Edinburgh's most dangerous cemetery

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[@DavidBuckRES]

Robert Stevenson was a very famous lighthouse builder and also grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson the author of Treasure Island.

[@grahambtransparency9146]

Thank you for saving me a Google search 🙏👍

[@lozinozz7567]

@@grahambtransparency9146 thanks for saving me a comment :) :) :)

[@random22026]

I commented, and then discovered your comment. Sorted! :D

[@dianecrawford2598]

Hello from Long Island, New York. A gorgeous cemetery! I used to walk through cemeteries, but can't walk anymore on my own. Your explorations make up for that absence in my life. I've never seen cemeteries like this in the States. Thank you for the tours.

[@brianrowlands9751]

Andreas Gregorowicz - born 1806 in Lithuania, Polish lawyer, surgeon, and freedom fighter, who was exiled during the insurrection (1830-31 Polish-Russian War) against Russia in 1830. He died in 1838 from an attack of the plague whilst attending the poor in Edinburgh.

[@elizabethnash7491]

What a man. Bless his memory 🕊️

[@diannehardwick950]

Thank you for the insight into this man’s life. It makes his grave so much more interesting.

[@ruthmuran1244]

Hi Brian,I hope you're well..This is why I love scrolling through.I learn a lot from locals.ive gone through old cemeteries here in Australia and have learned a lot history in my own country.i have that people back then put more information about the person on the head stones.stay safe in your part of the world.✌️🇭🇲

[@catherineshellard7854]

Love seeing these old cemeteries, never seen anything like it before ,love to see it in person .lots of love from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺

[@caroltrudge1389]

Sending love to ya from the UK

[@WORDENVISION420]

Same three Catherine ❤ southern AUS

[@alanbobbymcguire5099]

I’m an Edinburgh stonemason. What you are seeing here is typical of old Edinburgh ,a mixture of really ancient and very old styles of Masonary.

[@QueenofArgyle2525]

Is it common for the above ground mausoleums to have open roofs like that?

[@eleanorcurrie5969]

Robert Stevenson was a well renowned civil engineer especially noted for the Bell Rock lighthouse just off the coast of Arbroath. It is mounted below sea level and the area was well documented for many a shipwreck. It is the oldest sea washed lighthouse still standing. Awesome video. Some very historic notable Scots at rest in there.👍👍

[@deadgoodwalks]

Very interesting, thank you for the information Eleanor

[@brandyjean7015]

I googled him: pictures of him & a couple of his lighthouses too. Quite prominent, even a bust of his engineerness!

[@neilpatterson1615]

Robert Lewis Stevenson"s dad

[@turbo.panther]

I believe he was RLS's grandfather@@neilpatterson1615

[@diannehardwick950]

If you ever feel like translating one or two of the Latin inscriptions, such as the one that was on Andreas’ grave, you could pause your film and type the inscription into Google translate from Latin to English and tell us what it said. I think it may make us feel a bit closer to understanding the incumbent of the grave. Thanks for your visits.

[@deadgoodwalks]

Thanks Dianne, I’ll bare that in mind

[@lozinozz7567]

@@deadgoodwalks or we could pause it and do it ourselves....

[@RobynAuditoreNicol]

Google Lens will do it instantly without the need for typing it all in 😊

[@diannehardwick950]

Yes, I think Google lens came in after I’d put this comment. It’s fantastic what technology can do these days.

[@joelhurley2678]

Dan, thank you so much for the enjoyable tour through their beautiful Cemetery in Edinburgh. Thanks again Dan for sharing have a great day.

[@RHR-221b]

Glasgow, Joe?

[@joelhurley2678]

@@RHR-221b thanks r

[@g.m.4877]

@@joelhurley2678 It is Edinburgh, not Glasgow! 😊

[@susancousins8766]

Great footage of the cemetery and the people’s grave site’s. Thanks for the walkthrough and your time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@allisondrummond951]

I'm watching this vid and I feel so peaceful I love cemeteries that are empty of people and noise another great vid Dan

[@EllenCFarmGirl]

I do too, very relaxing!

