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Edinburgh 2018 - Greyfriars Kirkyard

Greyfriars is a cemetery that was established around 1561-1562. It should be on everybody's checklist while visiting Edinburgh.

Greyfriars is known for being one of the "best" documented haunted places in Scotland. Several paranormal investigators have
been there, including for example Ghost Adventures from Travel Channel. People often claim that they have gotten scratches
during their visit, disembodied voices have been heard, there are supposedly "cold spots", strange smells, feeling of extreme
unease, people have been passing out, and a lot of the typical stuff a "demonic landmark" is supposed to be able to do to you.
There's even been performed two exorcisms at this place.

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  • Greyfriars Bobby Memorial Statue on the sidewalk across the Bar

    Greyfriars Bobby Memorial Statue on the sidewalk across the Bar

    Who's Bobby and why does have his own statue and a Bar named after him? Well, he has nothing to do with the paranormal aspects of the cemetery, his connection to the place is something different. It’s quite sad, but a somewhat bittersweet story. Bobby was a Skye Terrier, born a hundred and fifty years ago. He belonged to a Edinburgh policeman named John Gray. Bobby and John were best friends and inseparable, quite literally. One winter, John fell into a terrible fever. Bobby tried to keep him warm by snuggling close to him, but John eventually died. Bobby refused to leave his dead master, and followed the funeral procession to Greyfriars Cemetery. And over 14 years he’s said to have guarded John’s grave. James Brown, the gardener, took care of Bobby who’s also buried in Greyfriars. When Bobby died, he was buried in a flowerpot in the cemetery. At Huntly House Museum in Edinburgh you’ll see his collar, his bowl and a real photo of him.

  • The Cemetery gates

    The Cemetery gates

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  • Covenanter's Prison

    Covenanter's Prison

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    Covenanter's Prison

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    Covenanter's Prison

    The closed area seen from the gate. This is the section where most of the paranormal stuff takes place, such as scratchmarks and people fainting. This section also contains the “Black Mausoleum”, where dead animals can sometimes be found in front of. The area has been exorcised twice, and is only allowed to be entered during the City of the Dead tour.

  • George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    Two stories connected to this mausoleum: The first one occured one rainy night in 1999, and is about a homeless man who broke into Mackenzie’s mausoleum to seek shelter. After breaking in, he found the chamber where the coffin of Mackenzie was contained. Like the mindset of any homeless hobo, he believed the coffin would be filled with treasure and valuables and decided to break into it. It was pitch black inside, and things escalated when he stumbled and fell into a pit filled with bones from plague victims. The man ran out of the mausoleum, terrified and screaming according to one witness. The other story occured in 2004, when two teenagers broke into the Mackenzie mausoleum. Poor dude never gets to rest in peace! However, considering what he did to the covenanters, which rightfully earned him the nickname “Bluidy Mackenzie” (Bloody Mackenzie”) it might be easier to not feel that much pity for him. Anyway: they broke into his coffin and cut his corpse’s head off. They took it out of the tomb and placed it on the steps at the giftshop next to the graveyard gates. An archeologist from the National Museum had to come and return it. Article archive from 2004: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/apr/24/ukcrime.scotland

  • George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

  • George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

  • George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

  • George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    By zooming in you can see the stairs that leads to the tomb where those teenagers broke in. Looking closely, you can also see a skullhead decoration (Memento Mori) on what to seems to be his coffin.

  • George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    George Mackenzie’s mausoleum

    Some latin letters on the wall.

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