The Worlds Most Haunted Cemetery | Greyfriars Kirkyard | Edinburgh
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- Greyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century, and a number of notable Edinburgh residents are interred at Greyfriars. The Kirkyard is operated by City of Edinburgh Council in liaison with a charitable trust, which is linked to but separate from the church. The Kirkyard and its monuments are protected as a category A listed building.
Greyfriars takes its name from the Franciscan friary on the site (the friars of which wear grey habits), which was dissolved in 1560. The churchyard was founded in August 1562 after Royal sanction was granted to replace the churchyard at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The latter burial ground was not used after around 1600.
Bloody MacKenzie's Tomb:
The distinctive domed tomb of Sir George MacKenzie has long had an association with rumours of ghosts.
In 2003 two teenage boys, aged 17 and 15, entered the tomb via a ventilation slot in the rear (now sealed). They reached the lower vault (containing the coffins), broke the coffins open and stole a skull. Police arrived as they were playing football with the skull on the grass. The pair narrowly escaped imprisonment on the little-used but still extant charge of violating sepulchres.
Despite being the most haunted cemetery in the world, only one ghost haunts it (Mackenzie) ,as the others are apparently too scared to show them selves due to Mackenzie still being the bully he was when he was alive.
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Shocked you don’t get more views. Both interesting and relaxing. Your videos have certainly improved over time.
It’s bloody noisy in Edinburgh.
Wow....another great cemetery. These were different than ones you've shown before. Thanks for sharing, Dan!
My pleasure!!
I love the feeling that you take us with you, and into places I will never see. Not only am I in Canada, I'm also in a wheelchair.... Thank you for letting us roam with you on these amazing journeys; it feels like we are beside you and that you are speaking to us personally, intimately... Bless you.
Diane its so good to hear you feel like you're with me on these walks, and you are! 😃 Thats exactly how I wanted you guys to feel, as if you're there with a friend Lots of Love x
Sadness of the past!🤎
Thanks for these walks!
I love a walk around a peaceful cemetery and I love Scotland 💜 great video, love you showing places I can't get to, thank you 👍🇬🇧👍
Scotlands amazing for a good cemetery wander, I hope to be back there soon so you can do some more walking :)
Enjoyed. Thank you 🙏🙏👍👍🙏🙏
This place has beautiful monuments. I loved it ! Great job
The victorians did gothic very well didn't they
@@deadgoodwalks fabulous
Very impressive and interesting!
Glad you enjoyed it Denis, thank you for commenting
Had an experience in there many years ago when I lived in Edinburgh. I’ve never been back to Greyfriers and never will. Even watching this un-nerved me. I never really believed in ghosts and spooks until that day.
Hope it wasn't too bad Alex, I've heard a few stories about what he does to people
@@deadgoodwalks I was hit/slapped numerous times. I was left with what can best be described as burn marks on my back and arms.
I'm on honeymoon now in Edinburgh and i have visited this graveyard and it was very nice to walk around. There is also a monument for Bobby the dog on the graveyard and people give the dog money and dog food. Thanks for sharing this amazing place! Greetings from the Netherlands
Congratulations! It’s a lovely old romantic city isn’t it. I hope you had a great time
A great video and a place I hope to visit this year. I have a great interest in these types of burial ground but my main interest is the mausoleum along with any metal work also any buildings like the gate houses and chappals that are present at a lot of cemeteries.
Thanks mate. Plenty of that to keep you busy there Dave, decent bits of metal work down the road too at Calton Hill
@@deadgoodwalks I was at the old Calton burial ground 2 months it was that place that sparked my interest again. When I next visit I hope to look around the newer Calton burial grounds a few hundred yards down the road.
@@daveeboney7089 I totally forgot about it and didn't go lol
This is neat I keep seeing where people are buried in grayfriers, but always wondered what it looked like
Glad you enjoyed it Ann, thank you for commenting
That's a gorgeous place
The victorians loved their macabre gothic stuff didnt they. Bless em
Just a bit lol
Please raise your volume, thanks
Noted Ronald. Thanks for the feedback
I may have missed this on your previous upload, DGW:
*Publication Account (1951)*
*RCAHMS County Inventory: The City of Edinburgh*
*No. 15. The Martyrs' Monument.*
Marking as it does the burial-place of most of the *Covenanters* executed in Edinburgh, the Martyrs' Monument, as it is popularly called, is the one most frequently resorted to in this churchyard. Simple and elegantly proportioned, it is supported at each side by large scrolled trusses within which Ionic shafts rise from pedestals, set out from the base, to support an entablature. Between the shafts is a panel with a carved border. This panel was renewed in 1771, but the original epitaph is now preserved in Huntly House (NT27SE 61). Below the panel is an open Bible*, resting on a draped book board set on the base, displaying verses 9, 10 and II of the sixth chapter of The Revelation and verse 10 of the second chapter. On the lowest member an inscription testifies that: THIS TOMB WAS FIRST ERECTED BY JAMES CURIE MERCHT / IN PENTLAND AND OTHERS 1706. RENEWED 1771.
