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Stories of Scotland

Haunting Greyfriars Kirkyard: Bloody George MacKenzie

Stories of Scotland

Annie and Jenny

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8728 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Jenny and Annie visit Edinburgh for this Samhain special, in search of a haunted Halloween. We explore the life and legend of Bloody George MacKenzie, a notorious figure in Scottish history. What was the Covenanter’s Prison, and why do people say that spirits could still haunt it to this day? What draws so many people to this famous Scottish graveyard, and what scares so many away?We learn about how Greyfriars Kirkyard in Scotland’s capital city became a centre for paranormal tourism. We discuss plague, political turmoil, punishments, and the poltergeist lore that surrounds this major Edinburgh landmark.Does Jenny really believe she was haunted by the ghost of Bloody MacKenzie?You can support Stories of Scotland on Patreon! www.patreon.com/storiesofscotland Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Stories of Scotland, a podcast exploring the great histories and mysteries

0:17.4

of this land. I'm Annie, your resident Poltergeist. Ooh!

0:23.6

And I'm Jenny, a terrified tourist with an iron stomach, frantically live streaming the ground as I run away from Annie's terrifying whales.

0:32.6

For the most spooky time of year, Halloween, or as it's known in Old Gallic, Sahuyn, is upon us.

0:43.1

The harvest is over, the equinox has passed, and the nights are closing in.

0:49.0

Folk are retreating into their homes and around their hearths, avoiding the darkness at all costs.

0:55.8

Because in the dim corners where shadows dance and the...

0:59.5

Annie, do you hear that?

1:02.6

Wait, what is that?

1:05.9

Why, I think it's none other than the jangling of the beaded curtain

1:10.3

that separates our world from the other.

1:16.3

The world of the supernatural.

1:19.2

The world of spirits and ghosts, fairies and foe, and most terrifyingly of all.

1:25.5

My heating bill?

1:27.7

I mean, if you've just been dealing with them by shoving them through the veil instead of opening

1:32.6

them, then yes, your heating bill too.

1:35.8

I was really hoping that some fairies would kindly deal with my heating bills.

1:42.1

Well, Annie, at this time of year, the veil is at its thinnest,

1:45.4

and if you're not careful,

1:46.5

you're about to get a pile of bills

1:48.0

from beyond the grave.

1:52.5

Well, we have such an exciting

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