Edinburgh Haunted History Walking Tour

Join a professional storyteller, paranormal investigator, and paranormal podcast host as they guide you around Edinburgh, one of the most haunted cities in the world. They will tell you tales of Ghosts, murders, and much more as you guide down the cobbled streets and winding closes of Edinburgh.

Meeting Point

St Giles' Cathedral

High St, Edinburgh EH1 1RE, UK

Please arrive at the meeting spot 15 minutes before the start time. You should look out for a blue and white umbrella with the Eerie Earth Tours logo on it, at the bottom of the stairs at the front of St Giles Cathedral.

What's included:

• Your guide is a genuine paranormal investigator
• Dark ghostly tales by a professional Storyteller
• 2 hour Walking Tour

Not included:

• Hotel Pickup or Drop off

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

St Giles' Cathedral

High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1RE

We will start the tour here where the tour guide will introduce you to the city and explain about one of the most infamous buildings in the old town. They will then tell you stories of Edinburgh's form of entertainment. You will also be able to visit the famous Heart of Midlothian.

10 minutes

Mercat Cross

Mercat Cross, Edinburgh

Here you will learn about the gruesome time that the people of Edinburgh would partake in as well as what life was like for the people living in the city during the 17th Century.
You will find out about one of Edinburgh's most infamous streets which is riddled with dark history and ghost stories alike.

10 minutes

Advocate's Close

1 Advocates Close, Edinburgh, EH1 1PQ

You will be taken down Advocates Close where you will be told the dark tale of one of Edinburgh's most famous ghost stories which still haunts the streets to this day.

10 minutes

Victoria street

Victoria St, Edinburgh

You will be taken down to Victoria Street, the inspiration for Diagon Alley from Harry Potter, where you will be told about another famous wizard, but this story is a far stretch from the boy wizard.

10 minutes

Grassmarket

21 Grassmarket, Old Town, Edinburgh, EH1 2HS

You will be taken to the 600-year-old market place to find out more about Edinburgh's form of entertainment, and you will be told about a riot that occurred at one of these events resulting in a dark story of betrayal and murder. You will find out about Jesse King the last woman to be executed in Edinburgh and Maggie Dickson.

15 minutes

Greyfriars

26A Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, EH1 2QQ

This is our final stop where you will be told about one of the most violent Poltergeist hauntings in Britain, War and Murder, Body snatching and Graverobbing, and even people being buried alive in one of the world's most haunted cemeteries.

25 minutes