The ghosts of Greyfriars

What haunts Greyfriars?
Since 1998, over 350 people claim to have been attacked by an apparent evil spirit, is it the tormented ghosts of dead Covenanters imprisoned there or the vengeful spirit of their tormentor, Sir George 'Bloody' Mackenzie?
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[@suet1950]

Visited Edinburgh a few years back and like you do we decided to go on a ghost walk, this walk included visiting MacKenzie’s Crypt we were warned that we might be attacked scratch and so forth. When the ghost walk was finished my thigh was itching and felt sore, I managed to get to a loo and have a look and my thigh was bright red and had Black and Blue bruising……so there is definitely something paranormal going on 😮

[@eerieedinburgh]

Oh, wow!

[@raindog428]

Niiice one mate love the historical stuff alongside the spooky stuff.I also like to take myself up to the hills..ta xx

[@linseyblue8913]

I’m so glad I found this channel! I’m from just outside Edinburgh and love all the history of the place

[@eerieedinburgh]

Thank you, very kind. Sorry its taken so long to reply! Busy few days.

[@leeallsopp7747]

Been to Greyfriars on a ghost Walk of Edinburgh very eerie place.

[@eerieedinburgh]

It is. I remember seeing a picture taken by a friend in about 2003, was a dry and still night - picture had hundreds of orbs in it. Not sure what to make of orbs, but was an interesting pic.

[@antoinettedoyle3185]

Love it. I'd so love to visit some day. Love Scottish Highly. Hi from the West of Ireland 😁

[@olwens1368]

So well told, thank you.

[@eerieedinburgh]

Thank you! Really appreciate the feedback 😊

[@alexandracenuse9419]

I was just watching another video of yours and wanted to check out the rest of the stuff on your channel, only to find this fresh video. Congrats! You're made for storytelling!

[@eerieedinburgh]

That's very kind of you to say, thank you 😊 still getting used to hearing my own voice 😄

[@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz]

@@eerieedinburgh Yep, new sub, very glad I’ve found your channel. Cheers

[@suecrowhurst4393]

Love this ,been there in the day didn’t see anything , but love the ghost stories, my husband from Edinburgh, there are ghosts stories everywhere love it

[@eerieedinburgh]

Yeah, its a very spooky place at times. Learmonth Gardens is probably my favourite Edinburgh haunting 👍🏻

[@murraygiles3191]

Just came across your channel im pleased some more scottish history not much on you tube thanks for your time

[@eerieedinburgh]

Plenty more to come 😊

[@ThisisRubbishlo]

Wowzers yes that was fantastic, thanks, now i want to go to this place, I will!

[@annebell7274]

Greyfriars tale, wow fascinating. I never knew they kept prisoners there. This is the best. 🙏🙏👌👌❤️❤️

[@eerieedinburgh]

Thank you 😊

[@angel021265]

Interesting ghostly tale 👻😱

[@eerieedinburgh]

Thank you 😊

[@cavecavecavecave5295]

Bravo. As a kid, we used to explore the crypts in Cemetery Road, Cemetery in Sheffield using only candles, as torches were expensive and so we're batteries. Most of it has gone now. Demolished and gentrified to make it acceptable to the inhabitants of the new developments in the area.

[@eerieedinburgh]

I live next to a cemetery, my downstairs neighbour has been here all her life and told me she used to hide bones washed out of the graves under her mums bed 😄😱

[@jez6208]

Another winner. Never been the first to comment on KZbin 😄😄👍👍🍻

[@eerieedinburgh]

😄👏👏

[@jez6208]

@@eerieedinburgh Thanks for deleting the nasty comment that some keyboard commando said about my post. There's enough poison around as it is. Cheers! 😊👍

[@eerieedinburgh]

@@jez6208 Yeah, no need for that kind of thing. We're all just here for a bit of entertaintment, not cruelty.

