The Montrose Haunting
Lt. Desmond Arthur (right), whose death at Montrose gave rise to the legend of “The Montrose Ghost” Over the years there have been many reported sightings of ghosts at Montrose aerodrome. Challenged by Montrose Air Station Museum to spend a night on their premises – and live to tell the tale – reporters Julie Currie...
Balgonie Castle
The Sibbald family built Balgonie Castle in Fife in the 14th century, with additions made to the structure over the following three centuries. The castle has been visited by both James the IV and Mary Queen of Scots and was for many years the seat of the Earls of Leven. In January 1716 the infamous...
Scotland’s Most Haunted Road
Hundreds of weird sightings and unexplained accidents have been reported in the area over the past fifty years. The 15 mile stretch of the A75 from Annan in Dumfriesshire to Gretna Green is claimed to be the most haunted road in Scotland and the Scottish Office plans to improve it but the local residents believe...
The Ghosts of Mary King’s Close
Abandoned following the plague in 1645, Mary King’s Close has been a location associated with the paranormal for hundreds of years. In 1685, “Satan’s Invisible World Discovered”, a book that recorded a demonic parade of apparitions which forced locals to flee the Close in terror some years before. An elderly lawyer, Thomas Coltheart and his...
Ghosts of Greyfriar’s Kirkyard
In November 1999, Colin Grant, a minister of a spiritualist church and owner of the Clairvoyant shop in St Mary’s Street, Edinburgh stood in the Greyfriars Kirkyard and performed an exorcism. He stood in front of the local press with a candle, a cross to ward off evil spirits, holding a Bible in his right...