[@robanderson473]

Technically, they are full of people! But I agree, cemeteries are very interesting and quite beautiful.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

@@robanderson473 That don't work for me I cannot read it still. I just wish some people would just read some of them.

[@mysticallavish1360]

A winged hourglass for time flies, wow! Thank you it's so fun to watch. Nothing like this in the US!

[@miriamaguilar7977]

Beautiful cemetery. Sad that there is no one alive to bring them flowers.

[@sabinefenner8544]

Impressive... very impressive this cemetery and with such a view...😍 And just imagining how cold it was there makes my nose run 🤣

[@sarahmariah100]

Hey! We used to walk around "old" cemeteries when we were young (midwest; US) - now we're old and still think it was such an interesting and calming thing to have been doing - but omgoodness, our places were total bores and practically new compared to these. These, here, are, like, shockingly beautiful -

[@rebeccamartin2399]

I used to walk through cemeteries when I was younger. Still do occasionally, great walk!

[@theparrotrescuer3042]

This was an amazing cemetery.. always a Good Dead Walk with you Dan.. thanks

[@violetdreams1799]

so nice to see these places reasonably preserved.. lovely.. pretty sure the cemetery workers were checking to make sure you weren't a sketchy guy 😁..i wouldn't doubt they have security cameras out there.. beautiful tour Dan, thank you! have a nice evening ✌️☕💌

[@Randall1001]

What is it about Scotland that, even when there *are* trees around, it still looks utterly *devoid* of trees? I realize the forests were cut down ages ago... but Jeez Scotland... plant some evergreens already. LOL.

[@clairenoon4070]

Lol! Scotland has the highest proportion of forest of all UK nations, and in the past 100 years that proportion has significantly increased. The vast majority of that is what you claim it doesn't have: evergreens; specifically vast commercial coniferous forests. Far from being what's needed, they are increasingly being recognised as a problem - monocultures that don't support wildlife diversity. What's actually needed is far more native, deciduous trees, precisely the ones you seem to have a problem with because they're bare in the winter.

[@Randall1001]

@@clairenoon4070 Thank you Claire. I'm glad to hear that trees have come back to Scotland and sorry to hear that the majority aren't native. It was only a joke. I know there's some beautiful forests there; I was just making a snarky comment about how bleak Scotland looks at times, in some places. I'm looking forward to visiting someday to check out how beautiful it really is. And I live in a place where the trees are bare in the winter. But I also love evergreens. :-)

[@10beachbum22]

Even though I knew it was happening, those men startled me 😂 Great walk!!

[@hamishanderson6738]

High-viz ghosts!

[@missmerrily4830]

I guess that cemetery workers don't have that much to say. Most of their clients are pretty quiet people!

[@deadgoodwalks]

Excellent point ha

[@caroltrudge1389]

😂

[@QueenofArgyle2525]

😂

[@johnredgwell8805]

These are unusual mausoleums. Mausoleums usually have shelves inside for the coffins. These ones are just open walled areas with memorial plaques on the walls. Where are the coffins? Are they buried within the walled area? Rest in peace, all who are interred in this elegant Scottish cemetery.

[@corrietapp3178]

I was wondering this too. Are the coffins in the ground within the walls?

[@Morgana1464]

Wondering the same 🤔

[@Sarah-fy3qf]

The coffins are in the ground in the walled area. All the above ground stuff is the monument.

[@johnredgwell8805]

@@Sarah-fy3qf Thank you for your information.

[@Meladjusted]

Those two workers were defo following you to make sure you weren't there to vandalise. The place is probably less a touristy spot than other graveyards and it seems they've had some trouble with wee shites spray painting graves. It's always inherently creepy how places choose to monitor and dissuade that stuff by sending workers out in your vicinity though. Silent workers following you and then avoiding eye contact in a graveyard is extra creepy.

[@Meladjusted]

@@CampVictoria That's exactly how property and shop workers act when they start shadowing you around a place to make sure you're not up to trouble or shoplifting. It's a balance of slight intimidation and poorly pretending to act like they're just needing to be in the area. Most muggers aren't really going to go through the trouble of buying high-vis jackets just to mug someone in an empty old graveyard during the winter. Would have been easy.

