170 – City of the Dead: Taking on the Mackenzie Poltergeist with Fred Fogarty

Mike Huberty • November 15, 2017

fred fogarty mackenzie poltergeist — Fred in front of George Mackenzie’s Tomb

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City of the Dead Ghost Tour – July 25th 2008 10pm

A group of people standing in front of a church at night — The Greyfriars Courtyard, already spooky

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. )

A dark building with a fence in front of it at night. — The Black Mausoleum at night

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.)

A group of people are standing in a dark room — Inside the Black Mausoleum, I have no idea why I canted the angle of this picture!

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.

A black and white photo of a city at night — Now that’s a castle!

Hawaii ParaCon, taking place July 13-15, 2018

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.

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