World Famous, Award Winning, Underground City & Haunted Graveyard Tours
(featuring the legendary Mackenzie Poltergeist)®
Researched and designed by best-selling historical author and award winning novelist Jan-Andrew Henderson, our walks enter two of the most haunted locations on earth and combine the weirdest stories, wickedest humour and wildest history.
‘Will set your imagination RUNNING WILD…. led by a mixture of historians and thespians whose ability to scare is as refined as their ability to WEAVE a GOOD YARN… laced with enough HORROR to leave you sleeping with the lights on for a week’ The Entertainment Guide
Named ‘One of the Britain’s Best Ghost Walks’ by Scare.com, Yahoo! Travel and Virgin Media, ‘One of the UK’s Spookiest Tours’ by The Sun Newspaper, ‘One of Edinburgh’s top 10 Attractions' by USA Today and ‘Edinburgh’s Best Ghost Tour’ by Lonely Planet. Short-listed for the prestigious Screamie Awards (3 times), winner of ScareTour’s ‘Best Ghost Tour Award', highly recommended by TripAdvisor (including ‘Best Halloween Event’) and awarded the Viator Badge of Excellence.
Which proves good doesn’t always triumph over evil.
'Puts the city's other tours IN THE SHADE' - Edinburgh Evening News
‘Will set your imagination RUNNING WILD…. led by a mixture of historians and thespians whose ability to scare is as refined as their ability to WEAVE a GOOD YARN… laced with enough HORROR to leave you sleeping with the lights on for a week’ The Entertainment Guide
Named ‘One of the Britain’s Best Ghost Walks’ by Scare.com, Yahoo! Travel and Virgin Media, ‘One of the UK’s Spookiest Tours’ by The Sun Newspaper, ‘One of Edinburgh’s top 10 Attractions' by USA Today and ‘Edinburgh’s Best Ghost Tour’ by Lonely Planet. Short-listed for the prestigious Screamie Awards (3 times), winner of ScareTour’s ‘Best Ghost Tour Award', highly recommended by TripAdvisor (including ‘Best Halloween Event’) and awarded the Viator Badge of Excellence.
Which proves good doesn’t always triumph over evil.
'Puts the city's other tours IN THE SHADE' - Edinburgh Evening News
2 for 1 Tuesdays are back! Get two tickets for the price of one. See HERE for details
Poltergeist 'Attacks'
Follow us, if you dare!
GUIDES WANTED!
City of the Dead is looking for tour guides. Wear black. Be the centre of attention. Get paid.
See HERE for details
City of the Dead is looking for tour guides. Wear black. Be the centre of attention. Get paid.
See HERE for details
THIS MONTH'S 5-STAR TOUR REVIEWS
(Full reviews on Google and Tripadvisor)
Hunny
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐10/02/2026
Ben was lovely :) me and my girlfriend enjoyed the tour and he was very informative
Chris Martin-McDonald
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐09/02/2026
Really entertaining and terrifying in equal measure. Our guide Hess was a lot of fun and very...
Hamish Grant
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐09/02/2026
Good place
Stylianos Sofokleous
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐08/02/2026
Very nice experience and the tour guide Nat was very cheerful
Sylvia Kuzminski
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐08/02/2026
Interesting and entertaining. Nat’s storytelling was spot on...
lauraaE6036ZV
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐07/02/2026
Tour was lead by Fiona who was amazing!...
orlandovisitor15
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐07/02/2026
Fiona is an amazing guide! What an interesting tour with plenty of...
cathjee
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐07/02/2026
It was a very eerie and creepy experience, would tour again!!...
piethrap2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐06/02/2026
The experience was amazing!..
Feb 3, 2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐06/02/2026
Omg what a fantastic fun tour...
206juliank
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐06/02/2026
Ben was a great tour guide and was extremely knowledgeable...
margaretnU2445PO
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐05/02/2026
We had Ross as our tour guuide and we loved him!..
jet43622563352
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐05/02/2026
This is the third time we've done this tour as it NEVER gets boring...
Gary L
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐05/02/2026
I done the double dead tour led by Katie who was absolutely brilliant!...
Estefanía Luque Ruiz
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐05/02/2026
Really recommend it if you are in Edinburgh and wish to have a great ghost tour....
Konstantinos Koulikas
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐04/02/2026
Really enjoyed the City of the Dead tour. The atmosphere was great...
Mary Byrne
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐04/02/2026
What an amazing experience. Ben was absolutely brilliant...
Natalie Beller
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐04/02/2026
Desiree was a phenomenal tour guide-can't recommend her enough!!! really great tour...
Kelsey Connell
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐03/02/2026
Desirae was AWESOME!!! hAd a wonderful time
H R
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐03/02/2026
Last Saturday 4 of us did the Double Dead Tour and it was absolutely brilliant! Katie was our guide...
sam castle
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐03/02/2026
Desiree was great! Great balance between scary stories and history.
No Name Left
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐03/02/2026
We were lucky to have Kieran talk us through the locations in the Royal Mile and the underground city.
Zoe Foster
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐02/02/2026
What an amazing experience!
Herbert Klein
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐01/02/2026
What a adventure trip in secret underground.
(Full reviews on Google and Tripadvisor)
Hunny
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐10/02/2026
Ben was lovely :) me and my girlfriend enjoyed the tour and he was very informative
Chris Martin-McDonald
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐09/02/2026
Really entertaining and terrifying in equal measure. Our guide Hess was a lot of fun and very...
Hamish Grant
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐09/02/2026
Good place
Stylianos Sofokleous
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐08/02/2026
Very nice experience and the tour guide Nat was very cheerful
Sylvia Kuzminski
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐08/02/2026
Interesting and entertaining. Nat’s storytelling was spot on...
lauraaE6036ZV
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐07/02/2026
Tour was lead by Fiona who was amazing!...
orlandovisitor15
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐07/02/2026
Fiona is an amazing guide! What an interesting tour with plenty of...
cathjee
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐07/02/2026
It was a very eerie and creepy experience, would tour again!!...
piethrap2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐06/02/2026
The experience was amazing!..
Feb 3, 2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐06/02/2026
Omg what a fantastic fun tour...
206juliank
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐06/02/2026
Ben was a great tour guide and was extremely knowledgeable...
margaretnU2445PO
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐05/02/2026
We had Ross as our tour guuide and we loved him!..
jet43622563352
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐05/02/2026
This is the third time we've done this tour as it NEVER gets boring...
Gary L
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐05/02/2026
I done the double dead tour led by Katie who was absolutely brilliant!...
Estefanía Luque Ruiz
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐05/02/2026
Really recommend it if you are in Edinburgh and wish to have a great ghost tour....
Konstantinos Koulikas
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐04/02/2026
Really enjoyed the City of the Dead tour. The atmosphere was great...
Mary Byrne
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐04/02/2026
What an amazing experience. Ben was absolutely brilliant...
Natalie Beller
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐04/02/2026
Desiree was a phenomenal tour guide-can't recommend her enough!!! really great tour...
Kelsey Connell
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐03/02/2026
Desirae was AWESOME!!! hAd a wonderful time
H R
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐03/02/2026
Last Saturday 4 of us did the Double Dead Tour and it was absolutely brilliant! Katie was our guide...
sam castle
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐03/02/2026
Desiree was great! Great balance between scary stories and history.
No Name Left
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐03/02/2026
We were lucky to have Kieran talk us through the locations in the Royal Mile and the underground city.
Zoe Foster
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐02/02/2026
What an amazing experience!
Herbert Klein
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐01/02/2026
What a adventure trip in secret underground.