[@insmileyfacemur4242]

Who's going to vandalize the cemetery those graves are already forgotten probably has no visitors

[@user-wc2ik1ug2i]

Didn't anyone else see a tall thin being with a white bag running down the walk where the workers were,? He/she ran across what looked like a bridge and down the stairs. At least this is what I saw.

[@suehawthorne1553]

Impressive and historical cemetery . Thank you for sharing this vide

[@alisonmary1443]

Robert Louis Stevenson, the writer, was Robert Stevensons son. The Dad made the first lighthouse, fantastic story that includes the sad relationship between Father and son. Witten by Robert Louis Stevenson is my favourite poem "The Celestial Surgeon". Great walk.

[@patricialamb3205]

Hi Dan another great walk.👍So much history in that cemetery.Would not like to walk there at night 👀👻🇨🇦

[@cemeteryvisits]

Thanks KZbin notifications, 5 hours late 😮 Watching now, so far looks awesome 👏

[@suechurchill2161]

Why are the crypts so open to the sky. So glad you are safe as some cemeteries are isolated and lonely

[@Comrade_Tokoloshe]

If you had asked those workers nicely one of them might have had the keys for the tower.

[@cynthialindsey6975]

Thanks for sharing all these great cemeteries! I always get on Find A Grave after watching to see if I can find any of my Maxwell ancestors in the cemeteries you visit! This was a gorgeous one, very scenic! 🍀❤🍀

[@alisonj9533]

I wonder if the strange bundle of sticks you mentioned are like bringing flowers as a tribute to a coach builder wood symbolising his craft?

[@Vb98765]

most likley a sleeping spot for a homeless person

[@laurencegoulty3196]

Well done for braving those freezing temperatures, you could have been in danger of being the latest stiff to the yard. 😊

[@RHR-221b]

Thank you again, *Dan, The Deadicated Man* for this reminiscence of my time living in Auld Reekie, circa 50 years ago. All the best. Rab ⏳ 🕊 ☠ 🍻 😎

[@lunevalleyparanormal]

I visited this Burial Ground in November 2021 after another trip to Grey Friars I hadn’t been before & what an amazing place to walk through

[@EllenCFarmGirl]

Thanks again Dan for a Dead Good Walk! ❤

[@pamelatillery2841]

Great walk, love an old cemetery, so much history, thank you 👍👍👍

[@user-tv5ht8ig6q]

The blackened stains on the tombs is from long-ago air pollution, coal fires, ect.

[@davidrobert4246]

Posted a comment last night but deleted it as it was a mess. I'm not surprised you were followed, Be really careful when visiting this graveyard!!!!

[@ianrobert6239]

Great to see everyone and new people watching as well. 👍

[@henrygingold6549]

They patrol the graveyard to discourage "activities" of a "naughty" nature.

[@jude4381]

Thank you so much, I have always loved walking through cemeteries, and this one was spectacular! Thanks!

[@jutiansmith5689]

Lovely cemetery

[@gran7984]

Hi I live in Edinburgh and I love walking through this cemetery it’s so peaceful Thankyou

[@jayAsparks]

The title is miss leading those people was just doing what you do, just looking right

[@DogSerious]

A lot of his titles are misleading. Just clickbait.

[@ronaldpeter3129]

Your videos are getting better 😅

[@christineayres7199]

Weirdos those 2 blokes were just randomly wandering around and not a word from them so weird !

[@Grace-tc1lq]

Hey Dan, thanks for another great walk. I find many cemeteries peaceful and serene but this one, I have to admit that I found it unsettling. Maybe it’s just me 😊. Wishing you the best, 🇨🇦

[@RHR-221b]

*Only the Living Fear the Idea of the Dead.* [Roy Harper, 1969] Stay free, Grace. Rab ⏳🕊

[@Grace-tc1lq]

@@RHR-221b Very good reminder, thank you. 😊

[@leeriches8841]

I'm from and live in Edinburgh and have walked through here countless times throughout my life. It's a very peaceful burial ground, very open and serene. It has beautiful surroundings and in summer is an incredibly quiet and comfortable place to rest when you're in the city centre.

