This is the past lives podcast, episode 253, and I'm your host, Simon Bown.

The mission here at the past lives podcast is to investigate evidence of demonstrate survival

of the human soul. We look at past life memories, near-death experiences, spirit communication and other

incredible phenomena.

And please look out for the past lives podcast episodes that are called Paranormal Stories

and they're released every Thursday.

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And this week I'm talking to Graham Millen about his book, Tales from an Edinburgh tour guide.

Graham is an expert on the haunted spaces of Aberdeen and Edinburgh in Scotland.

He takes people on ghost tours of Edinburgh and has had ghostly experiences of his own.

Hi Graham. Thanks a lot for coming on the podcast. Thank you, Simon. Thanks for asking.

So you've got this book out now. It's called Tales from an Edinburgh tour guide, which is fascinating

books full of so many stories. But when it says tour guys, it's about touring the

ghostly haunted parts of Edinburgh. That's right. It's an odd one for me because, to be honest,

I do believe in the afterlife. I've had personal experiences. So I'm deadly serious in what I do.

But when you become a guide, it's a kind of weird position you're in because one,

you want to try and entertain people.

But I, you know, obviously try and tell people stories that I believe to be true and personal

experiences.

And 90% of the people who come on tours think

you're making up and think you're you're just doing it for them.

It's a really tough one to try and get people to appreciate to look beyond just the

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