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Greyfriars Kirkyard

Old Town, Edinburgh

The Mackenzie Poltergeist, blamed for bruises, scratches and fainting visitors.

Sir George Mackenzie was the lawyer who persecuted Scotland's Covenanters in the 1600s, and many of them died in a prison yard right beside his tomb. In 1999 a homeless man is said to have broken into the tomb.

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When
From 1999
Where
55.9466, -3.1922
Group
Haunted places

Visiting

The kirkyard is open by day; the Covenanters' Prison is reached by guided tour.

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