[@johnnyjones5398]

Just curious, have you ever brought any unwanted guests home with you? What I mean is my uncle did some work in a cemetery a few years ago and strange things started happening in his house. Have you ever had any experiences like that?

[@helencheadle5285]

Hope he didn’t end up with those two oddballs cadging a ride home and are still with him!!….I don’t think they were cemetery workers…I think it more likely homeless looking for the driest “warmest” place to crash for the night..hence those stacks of wood in the other place…the wall looked burnt too. It’s a shame..if it’s not vandals, grafittti fanatics,it’s now become a homeless hostel! Sad.

[@pauloakes5718]

If a cemetery is consecrated properly nothing will follow you home unless you remove it!

[@johnnyjones5398]

@Paul Oakes I think it's more the respect shown by not walking across the Graves and the calm quite narrative.

[@leeriches8841]

@@helencheadle5285 you're mostly right. A few graveyards in Edinburgh, particularly those in the city centre have a real problem with junkies doing their drugs in crypts. Seems pretty appropriate considering they're already dead inside.

[@georgeh9967]

@@helencheadle5285 homeless do not usually walk around in day-glow vests,

[@screwthecabal6453]

This is a mighty cool . Old, that circular brick crypt looked centuries old, amazing looking brick. None the less, I wouldn't want to go strolling through there at night, couldn't pay me.

[@Papag53]

I found a statue of a bird with a broken wing. I took it home and fixed it with a bonding agent. Before it dried I was smacked which felt like 3 fingers to the back of my head and promptly returned it to the grave.

[@deadgoodwalks]

I guess they didn’t care you were helping lol

[@Papag53]

Guess you shouldn’t remove anything from a cemetery regardless of your intention.

[@jennanidanu1]

hi, I am a new subscriber and I just love how gothic the old cemeteries are over there. I had wanted to take rubbings from some of the really old tomb stones but I never got the charcoal or the paper after I got over to the UK. I live in Wyoming USA and I really want to go back, still time to do this, just need the money. Before I go just a word of warning, beware of the "Weeping Angels"! One who wishes to walk with you!

[@Mizztree23]

Hi please could you tell us more about the weeping angel.. Thank you. ❤

[@jennanidanu1]

@@Mizztree23 Don't you watch Dr. Who? The Weeping Angles are a monster that the Doctor fights.

[@Mizztree23]

@@jennanidanu1 aww I see.. thank you.. and no I didn’t watch Dr who only remember it in the 70s and a long scarf 🧣 is about all I remember.. 🥰

[@ruvoodoo4862]

At 14:19 there's a disembodied voice (a spirit) the says something but it's kind of hard to make out. The first word is "Good." It kind of sounds like, "Good luck." It could also be "Good bye." Not 100% sure but it's DEFINITELY creepy!! 😱

[@SusanC147]

Thank-you for another interesting walk about! Contrary to what some have said, we DO have some interesting cemeteries in the U.S. A notable one is in St.Louis. While there, I saw what I thought was an ornate & stained-glassed chapel- The closer I got, I realized that it was a large mausoleum for the Annhauer-Busch's. (Of "beer" fame-yeah, I put that in quotes for a reason-being more of a BeamishStout fan). Very ostentatious, but impressive. The one in Chicago off Lakeshore Dr. is also worth visiting & there are countless others. Carry on, my friend & stay safe.

[@LordNelson_369]

What an amazing looking cemetery; I bet with an amazing amount of history along with it!

[@CryptDoor]

Those family areas that are almost in ruin, adds to the very cool atmosphere of the place. Good find my friend! 👍 isn’t it strange how those little bundle of sticks are always in places? 😉

[@deadgoodwalks]

I’ll take you one day Tony and show you the bundle of sticks

[@repoman5849]

Used to cut the grass here, huge cemetery, there can be some undesirables lurking in the tombs!

