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
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
TOUR REVIEWS
(Full reviews on Google and Tripadvisor/Viator)
Liz S
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15/12/2025
Very interesting tour and Alistair was excellent...
Z5942NKcatherineb
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15/12/2025
Immersive, spooky, funny tour of areas you can’t normally get to...
sorayas300
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14/12/2025
We had an absolutely wonderful time with Ben... Absolute legend!
jamescR2532GK
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14/12/2025
Interesting tour around the Greyfriars cemetery learning stories about some of the...
Andrea Laurendi
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 13/12/2025
This user only left a rating
E McNaught
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 12/12/2025
The tour was so so good. Nat was an amazing, wonderful guide...
Alessandro Zangari
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 12/12/2025
(Translated by Google) Our guide, Nat, was very good and engaging!
Dei Noin
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 11/12/2025
(Rebecca) was a wonderful tour guide
alexbH3971MG
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/12/2025
Lou was an absolutely amazing tour guide. He had a great sense of humour and was super knowledgeable. Such a fantastic tour!!
nikos spyropoulos
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/12/2025
Nat was great!
Jerome Mourlam
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9/12/2025
This user only left a rating
Kat Raine
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 8/12/2025
A fantastic tour of Edinburgh's haunted vaults. Our guide Des was absolutely wonderful...
nikoley3
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/12/2025
Ben was a very inviting and friendly person full of facts, very intelligent and interesting!...
mandylI5485PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/12/2025
This was by far the best tour by a young man called Ben...
Basil6711
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/12/2025
What a fabulous tour, our guide Ben really kept everyone engaged...
129sim
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/12/2025
Lou was a fun, friendly and interesting host, who brought the tour to life...
983de_ag
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/12/2025
This tour was one of the more unique experiences we've had during out honeymoon in Edinburgh....
harrywE488ST
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/12/2025
Its all about the Guide! Des is fantastic and needs her own TV show...
RunHikeRun
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/12/2025
Katie is a wonderful storyteller and brings Edinburgh's dark tales to life...
Angelos Kasapakis
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/12/2025
We loved it! Hess storytelling gave a whole new context to exploring the vaults and the mausoleums!....
Simone Feduzzi
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/12/2025
This was an absolutely fantastic and interesting tour! It was nicely durational and our guide, Ben,....
Illaria Bimbo
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/12/2025
Ben was amazing and the tour is not only a ghost hunt, but an excellent way to learn about the city....
millie harris
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/12/2025
Me and my boyfriend booked this tour while visiting edinburgh and it did not disappoint! the lady we had as our guide was so very good
Sophie Williams
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/12/2025
Nats was a great tour guide, really enjoyed her energy and it was a very informative and interesting...
Reshika Gordon-Tamang
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/12/2025
Nat was brilliant and had great stories that scared grown men! Great wee tour!
Christie Rodman
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 29/11/2025
Great experience! Our guide Dom was brilliant! I learnt lots of really interesting facts. Its a bit...
Sarah Budlow
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 28/11/2025
Spooky, informative, and lots of fun!
elisapF7904WF
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 27/11/2025
I adored this tour. I booked it because I had read that it was one of the best ghost tours of the UK. It is, without a shadow of a doubt...
V1739LLnicholass
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 26/11/2025
Des'ree was an excellent guide and extremely knowledgeable as well as being entertaining...
RubenAlmeida22
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 26/11/2025
Excelente tour, muito divertida e assombrada! A nossa guia Nat foi espetacular, com...
(Full reviews on Google and Tripadvisor/Viator)
Liz S
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15/12/2025
Very interesting tour and Alistair was excellent...
Z5942NKcatherineb
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15/12/2025
Immersive, spooky, funny tour of areas you can’t normally get to...
sorayas300
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14/12/2025
We had an absolutely wonderful time with Ben... Absolute legend!
jamescR2532GK
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 14/12/2025
Interesting tour around the Greyfriars cemetery learning stories about some of the...
Andrea Laurendi
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 13/12/2025
This user only left a rating
E McNaught
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 12/12/2025
The tour was so so good. Nat was an amazing, wonderful guide...
Alessandro Zangari
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 12/12/2025
(Translated by Google) Our guide, Nat, was very good and engaging!
Dei Noin
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 11/12/2025
(Rebecca) was a wonderful tour guide
alexbH3971MG
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/12/2025
Lou was an absolutely amazing tour guide. He had a great sense of humour and was super knowledgeable. Such a fantastic tour!!
nikos spyropoulos
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/12/2025
Nat was great!
Jerome Mourlam
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9/12/2025
This user only left a rating
Kat Raine
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 8/12/2025
A fantastic tour of Edinburgh's haunted vaults. Our guide Des was absolutely wonderful...
nikoley3
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/12/2025
Ben was a very inviting and friendly person full of facts, very intelligent and interesting!...
mandylI5485PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/12/2025
This was by far the best tour by a young man called Ben...
Basil6711
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/12/2025
What a fabulous tour, our guide Ben really kept everyone engaged...
129sim
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/12/2025
Lou was a fun, friendly and interesting host, who brought the tour to life...
983de_ag
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 6/12/2025
This tour was one of the more unique experiences we've had during out honeymoon in Edinburgh....
harrywE488ST
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/12/2025
Its all about the Guide! Des is fantastic and needs her own TV show...
RunHikeRun
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/12/2025
Katie is a wonderful storyteller and brings Edinburgh's dark tales to life...
Angelos Kasapakis
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/12/2025
We loved it! Hess storytelling gave a whole new context to exploring the vaults and the mausoleums!....
Simone Feduzzi
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/12/2025
This was an absolutely fantastic and interesting tour! It was nicely durational and our guide, Ben,....
Illaria Bimbo
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3/12/2025
Ben was amazing and the tour is not only a ghost hunt, but an excellent way to learn about the city....
millie harris
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 2/12/2025
Me and my boyfriend booked this tour while visiting edinburgh and it did not disappoint! the lady we had as our guide was so very good
Sophie Williams
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/12/2025
Nats was a great tour guide, really enjoyed her energy and it was a very informative and interesting...
Reshika Gordon-Tamang
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/12/2025
Nat was brilliant and had great stories that scared grown men! Great wee tour!
Christie Rodman
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 29/11/2025
Great experience! Our guide Dom was brilliant! I learnt lots of really interesting facts. Its a bit...
Sarah Budlow
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 28/11/2025
Spooky, informative, and lots of fun!
elisapF7904WF
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 27/11/2025
I adored this tour. I booked it because I had read that it was one of the best ghost tours of the UK. It is, without a shadow of a doubt...
V1739LLnicholass
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 26/11/2025
Des'ree was an excellent guide and extremely knowledgeable as well as being entertaining...
RubenAlmeida22
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 26/11/2025
Excelente tour, muito divertida e assombrada! A nossa guia Nat foi espetacular, com...