Haunted Edinburgh

Haunted Edinburgh gathers reported cases of apparitions, poltergeists and other alleged phenomena from the city and its surrounding area. Alan Murdie combines previously unpublished material with investigations of better-known stories, drawing on archival sources, his own collection and material associated with ghost investigator Andrew Green.

The accounts move through Edinburgh’s streets and buildings, including convents, cellars, churches and attics, presenting hauntings as claims rooted in particular places and histories. Among the incidents discussed is a Victorian report from Blackett Place, where a family alleged that a white figure pushed a girl downstairs. More than 70 archive images accompany this compact history of Edinburgh’s reported supernatural activity.