Tales From the Crypts of Auld Reekie

Let me take you on a journey around the cemeteries and burial sites of Edinburgh?
Greyfriars Kirkyard stands located at the southern edge of the Old Town. Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century, and several notable Edinburgh residents buried at Greyfriars.
Greyfriars takes its name from the Franciscan friary on the site (the friars wear grey habits), which dissolved in 1560. The churchyard was founded in August 1562 after authorities granted Royal sanction to replace the churchyard at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.
The Kirkyard was involved in the history of the Covenanters. The Covenanting movement began with the signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirk on 28 February 1638. Following the defeat of the militant Covenanters at Bothwell Brig in 1679, some 1200 Covenanters remained imprisoned. The accused remained exiled in a field to the south of the churchyard. In the 18th century, part of this field amalgamated into the churchyard as vaulted tombs. The area became known as the "Covenanters' Prison".
Greyfriars holds the title of Scotland's oldest graveyard
You will hear tales of Greyfriars and many more.
Stories of the Edinburgh body snatchers and the devices constructed to prevent their gruesome reign of terror. The relics from this time and the tales of their diabolical nocturnal activities,
Tales of the supernatural are also present within the grounds of Warriston, situated in the North of the city. Does a ghostly figure continue to walk the cemetery paths today?
Sit back and get ready to venture to these locations and more.
Prepare for a scare.
It is time to come face to face with
Tales from the crypts of Auld Reekie
Special thanks to
Kerrie for her invaluable help and participation in the project
The Blore family for help with research
To Grant and Oonagh, Cemeteries of Edinburgh
/ cemeteries-of-edinburg...
Suzie Lennox for her excellent help with all things Bodysnatching
diggingup1800.com/body-snatch...
Jamie and City of the Dead Tours for their help
www.cityofthedeadtours.com/
The gang at Spirit Vision Paranormal Research
/ @spiritvisionparanorma...
Many thanks as always to
www.edinphoto.org.uk/
canmore.org.uk/
And all other brilliant sources for help with images etc
Many thanks as usual to the talents of Nicholas Gasparini for his excellent music
www.thedarkpiano.com/

[@carolescutt2257]

😊😊 wonderful evocative tales of daring escapes bravo❤❤

[@leonaheraty3760]

Excellent! Very spooky. Thank you, John. 😊

[@northedinburghnightmares7533]

Many thanks. Glad you liked the stories and happy viewing👍👍👍

[@gillfinlayson7894]

Absolutely brilliant! (Think I'll watch again.) Thank you so much for this. You saved the best til last! I won't be reciting the rhyme quite so eagerly next time I'm in Greyfriars Kirkyard. But you know, Georgie did put an end to the torturing of witches evidently, so he can't be all bad? (Or can he?) 😉 "Bluidy Mackinzie, come oot, come oot if ye daur! Lift the sneck & draw the bair!" Well done and APPLAUSE! 👏

[@northedinburghnightmares7533]

Brilliant stuff, glad you liked it😀👍

[@theunsettled2310]

Excellent as always saved this video! You do these so well and each part tells a story along with your words

[@northedinburghnightmares7533]

Glad you like the latest one mate... its a lot of fun to research and always worth it in the end.. Next stop Halloween night 🎃

[@theunsettled2310]

@@northedinburghnightmares7533 cannot wait 😁😁😁

[@judithduncan5658]

Really interesting! Thank you for the info!

[@joannaedssay5988]

Another excellent video!

[@northedinburghnightmares7533]

Many thanks, so glad that you liked it. It was an awful lot of fun to make😀👍👍👍

[@SpiritVisionParanormalResearch]

Just watched from start to finish..Good job mate, enjoyed it.

[@northedinburghnightmares7533]

Thanks for taking part gang, it was a hell of a night...

[@jthomo3229]

Love these videos! Box set of Omega Factor well worth watching expecially seeing old Edinburgh and Warriston

[@watchcub]

McKenzie WAS a Covenanter but recanted and came down hard on the rest.

[@ellstark372]

Ahh, Deacon Brodie's Tavern, the first port of call if all goes well at the Sheriffs court! On another note my 8x great grandfather was a covenanter whom "Bluidy McKenzie" actually wrote about and how the family name changed from Muirhead to Stark. Anyway, he fled Scotland to New Hampshire, USA where he resettled and grew his family. His Grandson John Stark became a brigadier general and was known as the "hero of Bennington" (Virginia) during the American revolution, where a statue of him stands to this day.

[@northedinburghnightmares7533]

Absolutely amazing stuff. Thanks so much for sharing. I ended up ocked in that graveyard whilst filming. The dinners across the road looked confused at me, ascending the fence😀

[@viterzg1r132]

Outstanding video as always! And some extra i got your first book today with that skull on the cover. Love at first touch!

[@northedinburghnightmares7533]

Brilliant stuff. Glad you liked it and many thanks for picking up the book. More ghostly work on the way soon...

[@paranormalpendle5920]

Hi John ! Glad I looked up your channel. Great stuff !

[@northedinburghnightmares7533]

Nice one Craig, glad you like it. There is certainly plenty of stories to check out. Looking forward to hearing the podacst👍👍👍