoyed the witch tour! Host Terry was fantastic and really made it fun
Ghost Tour was fab and very much enjoyed! Would recommend. Loads of interesting history and stories told by our guide Tommy
Tour guide was very nice he was funny gave us a couple of frights in graveyard the tour guide Tommy knew his stuff and we had fun
We loved the Dark Secrets of the Old Town walking tour with Sonia! Highly recommend, especially if you like spooky stories and a dark sense of humor!
Had an awesome tour with our guide Sonya! We learnt a lot about Edinburgh’s dark history. Sonya is an amazing storyteller and brought a lot of fun to the tour with her dark sense of humour. Highly recommended!