[@jez6208]

@Eerie Edinburgh I couldn't understand why he wrote that?? Really odd! It was kind of you though. An old Scots friend of mine came for a surprise visit last weekend. We've decided to visit Perth and see how much it's changed since we shared digs in the early 90's. Haven't been back there since the mid 90's. Lots of history there. Do you think you'll ever branch out to other cities in Scotland or just stick to Auld Reekie? 😄

[@eerieedinburgh]

@@jez6208 i'll definitely go further afield. I've a cracking readers story from Glasgow i hope to feature and some others from places like Melrose and Loch Rannoch 👍🏻

[@uncannylassie9463]

A few things I didn’t know about in this. Great work. Thanks.

[@eerieedinburgh]

Thank you 😊

[@cornwallparanormalresearch2378]

Thumbs up Big like 👍 👌

[@MsSmudge14]

Get as many people as possible to tour the grounds and bring the troubled souls love and light, tell them it's a long time ago, they are free to go.

[@christosvoskresye]

Sanderson's pity is truly inspiring.

[@Pattie444]

Great story telling. Just subscribed, can't wait to hear more from you

[@eerieedinburgh]

Aww, thank you 😊

[@debroahisaacs2452]

My ancestors are Scottish. I am very proud to be Scottish. When they came to America my added ancestors were Cherokee. I am a McElyea and have a coat of arms my fatherWilliam Bruce left to us. Thanx for a great video. I love learning history of where I come from.❤😊

[@rayswoop4947]

So glad to have found your channel!!! I felt bad for the guy from Ayrshire 😒 my last name derives from there ☺️ always wanted to go there!!!

[@liliasgordon3565]

Another winner! I went on a midnight walk through Greyfriar's😯, expectations were high but nothing happened to me😕. Will try again though! Was gutted at the locked gate to the Covenanter's prison. 😡

[@Mike-tg7dj]

Good one. I could see Geo. Mackenzie being an evil spirit. He had no conscience in that he could kill without remorse in the thousands when you think about. I would love ❤to come to Scotland.

[@donnadunlop7853]

Thankyou 🖤 🖤

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

Went on a tour here. It was beautiful, fascinating. I returned often, just to sit. I spent 3 months in Edinburgh in 2021.

[@eleanorbarrie3527]

Thrilling!

[@penny1186]

I miss Scotland soo much

[@alanatolstad4824]

We did not know how close Greyfriars was to the Royal Mile when we were there. What a shame. ---We did visit Dunnottar Castle tho', & saw the crypt that held those Covenanters.

[@irene3196]

I live in Edinburgh and Greyfriars kirkyard gives me the creeps - never gone in.

[@williammclay1406]

Each time we visit Edinburgh we go to the Greyfriers Pub and then have a walk through the graveyard, I have taken many photos but never caught anything EERIE in there.

[@tinahale9252]

Very good and original for me. I've seen tons of episodes about this but you are more thorough 😊

[@eerieedinburgh]

Thats awfy kind of you, thank you 😊

[@harveycaldwell2409]

Thank you for this video

[@eerieedinburgh]

My pleasure

[@nycot107]

There is one incorrect piece of information in all this: MacKenzie's tomb is NOT the black mausoleum. The Black Mausoleum is actually another separate tomb located inside the Covenanter's Prison. It looks like any other mausoleum, but it has no family name on it and therefore it is unknown who was originally buried there. It is a dark gray, almost black tomb, hence the name "The Black Mausoleum". It is also the site of the MacKenzie Poltergeist attacks.

[@geraldineparker883]

love these thank you

[@Shelly-mz9yf]

Its you Shaun..thank you so much 💓

[@v.britton4445]

Good on the tree planters, save the earth, replenish the woods, animals and beauty. Your ancestors and decendents will thank you.💙

[@dawnhall4001]

Hi. I remember watching a documentary about this place. Something definitely evil is there. Well done on your cover.❤

[@eerieedinburgh]

Thank you 😊

[@hablin1]

I remember hearing about this was there not the ghost of a young girl that wanders the cemetery 😮

[@eerieedinburgh]

I think there are a couple that get a bit lost in the MacKenzie Poltergeist stuff 👍🏻

[@user-gv5dh1fz3l]

Sophie

[@justme-tj3jt]

Thes stories are read so btillantly and pulls me into the the strory; like I've been there. Awesome

[@MrsBlackPhoenix]

Interesting video and a good channel. I've been to Edinburgh and to Grey Friars Kirk yard several times - the first time in summer 2001 and I fond my first visit the creepiest one. So I have the impression, that the exorcism had at least a positive effect, even if it couldn't stop the haunting entirely.

