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The Evolution of Edinburgh’s Ghosts

An overview of how ghosts and the stories around them have changed over Edinburgh’s centuries as a capital city.

Alex Staniforth has been a history and ghost tour guide in Edinburgh for over a decade and participated in several ghost hunts (sometimes unwittingly). Here he combines history with ghost stories and analyses how our ghosts have changed.

Why not make a day of it at Lauriston and have some lunch at Mimi’s café on site - pre-booking with Mimi's advised.

A ghostly image of a maid laying the large round dining table in the Lauriston Castle dining room. An ornate lamp hangs over the table and the walls are covered with tapestries

The Evolution of Edinburgh’s Ghosts