170 – City of the Dead: Taking on the Mackenzie Poltergeist with Fred Fogarty
Mike Huberty • November 15, 2017
City of the Dead Ghost Tour – July 25th 2008 10pm
We walked back to the hotel to get our jackets and raced to St. Giles’ Cathedral to the tour. We almost didn’t get there because it was nearly a half-hour walk from the hotel. There was at least 60 people on the walk and we made it just in time as the group started to move. We went to Greyfriars Cemetery where over half a million bodies were buried (mostly plague victims) and got great views of Edinburgh Castle (which blew our minds, it’s situated on a hill overlooking a chasm, this city is improbably beautiful , like the Epcot Version of a Scottish city, where parts of it look like models from afar. )
The real scary story was from the Covenanters Prison and the Mackenzie Poltergeist. We went into the Black Mausoleum which was scary as Hell (and they juice you up with stories of attacks and knockouts ands such there) and told some good ghost stories but cheapened it with someone jumping out and causing a fake scare (the guide apologized and said his boss makes them do that.)
I didn’t feel anything, except for a tapping on my left shoulder, but I think that was my imagination combined with adrenaline. The tour was great fun, though, and we loved it.
The view of Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriars was astounding and you can see how it influenced Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, JK Rowling, Charles Dickens, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
The air is thick with hatred and envy,
Souls that aren’t just looking for some peace,
A madness that we dare not comprehend,
the angry dead are looking for revenge.
All gone in the killing time
All gone in the killing time
Seething rage, unceasing hate
To burn the living kind,
Mercy and kindness slayed with the headsman’s blade
All gone in the killing time.
The post 170 – City of the Dead: Taking on the Mackenzie Poltergeist with Fred Fogarty appeared first on See You On The Other Side.
Add your custom HTML here
Explore the sinking of the Lady Elgin, Lake Michigan’s most haunted shipwreck, and discover ghost stories on Milwaukee and Chicago ghost tours.
Experience Milwaukee Paracon 2025 on October 18 at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center—an all-day, free paranormal conference featuring ghost stories, urban legends, UFO sightings, Wisconsin folklore, expert speakers, and unique vendors. Register now for Brew City’s top supernatural event
Explore the chilling legacy of Jeffrey Dahmer from true crime horrors to paranormal legends. Haunted hotels, cursed graffiti, and the Oxford Apartments haunting keep the Milwaukee Cannibal’s story alive in Wisconsin folklore.
Explore the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe, her ghost sightings in Los Angeles, and the surprising UFO conspiracy theories linked to her story.
Discover the chilling story of John Dillinger’s death at Chicago’s Biograph Theater and the ghostly legends that followed. Explore Dillinger’s Alley and see it for yourself on the Original Chicago Hauntings Ghost Bus Tour.
Looking for a unique bachelorette party idea? Ghost tours are fun, spooky, and unforgettable, perfect for brides and their best friends.
Discover why real magic is more than fantasy. Drawing on Dean Radin’s Real Magic and decades of parapsychology research, this blog explores telepathy, psychokinesis, rituals, and the role of consciousness in shaping reality.
Celebrate Roberto Clemente’s birthday by exploring his baseball greatness, Puerto Rican pride, humanitarian legacy, eerie assassination threat, and haunting premonitions of his own death.
Explore the chilling past of Tempest Oyster Bar in Madison, WI—once a funeral home, now a top seafood restaurant and one of America’s most haunted bars. Funeral home history, Heaven’s Gate legends, and personal encounters await.
Discover the chilling true story of the Sunset Strip Killers, Doug Clark and Carol Bundy, whose 1980 murder spree terrorized Los Angeles.