[@Useaname]

Excellent. Thank you. Subbed.

[@eerieedinburgh]

You're a star, thank you.

[@iankingsleys2818]

Must be something in the McKenzie Family. Google McKenzie's Tomb the Church of Scotland cemetery in Rodney Street, Liverrpool.

[@louisecockell3101]

Always wanted to go to Edinburgh , it looks so beautiful so full of history.Thanks for brilliant content I’ve watched all your videos now I’m looking forward to more 👻💀👻

[@eerieedinburgh]

And you will always be welcome. Thank you for your kind words 😊

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

You are a master storyteller! So glad I came across your channel. If I haven’t already told you, I’ll be in Edinburgh June of next year. So excited I can’t stand it! 😊

[@eerieedinburgh]

Fantastic, remind me and i'll put on the nice weather for you 😊 thank you for the lovely feedback also 👍🏻

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

@@eerieedinburgh absolutely!!!

[@Duececoupe]

I just remembered that I've been there, that was an eerie night to remember....same as with the Glencoe visit, I had perfect weather for that visit, still makes the hair on my neck stand up thinking about it!

[@eerieedinburgh]

It is a really atmospheric place. My ex-wife went one evening and took pictures, dry night but windy and in one picture looking toward the prison were hundreds of orbs. None in any other picture.

[@Duececoupe]

@@eerieedinburgh I couldn't agree more....it definitely is! I can imagine something like that, would make you think twice....at least! I think that a visit to Edinburgh is needed in the near future....🇸🇪❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@eerieedinburgh]

@@Duececoupe i'll try and put the weather on for you if you can make it 👍🏻😄

[@Duececoupe]

@@eerieedinburgh Very much appreciated Squire....Edinburgh, suitable weather 😉, ghosts and beer! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻

[@brandyjean7015]

Spirits don't linger to become tourist attractions.

[@raindog428]

Ah..but people linger to make attractions out of spirits xx

[@greenghoul157]

I know some people like to shout at ghosts to show themselves and taunt them, don't do this with the McKenzie poltergeist he is extremely active and will attack you

[@theelderkine]

Been on the night tour there and stayed behind in the Covenanter’s area alone for a few to snap pics. Good times! As an aside, a few of the empty mausoleums in Greyfriars have inscriptions on the inside of the walls of tents with pennants, several of which have the year 1710 evident. One - weirdly enough (and I have pics of this) - has what looks like bird feet.

[@jamiecorstorphine1271]

The birds feet looking things are the guide ropes for the tents 👍👍

[@theelderkine]

@@jamiecorstorphine1271 - Fascinating observation. I honestly wouldn’t have made that connection. Sort of reminded me of some sort of Baba Yaga thing!

[@jamiecorstorphine1271]

@TheElderKine yeh it's taken years to decipher it 😄😄 it was also myself that found the old lintel stone from where that lair used to stand before it was moved there in 1689. That enclosure was originally where the MacKenzie mausoleum now stands, it was moved to build that one but they left the remains where they were and build the MacKenzie one on top. The remains are 7 children of the Forrester family. That is also the bones that the homeless guy fell on to after the floor gave way in 1999.

[@theelderkine]

@@jamiecorstorphine1271 - So to clarify, you’ve seen the inscriptions I’m referring to?

[@jamiecorstorphine1271]

@TheElderKine indeed, I know them well, I work in Greyfriars and have done for many many years 😊 my office is just inside the main gates as you enter the kirkyard, the old watch house now called "Bobby's bothy" :)

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Was wondering when you'd get to this.👍

[@eerieedinburgh]

Cant shy away from Greyfriars for too long 👍🏻

[@MetallSpoon]

Not me coming here after reading city of ghosts😭💀

[@scottfree7633]

This is a place you will never find me.

[@phylliscook-se7mx]

Spooky 😮

[@jamiecorstorphine1271]

I do agree with the theory it's to do with someone that was held there. I don't believe it's anything to do with Sir George. 👍

[@uncannylassie9463]

My ill kid specifically asked for this story… again. 🤒

[@eerieedinburgh]

I hope the wee one is on the mend soon 🫂

[@ellstark372]

Up until the early 2000's the house that the dovecot is situated within was owned and lived in by Neil Connery, brother to the late great Sean Connery.