RCAHMS 1951
*The Bible has been re-carved, if not wholly renewed. The bookboard is original.
All the best. Stay free. Rab 😎 🍻 ⏳ 🎲 🌠
Thanks for this Rab. I’m planning to go back for a part 2 now that I have a bit more knowledge
@@deadgoodwalks I’m looking forward to that, DGW! Bye for now. R 👋🏻
Sooo. Even noisy in daylight. Really old cemetery. Are the houses actually built into the back of the old wall? Those little windows between the graves are cool.
Very nice tour. I was broken hearted because you didn't show Bobby the Dog😝🤪😆😅 . Was his master's grave accessible? Beautiful mouments.
I did the tour and the guide said it wasn’t true, I kind of lost interest after that so didn’t bother lol. I’ll tell it next time though
@@deadgoodwalks 😊👍👍
I had seen a story yrs ago about this cemetary, and how haunted it was....I believed it then, ibelieve it now.....
1000s of burials but just one of them haunts it, thats how powerful he is
What a sad looking place.
Definitely looks a bit grim, I like that though 🤪 Thanks for commenting x
Que lugar es ese?
Scary 😟. Wish you tell us how far back year.
I was probably too excited and forgot 🤦♂️
Thats I show I watch on UTube. Cemetery over 2oo years old.
There's a truly beautiful graveyard in Elland, near Halifax, west Yorkshire, that has some of the most amazing statuary of Angels and more held within. I used to go there often just to sit and bathe in the relaxing atmosphere and beauty of the stonemasons craft. Opposite in attraction to that is the old Wakefield Prison graveyard near the back of the prison, where they buried executed prisoners for many years. There's a huge gate that keeps people out, and the atmosphere emanating from the place - even after they exhumed and re-buried most of the bodies many years ago - still sends shivers up your spine. I knew some of the people who worked on the exhumation, and they told me that some of the bodies were still intact, despite the old practice of pouring lime into the coffin to rot the bodies faster. They took photo's of the bodies, and most of them had actually turned bright green in colour, which, combined with the obvious broken necks on them, was truly unpleasant to see. They used to hang the condemned prisoners inside the jail, then bury them in the graveyard as part of their sentence, as it was considered un-hallowed ground befitting un-hallowed souls. I now live in Ennis, County Clare in the Republic of Ireland, and there is an unbelievably beautiful, if creepy graveyard here, where mostly members of the Freemasons Order are buried, and one of the graves is underneath a HUGE pyramid, that you can see through the gates, but you're not allowed to walk around the graveyard now, due to acts of vandalism a few years ago. Such a shame, as it was an amazing place to just walk around, and see all the wonderful monuments to those interred there.
Hi Paul, You painted such a good picture about your time at the Elland cemetery that I want to go and see it myself. The history of the prison cemetery is a sad one, a cruel end for cruel men but maybe they deserved that I don't know. I'm going to look at the history of it and see what I can find out and if there's anything left of it to do a video on, and I'll definitely do a video on Elland when I'm up that way. Thank you for sharing the information and for watching the video
@@deadgoodwalks Just over the border in Lancashire, there's an actual Witches graveyard that is visited by Wiccan practitioners regularly. It's a circle of stones piled on top of each grave (In early Christian times, graveyards were circular, so the Devil couldn't hide in the corners). It's a pretty eerie place, as when I visited it, I could hear birdsong all around me, until I stepped into the circle, when it all fell silent, and when I stepped back out again, I could hear the birds again. I stepped in and out of the circle a few times, and the result was always the same: total silence inside the circle, natural sounds outside of it. There is also Todmorden to take in over that way, the UFO capital of the North, where I worked as a junior school caretaker for a while, and believe me, some of the things I saw in that place, even in broad daylight, had to be seen to be believed :-) Todmorden is a VERY interesting place to visit, and so is Hebden Bridge, and the nearby town is home to two of the last Pagan tribes still in existence in England. They have one side of the town for one tribe, and the other side for the opposite tribe, and settle any differences over a chess game in the Flower Mill Inn. There's a famous ghost called Bessie O' The Bridge who was a woman drowned during the English Civil War by a witch-finder, sent to the area by Cromwell himself. The villagers were told if she floated in the river after being dunked, she's be hanged as a witch, but if she drowned, she would prove herself innocent of the crime of witchcraft, so each villager took a stone, and as they passed her by, placed the stone inside her clothing, which, when she was dunked, caused her to sink to the bottom of the river and drown. Her ghost sometimes appears standing beside the small bridge that connects the two opposing sides of the town, just opposite the famous Flour Mill Inn. There are so many beautiful graveyards around the Leeds area, too, which I used to go and sit in when I was feeling off with myself, and being among all the beauty of the grave-sites, with all the statuary, well, it just lifted my spirits into something entirely different, I can tell you. An American actually found Robin Hood's grave in the Robin Hood area around Leeds, after shooting a series of arrows fitted with radio trackers from the window of the inn where Robin was said to have died. The last arrow he managed to find was in some gorse bushes, and after he'd hacked his way through, he found a gravestone with the words "Here Lies Robin Hood and Maid Marion." In the times Robin was alive, what is now called Sherwood Forest covered the entire East coast of England, and only stopped at Hadrian's Wall on the border with Scotland, and there's a pub called the Will Scarlet Inn near Leeds, which is where Scarlet retired to after Hood died, and in Wakefield, there's a pub near the Territorial Army barracks called Friar Tuck's, which was opened by the famous Friar Tuck himself, when he too retired after Hood's death. there's just so much hidden history around Yorkshire, you can spend a lifetime just exploring, and never get bored :-)
@@MrCrystalwarrior1 That info will keep me busy for some time, I'll hopefully be doing some witch related content soon so that helps massively. I think I have the same Robin Hood grave on my to do list and the grave of little john, which is about 8ft long lol.
