City of the Dead Tour: Explore Edinburgh's Haunted Graveyard & Encounter the Mackenzie Poltergeist

Embark on a spine-chilling City of the Dead Tour in Edinburgh. Explore haunted graveyards, encounter the infamous Mackenzie Poltergeist, and uncover the city’s dark history.

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Greyfriars Kirkyard - All tours last approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes and leave from the “Tree of the Dead” located outside St Giles Cathedral on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Each guide is a local expert on Edinburgh’s fascinating and horrifying history, with their own unique style and delivery so no two tours are ever the same.
    Combining history,…
What's Included
  • Local, expert guide
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

A compelling fusion of historical intrigue, joviality, and terror, this narrated pedestrian journey escorts you through the enchanting history of Edinburgh and into a sealed-off area of the Greyfriars Kirkyard, notorious as the Covenanter’s Prison.
This is the dwelling of the ‘Mackenzie Poltergeist’, considered the most thoroughly recorded paranormal…

Location
St Giles' Cathedral
High Street
All tours leave from the "Tree of the Dead" outside St Giles Cathedral on the pavement facing the Royal Mile. Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes prior to departure.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Andrewgo8827pn
Feb 18, 2025
Katie gives yet another amazing tour - Another amazing tour with this company, third time we’ve done one with them and never been let down! Katie was an amazing tour guide (we actually had her before back in 2021 and she’s still amazing) the coat whipping she does is top class no matter what other reviews say! Would highly recommend this tour company.
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Evastria
Feb 16, 2025
Airdrie and Cheshire get SPOOKED in Greyfriars! A must experience tour in Edinburgh City - We did this tour on Saturday evening and it was one of the best parts of our amazing trip to Edinburgh! Ross the tour guide was engaging, funny and informative. He made sure everyone was safe and having fun throughout the tour and you can really tell he loves what he does - thanks for making our trip extra special! Roz from Airdrie, Pete from Cheshire
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Lesleym669
Feb 13, 2025
Welcome to the dark side! - Thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Some of it not for the faint hearted! Our guide Ross was fantastic. Very knowledgeable with just the right amount of dark & sarcastic humour. Would highly recommend.
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Georgiack9630ou
Feb 7, 2025
All round Fantastic - This was a fantastic tour. Our tour guide was Ross who extremely funny, very knowledgeable with the history of Edinburgh and brought such a flare to the entire tour. We would do the tour over again especially if Ross was a tour guide. Worth the money and would recommend to any one wanting to visit Edinburgh.
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Rutheam2025
Feb 4, 2025
Amazing - This tour was amazing. It’s not just about ghosts but about the history of the city and its characters. Our tour guide was Ross. He was welcoming, dramatic and so funny. I would do it 10 times over if we had Ross every time.
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Matthewi660
Jan 29, 2025
Haunted Graveyard Tour - Went to the Haunted Graveyard Tour with my partner for my birthday. Was very informative and rather scary. Ross was guide.
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Rapidrobbie
Jan 15, 2025
The darkside of Edinburgh - With the guidance of our guide Ross we saw Edinburgh by night. Where Edinburgh looks beautiful during the day Ross took us to the dark corners.
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I8266teannieb
Jan 11, 2025
Ross is the best! - My friend and I went on this tour during our visit to Scotland. Ross is incredibly engaging and animated, every part of the tour, in spite of the winter cold, was utterly enjoyable.
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Txfunmom
Dec 18, 2024
Just enough scary - Ross was the most animated, sarcastic, funny guide. He kept us engaged and entertained. The tour wasn’t too strenuous so if you are older or out of shape you can do this!
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Juliocz941fc
Dec 18, 2024
Went to say hi to MacKenzie - This being the only tour with access to the Black Mausoleum, it's definately worth taking it. The guide was quite good and the tour itself is 100% worth it, if you like this sort of experience, of course.
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