VisitScotland say Scotland is “Probably The Most Haunted
Country in the World” and we’re out to prove it!
In the spirit of the season we’ve resurrected a few auld tales from the Scots Mag archives of ghostly apparitions and seriously strange goings on.
We’ve checked out the best spooky tours looming out of shadows for the Halloween season, too – from Traquair House Historical Ghost Tours to Mostly Ghostly’s new tour of Comlongon Castle, and from Condemned at Mary King’s Close to Edinburgh’s Halloween Ball and Horror Ceilidh.
Scroll down for the very best of Hallowe’en happenings, both past and present.
The Spooky Cannae Miss List
You can find our Hallowe’en special events list here, or click
through the slideshow below for a wee taster of what’s on offer…
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- Get up close with Burke and Hare this Hallowe’en. Pic by Rob McDougall
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- Traquair House is very different by night – especially on Hallowe’en
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- Scare yourself silly at Edinburgh’s Hallowe’en ceilidh!
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- Alloween – an after dark tour of the town where Robert Burns was born. Photo courtesy of National Trust for Scotland
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- TV’s fiendishly funny horror host, Bunny Galore, will be co-hosting Edinburgh’s Hallowe’en Ceilidh
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- Mercat Tours have an uncanny knack of being in the wrong place at the wrong time at Hallowe’en!
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- Dare you go on the spooky ghost tour of Comlongon Castle, Dumfries & Galloway
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- As darkness falls, see another side of Newhailes. Photo courtesy of National Trust for Scotland
Haunted Scotland
Ghostly Tales From Our Archives…
Our Haunted Coast
“The haar itself is like ghostly
fingers gently touching your
hair and face as you walk…”
St Cyrus, just north of Montrose,
has seen a fair few ghostly happenings,
as Jean Ross Anderson recounts.
The Headless Horseman
“The glen has more giants, dragons
fairies and tales of the past per
mile than any glen I know”
Strange and wonderful ghost stories
from misty Mull collected by P A Macnab.
Haunting At Ringcroft
“…the most remarkable in the
annals of Scottish demonology”
A tale of the unexplained and
supernatural near Kircudbright
in the 1600s is analysed by
T. C. B. Phin and W. Herries.
Do you know any good Scottish ghost stories?
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