Glasgow Ghoulish History Walking Tour

Get ready to dig up Glasgow's ghoulish history. Meet your guide, a local comedian who will take you on a deep dive into the city's dark and macabre side, and set out on your walking tour.
Listen to tales of grave robbers, witch trials, and even a ghostly chimpanzee as you wander through Glasgow's streets and past haunted locations. See the Strathclyde University, Glasgow Cathedral, the Necropolis cemetery, and more.

Discover some beautiful murals, learn about the oldest surviving music hall in the UK, and end your evening at a famous Glasgow pub, where whisky is far from the only spirit you may encounter.

Meeting Point

Glasgow Cathedral

Castle St, Glasgow G4 0QZ, UK

Meet your guide outside Glasgow Catherdal, a large church on Castle Street near the Royal Infirmary and the Necropolis.
Your guide will be outside holding a lantern and wearing a black/brown hat.

There is a convenience store close by on High Street to pick up water/snacks.

What's included:

• Guide
• References shown on a tablet

Not included:

• Transport to and from the tour

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Ramshorn Graveyard

98 Ingram St, , Glasgow

The current church was built in 1824, and was converted to a theatre in the 1980s. The peaceful graveyard to its side was the site of one of the strangest graverobbing cases in Scottish history, that of Mrs Janet McAllister and her missing bones

10 minutes

Tron Theatre

63 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HB

Another converted church, this time from 1523. Hear about what ghosts you might encounter while treading its boards, and why you shouldn't spend too long alone in the back two rows of the auditorium...

10 minutes

Tolbooth Steeple

Glasgow Green, Glasgow, G1 5QA

A unique part of Glasgow's architecture since the 1600s. Witches were held in cells in the clocktower, and dozens of people met their end by hanging in front of the beautiful tower.

10 minutes

University of Strathclyde

Centre For Sport & Recreation 347 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, G1 2TB

The site of the former University of Glasgow annex where a doctor may have inspired the first science fiction story ever written, and where the dead sometimes don't stay that way...

10 minutes

Friends Of Glasgow Royal Infirmary Museum

84 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0SF

A beautiful pre-Victorian hospital, where a famous name in medical history made a frightening discovery, and where some patients never checked out, even after they passed away...

10 minutes

Glasgow Cathedral

Castle Street, Cathedral Precinct, Glasgow, G4 0QZ

Glasgow's oldest building holds some very strange secrets in its walls, and especially in its crypt. The beautiful but spooky graveyard in particular has some stories to unearth...

10 minutes

The Necropolis

2 Castle Street, , Glasgow, G4 0UZ

A jewel in Glasgow's crown. This nineteenth century cemetery was the setting for some spooky encounters, haunted statues, and even a real-life bloodsucker!

10 minutes

Cathedral House Hotel

28-32 Cathedral Square, Glasgow G4 0XA, UK

Apparently the most haunted hotel in Scotland. Discover why you should ask for a room below the top floor, just in case...

10 minutes

Babbity Bowster

16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow G1 1PE, UK

Though this pub is very open about having no ghosts, they certainly have spirits. Finish here for a wee pint to calm the nerves.

10 minutes