[@LuckySpinster.]

Andreas Gregorowicz was a"Polish lawyer, surgeon, soldier and freedom fighter, who was exiled during the insurrection of Russia in 1830 . He died from an attack of the plague whilst attending the poor in Edinburgh "

[@daniellehandley5113]

Oh my ❤😍 Such a beautiful place! I could’ve spent all day going in each one and looking, reading and translating as many as I could. As a little kid 👧🏼 I used to go past churches and often read the gravestones just out of pure curiosity. Alas I’m now in a wheelchair ♿️ and find it difficult to drive it straight on a pavement 😂gotta make yourself laugh haven’t u when life boots you in the face. I was wondering, maybe those guys saw moving coming from u in the crypt and were just making sure you weren’t a drug addict or something, you never know- that with the branches kinda looked like a pre made fire 🔥 maybe they have the odd homeless person or whatever someone could stay out of sight in one of those… till they lit the fire..😂 but yano 😊xx

[@caroltrudge1389]

Interesting read how are you doing

[@m.e.c.1007]

Winged hourglass tattoo! I'd like that too!

[@RHR-221b]

Agreed, m.e.c. Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎 ⏳ 🕊 -------------------------------------------------------- *Tempus Fugit* [Credit: Wikipedia] A winged hourglass representing time flying, designed for gravestones and monuments. Tempus Fugit is a Latin phrase, usually translated into English as 'time flies'. The expression comes from Line 284 of Book 3 of Virgil's _Georgics_ - where it appears as Fugit Inreparabile Tempus: 'It escapes, irretrievable time.' The phrase is used in both its Latin and English forms as a proverb that 'time's a-wasting'. 👋

[@Christie1925]

Nice to see one that's not overgrown!

[@mikeforce5926]

Exellent video. That place is beautiful.

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

Hello 👋🏽 Dan hope you're well. I always intend on catching a live stream but always end up missing it lol. I always enjoy watching the catch up instead which I always enjoy too.

[@deadgoodwalks]

Hey, hopefully catch you one day. Thank you for becoming a member

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

Your very welcome Dan. 🙋🏻‍♀️🙂

[@jayargonauts]

Many of these mausoleums seem to have been either not competed or partially dismantled… anyone know why? Great video

[@zambufly1]

I was buried in this cemetery.

[@butterwortha1]

Are you feeling better now?

[@ladycroft214]

@@butterwortha1 lmao

[@antipatsy]

The least you can do is tell Dan where to find you.

[@RHR-221b]

*Buried right next to you ...* ☠ ['cemetery']

[@pheart2381]

Personally I would have chosen somewhere warmer.

[@grannybee]

Those 2 guys were a bit unnerving. Fantastic walk. I totally enjoyed the walk.

[@deadgoodwalks]

Thank you Granny, glad you enjoyed it

[@sharoncarter4086]

Enjoyed watching!

[@mimidee100]

Hi just come across your channel.Walk8ng with you is so relaxing.Keep up the good work and I look forward to many more of your vids

[@deadgoodwalks]

Thank you and welcome mimi. Glad you’re enjoying the channel

[@marygrummer9189]

Eerily fascinating, as always!

[@noreenclark2568]

I remember visiting this graveyard a few years ago and what annoyed me was ppl with dogs going around the area letting them run freely over the graves . It's a mark of disrespect to the dead regardless to how long ppl have been interred there. 😮😡

[@florencehodges-moore2909]

Wow what a place really enjoyed it until those two chaps came out from nowhere still it’s very exciting to see all the different memories of people from the past at the end of the day we all go there ❤

[@brianmatt4822]

If I had a penny for every time I was followed into a crypt-*sigh* ! Anyway have you considered a full size graphic of sticker on one of the tees ? That'd be great ! Okay have fun on beautiful walks- you don't know how lucky you are to be in Europe. Watch your 6 - brandy

[@mortuaryartist]

Great video again. I always google the names you find 👍

[@lisad476]

Ghosts of the old cemetery workers???? Lol

[@soylainglesaloca5308]

Robert Luis Stevenson inventor of Stevenson's rocket maybe? Looks pretty chilly there Wee shites😂They made me jump when your bleeper went off😳

[@Lewisluck67]

Going to Edinburg in May, going to take a walk or two around cemeteries there.. beautiful area.

