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Its slender needles are barely distinguishable, wrapped in the blanket, still... Grim stories are condensed in the alleys. A breath runs through his body; inert curves; the city dare not move. But we do move through it, looking for those places and pubs where you can be a little scared this Halloween what better time.
EDINBURGH CASTLE
Not even the dead can resist visiting the capital's quintessential tourist attraction: veteran prisoners of war, drums and bagpipes of souls in pain, alleged witches and even one of the dog-soldiers Buried in the cemetery of dogs, they have been seen hanging around, like tourists, around this military fortress. And it is that, from the top of Castlerock, the panorama of the city is spectacular.
A strength that gives yuyu
HOLYROOD PALACE
Throughout its history, the residence of the Scottish monarchs has been the scene of numerous plots and revenge, now remembered by the sporadic appearances of some of their ghosts. round there the specter of mary queen of scots (they say that she is also seen at Stirling and Borthwick castles), as well as that of her private secretary and her confidant, David Rizzio, who received fifty-six stab wounds! of Maria Estuardo's husband. Jealous king consort, also killed, whose spirit wanders tormented by the palace gardens.
GREYFRIARS
Some 1,200 Covenanters – followers of a Presbyterian religious movement – were imprisoned in this cemetery before being hanged in Grassmarket or deported to Barbados as slaves, the more fortunate. A stone monument commemorates his suffering, whose main responsibility is Georges McKenzie, the Lord Advocate buried in the Black Mausoleum. His ghost is blamed for all the poltergeists that go on in Greyfriars. The shoving, scratching and stomping on tourists were so many that the city council temporarily closed the lawyer's grave and to cancel the guided _ tours _, but the attacks and freak accidents continued. The organizing company warns on its website of the physical and mental discomfort that a visit to the necropolis can cause.
A graveyard that gives chills
MARY KING'S CLOSE
It is one of the most famous underground streets in Edinburgh. Built with the remodeling of the Old Town in the 17th century, it owes its name to the daughter of a rich lawyer, owner of several of the houses in the alley. Its neighbors were devastated by the plague of 1645, and since then the stories of deaths, murders and lost spirits . That of little Annie is one of her best known: in her move to the Beyond she lost her favorite doll, the poor thing, and she did not stop appearing in her old room until they filled it up of toys and gifts. There are guided tours in Spanish.
A street with lost spirits
SCARY PUBS
**WHISTLE BINKIES (4-6 South Bridge)**
It is one of the main live music pubs of Edinburgh, and even the dead know it, because they often visit. Among his unconditional ghosts are The Imp , who amuses himself by locking staff in the basement, stopping clocks and moving things; Y The Watcher , somewhat more shy, wears clothes from the 17th century and is harmless, as he just listens to music and watches the customers.
** THE BANSHEE LABYRINTH (29-35 Niddry Street) **
“Scotland's most haunted nightclub” – as its slogan presumes – is located in one of Edinburgh's gloomy crypts (Edinburgh Vaults). Underground chambers, dark and cold, which became home to the city's poorest and most unsavory citizens. One of them is known by the neighbors as “The Banshee”, a soul in pain that the local workers have heard screaming from time to time.
A haunted nightclub
** THE MITER (131-133 High Street) **
What is now a public house was in the 17th century a tenement building owned by the then Bishop of St. Andrews, John Spottiswood. Local workers claim to have seen to the spirit of the prelate roam the restaurant , and legend has it that his throne is buried under the bar.
** THE WHITE HART INN (34 Grassmarket) **
enigmatic shadows, inexplicable sounds and knocks, doors that mysteriously open and close... The mischievous ghosts of one of the oldest pubs in the capital have fun with this paranormal activity. We do not know if Robert Burns will continue to frequent it, but a plaque assures that the poet was here on his last visit to Edinburgh, in 1791.
A pub with paranormal activity
** THE LAST DROP TAVERN (74-78 Grassmarket) **
If there had been a bar in Grassmarket Square at the time, this is where the prisoners who were to be hanged would have had their last drink , executed just a few steps from the pub. Rebuilt with the stones of a humble 17th-century apartment building, the waiters receive visits from one of her tenants: a ghost girl dressed in medieval clothes, somewhat outdated even for her time.
** TOLBOOTH TAVERN ** **(167 Canongate) **
The spectrum of this building, used throughout history as a customs office, a courthouse, a Municipal Council room and a dungeon, has the habit of knock the paintings off the walls to the floor and throw the drinks of the customers into the air . We recommend ordering a McEwan's and grabbing the beer very strong.
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A palace full of ghosts