@@deadgoodwalks I've just remembered the name of the town near Hebdon Bridge with the two opposing Pagan Tribes. It's called Mytholmroyd (Pronounced Mythumroid). It's almost 25 years since I was last around there, but from what I hear, not a lot's changed, thankfully :-D Yorkshire names of places are often mispronounced, but not as often as the Irish names where I live now by "Irish-Americans" whose ancestors left in the 1700's and yet they still claim to be "irish," but can barely pronounce an Irish persons name right, let alone a place name :->
Thanks Paul, I'm going to research this today. Wow thats a long time since you were there, hopefully these places never change.
Walked round Greyfriers and it’s very creepy especially at night where Burke and Hare used to rob the bodies for the hospital.
Sure is, it's hard to imagine that sort of thing going on. Did you visit the surgeons hall museum? I ran out of time but plan to do it next time
@@deadgoodwalks no did the vaults and Mary Kings Close I am lucky I live 30 mins from Edinburgh
@@yvonnechambers8056 Very lucky indeed, and you've got so many amazing kirks and kirkyards on your doorstep too around the scottish borders
@@deadgoodwalks Scotland as a whole is is full of paranormal and certain places are very creepy goes back centuries
@@yvonnechambers8056 Mind blowing isn't it, so many tales and stories
Have you visited the red lady? Sorry I can’t remember which Edinburgh cemetery she is in, it is many years since I was taken to see her. Her tomb is all made of red glass which tints her beautiful effigy red.
I Haven't heard of that one Mary but I'll look it up, it sounds amazing. Thanks for the tip
would've been nice to hear a few names of the buried
Heading back soon hopefully. This was an early video where I think I just walked and didn't say much
Why is it that nobody sees a ghost during the day, yet they all come out at night, also why do ghost hunters go out at night looking for ghosts in the dark, when the place would be as haunted by day as it is at night, have you captured any ghosts on film, as the title says most haunted grave yard, thanks for a great video I enjoyed it very much
Thanks Time traveller, glad you enjoyed it. They're definitely camera shy lol. I've seen things during the day but never with my physical eyes, always with the minds eye if that makes sense, it could just be my imagination but they were clear as day
@@deadgoodwalks top class picture you have there what are you using do you do other walks, are there other big graveyards nearby at all that you could post on here, I have just subscribed, thankyou very much for your nice reply all the best from Norman
@@timetraveller9321 Thanks for the sub Norman, welcome aboard! Currently using a Go Pro and shooting in 4k 60fps, seems to do the job. I've just got back from London shooting west norwood, kensal green, brompton and a few other places this weekend, I should have them uploaded within the next few weeks hopefully
@@deadgoodwalks can’t wait you put a lot of content and effort into your work, most enjoyable indeed
@@timetraveller9321 Fantastic to hear, thank you so much!
Some of these actually look like fire place mantles.
I thought the same thing
4:58 I should have known right here what we were in for 👶👹💀
The black mausoleum of McKenzie
I enjoy your video, but I kept wish that you would give us the history of the place.
Thanks for the comment Debbie, I'm starting to a bit more with my newer videos, it's a fine balance between letting viewers enjoy the walk and giving them information. I'm thinking of doing podcasts so I can go into more detail about the places I've been.
Who is talking? Early I heard two children laugh sounds like little girls?
Do you know where abouts in the video? I'd be able to tell you if there was anyone around at the time
I went here today at night to try and find Tommy riddle but we couldn’t we were there for around an hour but nothing happened suprisingly did here some weird voices
Ah he's through the flodden wall, turn right and follow it all the way down
Go to old Houghton cemetery in Sunderland then tell me if you think this cemetery is the world's most haunted.
Challenge accepted Paul, thanks for the tip. What did you experience there?
@@deadgoodwalks some I won't tell you because I would want you to experience it .But I've seen full bodied apparitions, partial too and shadows conversations loads and I mean loads everyone that goes has an amazing experience I've done about 630 investigations and this is one of the best places just show a lot of respect.Then you will be fine I've got evidence to put on TH-cam when I get my new flat sorted.
@@deadgoodwalks Honestly I hope you go and Investigate it you won't be disappointed.
@@paulAnthony7236 I'll have to after your comments 😱