Scottish Ghost Stories

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Buried beneath the 18th century buildings of the city chambers, there exists a hidden Close that is, historically more horrifying, and supernaturally more terrifying than any other – Mary King’s Close.

Thus, with one act of union, peace and prosperity could be maintained while Edwards ambition to unite the two countries could be satisfied. However, the apparition was good enough to inspire Sit Walter Scott to write the following stanza in his Lady of The Lake: Beware, Ewen! If butter is placed unasked on your table tomorrow morning, you will prevail. But if it is not, and you have to ask for butter to be brought, it will go ill with you.” The history steeped walls of Meldrum House sit peaceably amidst glorious surroundings of woodland and parkland.Of the many spirits said to haunt Stirling Castle, the most frequently reported is “The Highland Ghost”. From their vantage point on Abbey Craig Wallace and his comrades watched as the superior force began to fan out onto the marshy ground below. But most infamous of all the Castle’s bygone residents was Sir William de Soulis, who owned it during the reign of Robert the Bruce (1274-1329).

Although there are no records of the Prince ever staying here, there are suggestions that he may well have dropped in for a "wee dram." Such was the shortage of accommodation that soon new residents came to live in Mary King’s Close and, by 1685, it had become common knowledge that spirits from the plague year were still there!Gaelic folklore, meanwhile, identifies it as Each Uisge, one of the terrifying water- horses that are said to haunt many of the Highland Lochs. When the Sheriff of Lanark, Hazelrig, had Marion’s brother put to death Wallace and his comrades stole into town and put fifty English soldiers to the sword. Sadly, it was not to be, for Margaret died en route from Norway and a fierce debate as to a successor ensued. Whether you believe these stories or not, here are 13 of the most haunting locations along Scotland's west coast, that are sure to send a shiver down your spine this Halloween. 1. Dunstaffnage Castle

As the Royalist soldiers scattered, the ferocious Highlanders threw down their muskets and continued the fray with the flash of cold steel. As you drive along the road that skirts the shore of Loch Oich you pass a bizarre column, surmounted by seven severed stone heads, that has a particularly gory history.The Great Hall, which is the only room never to have been remodelled, still retains many of its original fixtures, and is imbued with a uniquely historic atmosphere chilling yet tranquil. It is a candlelit place of dancing shadows, where reports of indistinct shapes seen flitting around its darker recesses, or the oft heard sound of disembodied voices engaged in indecipherable conversation, are sufficient to send uncanny shivers down the spine. This 700-year-old keep, the oldest in Scotland, is home to numerous ghost stories from across the centuries. Learn of the Abbot’s Curse and visit the dungeon where the spectre of a man in chains is helped by a ghostly serving girl who bandages his rat-gnawed foot.