Category: Edinburgh

Burke and Hare: Edinburgh’s Most Notorious Anatomy Murderers

Jan 28, 2026 | Burke and Hare, Edinburgh, Execution, Grave Robbers, Serial Killers, The Gruesome and Macabre

Burke and Hare, Edinburgh’s most infamous duo, carved a bloody past through the city’s dark...

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Robert Burns and the Da Vinci Code of Paintings

Jan 25, 2026 | Edinburgh, Free Masons, Knights Templar, Robert Burns, Rosslyn Chapel

Mystery! Intrigue! It began when I was researching out some information about Tam O’ Shanter. What...

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The Black Dinner: Inspiration for Game of Throne’s Red Wedding

Nov 24, 2021 | Betrayals and Treachery, Dark History, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edward I King of England, Robert the Bruce, Stirling Castle

The Black Dinner and the Massacre at Glencoe are dark shadows in Scottish History. It was infamy...

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Edinburgh Castle: A Timeline of Horror, Hauntings and Happenings

Oct 30, 2021 | Betrayals and Treachery, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edward I King of England, Ghost and Spirits, Gododdin, Haunted Castle, Iron Age, Nine Maidens, Robert the Bruce, Scottish Wars of Independence, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches

Edinburgh Castle looms over Scotland’s capital city, its outer walls seeming to merge with the...

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Mary Queen of Scots: A Haunted Heritage Trail

Feb 7, 2021 | Betrayals and Treachery, Dark History, Edinburgh, Execution, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted, Haunted Castle, Mary Queen of Scots, Stirling, Uncategorized

Mary Queen of Scots took her first tentative steps down the stairway as the sun rose over...

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King James VI and The North Berwick Witch Trials

Jan 12, 2021 | Dark History, Edinburgh, James VI King of Scots, John Knox, Mary Queen of Scots, Protestant Reformation, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches

The events which led to the North Berwick Witch Trials began, not in Scotland, but at the other...

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