[@deadgoodwalks]

Hope you have a great time, there's lots to see

[@kennethganser4119]

Hi, why aren't there any roofs on the cemetary vaults?

[@destoker]

1:23 “It's Pronounced Fronkensteen! ” Sorry but i could not miss this one! 🤣

[@pim1234]

I think it is a disgrace that the city isn't taking care of the graves !

[@karenrobinson129]

Holyrood. The most god-awful eyesore of a building ever built. Horrendous!!

[@williammullikin2076]

I recently discovered your channel. I really enjoy your videos. I find cemetery walk channels very interesting. I love the beautiful cold clear weather on this walk and I bet you were freezing. Do you live in Scotland? Seems to be strange people in the graveyards there

[@elizabethkujawinski3240]

Seeing those many outdoor crypts, just wondering where those bodies went or reburied.? Yet they are different from the USA, yet there much older I assume. Nice walk you had that day.

[@Dunbardoddy]

A Writer to the Signet (WS) is a Senior Scottish qualified lawyer.

[@elizabethnash7491]

New subscriber enjoying accompanying you on your walks~ Without Googling I think the famous writer Robert Louis Stevenson ( Treasure Island ) was part of a family of lighthouse designer/builders. The gentleman Buried here might be his grandfather Robert?

[@deadgoodwalks]

Thanks for subscribing! Yep sounds plausible

[@MissRoseLily]

Cool walkabout ❤ Hopefully wrapped up snug & you managed to keep warm there ❤

[@ianrobert6239]

30.1 K........Well done Dan! 👌👍

[@deadgoodwalks]

Hey Ian, thanks mate. It's flying at the moment, thats 400 new subs since the latest premiere. Crazy

[@shonabeggs4640]

Burke & Hare stalking you 😂

[@springbreezejoy]

Thank you.

[@ilikejelly7890]

The grave with the lock on it is the grand father of Robert Louis Stevenson.. Michelle.

[@sandyduncan2927]

What guys? Haha! Great walk as always. Why didn’t they speak I wonder?

[@marthavanbeek-putters]

Nice and cold walk than you Martha. Maybe the two man are ghosts😜

[@danjames5552]

Those two blokes have something stashed around there .

[@jennycampbell5236]

I really want to go inside that watchtower mausoleum. Remarkable. Even in death the upper class had to look down on the lower class.

[@carolangel143]

Why are they dumping gravestones outside the bricked in areas?

[@jswmonkey197]

They're not dumped as such. A good few years back - 2005 - Edinburgh Council did a citywide inspection and toppled around 8000 gravestones that were deemed to be unsafe. There are a few cemeteries in Edinburgh that have more on the ground than standing. I guess because of cost it's up to individual families to resit them.

[@whispersoftheafterlife1017]

I’m a paranormal investigator and what I wouldn’t give to investigate there.

[@user-cr9kt5og8x]

What kind of kids would want to destroy a 🪦 graveyard. ☠️ 💔

[@charliecourtney8376]

Can you find the Courtney please as I am a Courtney from New Zealand that would be very helpful thank you

[@patcardiff2563]

I will tell you one thing those two guys just worried me for your safety what chance would you have in such a large place where would you run o my goodnessxxx keep safe

[@cook13doodle16]

❤❤❤❤

[@vowxhing]

9:36 things not to say when walking alone in a cemetery “let’s go back up in there and see what they’re up to”

[@BennyLlama39]

Dan: "Guessing kids... or wee shites, as they call 'em up this neck of the woods." Me: Or as I like to call 'em, little b@st@rds. 😀

[@harrymcandrew1447]

357th like missed the premire but wont stop me watching the video

[@silver120mp]

What happened with your Nicola bulley video ? Enjoyed watching it