[@eerieedinburgh]

My first job was in the petrol station at the Gyle shopping centre and he used to come in there all the time. Think he had an old white mercedes 😊

[@geraldineparker883]

scotland is so lovely place i love there

[@enlightenmentworldunited8545]

🙌🏻👍🏻

[@wms72]

Neither man's ghost is a poltergeist. But demons appear as black absence of being.

[@tmr4342]

🦇

[@TheCanadiangirl4]

I've always wanted to hike in the Scottish wilderness. I watched a show about a Scottish train that ran through the landscape and the scenery they showed was incredible. Do you have any suggestions what I should see? Scotland is on my bucket list. Is this the same spot as the vampire that's supposed to haunt a cemetery or am I mixing up my ghost stories?

[@nanetteking12]

Great stories. Background sounds do not add to them.

[@angelaconnor3754]

She should have taken the bone.

[@Lefemme2]

The malevolent spirit is Mackenzie. He is afraid to move on and is earthbound due to his treatment of countless souls.

[@jamiecorstorphine1271]

We have never said its anything to do with George MacKenzie! (We are the ones that brought the case to the public in 1999 and have been documenting it every day since, we are still the only people with access to the prison area 👍 "City of the dead tours"

[@pontecarlo4354]

Ghosts don’t exist but they do make money. Just ask the ghost tour guides.

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

Sure. If you ever meet any, you can tell them you don't believe in them. 😁🤣👻

[@pontecarlo4354]

@@melodyszadkowski5256 About two years ago I was in hospital for a head injury. I technically died for 5 minutes on the operating table. Spoiler alert. I did not experience any afterlife. The paranormal does not exist until there is genuine proof it’s a con to make money or get views. I hope I see a ghost whilst I am alive. I will make a lot of money from the photograph. Until then I will be sceptical.

[@Finding457]

7 mins in and no ghost yet, just pointless Scottish history, l’m outta here

[@eerieedinburgh]

Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻

[@carmellarkin4803]

Goodbye then.

[@clairebevington4679]

brilliant video and accounts that Ive not ever heard before, and so well told thank you! we are staying in the borders in a couple of weeks and I so want to visit Edinburgh and go to greyfriars although it'll be during the day.i am sensitive to energy and do pick up on things so I'm interested to find out how I feel in greyfriars. gonna check out some of you other vids now and sub 😱☠️💀👻👻 👽

[@eerieedinburgh]

Aww thank you, that's lovely of you to say. So, the borders have plenty of their own spooky tales to keep you going if you dont get a chance to visit 😊👻

[@clairebevington4679]

@eerieedinburgh4720 you're very welcome, I watched a few vids last night and enjoyed them hugely. we are staying in duns, Edinburgh is really important to get to but please, if you can recommend any haunted hit spots in the borders to visit id be very happy. tantallon Castle in East Lothian is a good one, its got a very nasty atmosphere down in the pit prison.

[@eerieedinburgh]

@@clairebevington4679 if you head South West to Jedburgh, you can visit the Jail. That place is famously haunted. Then head up to Melrose to the Abbey where a vampire was/is said to haunt. Then on to Galashiels where just outside there is Buckholm Tower (i've recently done a video on that) which is haunted by James Pringle. There's Abbotsford House, haunted by Sir Walter Scott and one of my favourite places: Hermitage Castle reportedly haunted by a warlock!

[@clairebevington4679]

@eerieedinburgh4720 you are a star thankyou sooooooo much! I've been to hermitage Castle and it's alot like tantallon, to me as soon as you approach it there's a very foreboding oppressive haunted and very unwelcoming feel. it's one I'd love to go back to. was definitely planning to go to melrose and dryburgh and abbotsford and even more now I know they have their stories. please keep going, I have really enjoyed yours, you make them so enjoyable and also very very real.

[@eerieedinburgh]

@@clairebevington4679 it's my pleasure and thank you again for your lovely feedback. I hope you have a wonderful visit - i'll try and arrange some sunshine for you 💪🏻