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Astonishing Legends

17: Peripheral Presence

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.69.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Listener Chloe’s Dead Letter starts out talking about the infamous Greyfriars Kirkyard. One of the earliest topics on the main show here at Astonishing Legends. It quickly transitions to her visit to the Edinburgh underground vaults and an unsettling experience she had there on a ghost tour.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars_Kirkyard

https://astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2016/12/8/ep-003-greyfriars-kirkyard-halloween-special?rq=greyfriars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Vaults

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0:00.0

The Astonishing Legends Network

0:03.7

The views and opinions expressed by hosts and listeners on the astonishing

0:09.0

Dead Letter Office are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Astonishing

0:12.7

Legends productions, the Astonishing Legends Network, or any affiliated entities or guests.

0:37.2

Okay. guests. When something unexplainable happens to you, it can make you feel isolated or alone.

0:43.5

But trust us, you're not.

0:46.2

For over a decade, you've been sending your strange stories to astonishing legends.

0:51.1

And now it's time for our fellow legenders to hear them too.

0:55.5

Join us weekly in the vault beneath Blanket Fortiana, which we call

0:59.4

The Astonishing Dead Letter Office. Tonight's episode, Peripheral Presence.

1:14.8

Okay, so this dead letter bait and switched me a little bit.

1:17.6

Oh, well, what do you mean by that?

1:19.7

Well, Chloe, who sent it in, she starts out with Greyfriars Kirkyard,

1:23.3

which was one of the earliest episodes we did that it actually freaked me out pretty good

1:27.1

because that one involved a priest who went to, I think it was to exercise one of the vaults there

1:32.8

where Bloody McKinsey, and he died within a month ago in there.

1:36.4

And I was like, what?

1:37.6

This story is like, this is a paranormal story that had a real world consequence for the guy.

1:42.0

Of course, everybody's like, oh, well, he had heart problems and all that.

1:44.0

But that was a real world consequence for the guy. Of course, everybody's like, oh, well, he had heart problems and all that. But that was a freaky story.

1:45.8

It really stuck with me.

1:46.8

It was one of my favorite, like, early paranormal ones that we did.

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