Glamis Castle

The seven ghosts of Glamis Castle 

Glamis Castle

It is said that Glamis Castle is one of the most haunted of Scotland. In effect, this castle count at least 7 ghosts.

playing cards with the devil

The most famous of them it’s the one of the second Lord of Glamis, a hard player. On day, a stranger came to his door and propose to the Lord a card game. His passion take precedence over his mistrust.

The two men played during days and nights, and screams was the only things servants could hear from the other side of the door. One of the servants, seeing Sunday come, the Lord’s Day, tried to enter into the room to prevent Lord Glamis that it was time to stop the game, the game was forbidden on this day. Lord Glamis had answered that he will not stop the game, even he should play with the Devil itself. The men, considered as possessed, were walled up alive in this very room.

Since, it is still possible to hear the screams of the two players and the room still exists but only 3 people in the world know its emplacement. 

The 3 ladies

The first one is the Grey Lady (Janet Douglas) or Lady Glamis were victim of the rage of James V. After the death of her husband, Janet Douglas became an easy prey for James who jailed her with her son, under a false accusation of witchcraft, and then, were burned alive. But her son were saved and once James V dead, the apparitions of his mother began around the chapel of the castle. She would still wandering there, researching her son. 

Janet Douglas - The grey Lady 

The second would be a girl would walk, with blood dripping from her mouth with a completely lost look. The legend want that this spirit belong to a domestic girl to whom the tongue have been cut off because of having too much spoken.

The third one would appears only under the form of white spectre in the nursery, she would rock the cradle of a stillborn child and yelling and crying.

The others ghosts

Glamis shelter the spirit on a black domestic who freeze to death and who can be see under the tree where he died.

The two last ghosts are Jack the Runner who cross the basement running, and the silhouette of a soldier often seen on the roof of the castle.

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How to get there: The castle is closed to Forfar and Dundee and is easy of access. If you want further informations about the castle, you can find it HERE.

Edinburgh Vaults

Edinburgh Vaults 

Yop guys! Today we leave England to go to Scotland, in Edinburgh exactly. The capital is famous for its castle and picturesque old town but not only. While walking in the old city, you can notice that there are numerous horror tours which permit you to discover a new facet of Edinburgh. They propose you to wandering in an old graveyard, torture exhibition or the well-known vaults. This is a place that I’ve visited (and I almost cried haha). 

This is where we’re going today, but first what are exactly these vaults? It began with the construction of the South Bridge in 1785. At this time, the Edinburgh Castle was an impenetrable fortress so townspeople wanted to live as close as possible to it. The bridge were built to connect flat areas to the castle: South Bridge consisted of 19 arches and at its highest point, it stood 31 feet above ground and had foundations that penetrated Edinburgh's bedrock as far down as 22 feet.

In 19^th century, the vaults begin the place for poverty: during famines and plague epidemic, homeless and contaminated lived in the vaults and serial killer let their victims dying in the darkness of the place. Murder, rape and death were rampant as disease and crime took hold of the area. 

At the end of the century, vaults were closed to drive the seedy activity out from the Edinburgh’s main thoroughfare and was let into obscurity.

In the 1990’s students who let a flat in the old town heard scratching at the wall and decided to destroy it (they were drunk…). Behind the wall, the vaults surfaced again. Since then, the vaults have been opened to public and ghosts reports have poured in. The most famous ghost is Mr. Boots: some said seeing a man wearing a long black coats and boots and guides of vaults tour report hearing his footstep. 

Some ghosts are bolder, like the spectral child "Jack" who grabs visitor's hands in the wine vaults. 

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How to get there: One of the most horrifying vaults tour is the Auldreekie Terror Tour, more informations HERE. This tour is only for over 18s only and will make you cry; the visit is done by night and the guides are so interesting and creepy! Well, it's worth checking out!