CITY OF THE DEAD TOURS

World Famous, Award Winning, ​Underground City​ & Haunted Graveyard Tours
​(featuring the legendary Mackenzie Poltergeist)​®

We are doing a one-off Double Dead tour IN FRENCH on the 23rd May @ 7.00pm.  
​Book now! Vive la difference! (pardon our French)


​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​
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​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




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LATEST REVIEWS
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(full reviews on Google and TripAdvisor)

Zoe
★★★★★ 23/5/2025
Ben was such an amazing tour guide! I learned so much about Edinburgh's (dark) history...

Ciarán Logue
★★★★★ 23/5/2025
Creepy, interesting and informative! Alasdair the tour guide was engaging and entertaining...

anniej5250
★★★★★ 23/5/2025
Greatly enjoyed The Double Dead tour with our guide Ben... 

NatalieT2343
★★★★★ 22/5/2025
Aye! Ryan is the best. Very informative history of Scotland, Edinburgh, and the secret underground ghosts!...

joannarO5442EO
★★★★★ 22/5/2025
Ryan was the greatest tour guide! He brought humor into the tour that kept us engaged and learning...

pamz374
★★★★★ 22/5/2025
Our tour guide Ryan was awesome!! He was engaging, funny and knowledgeable...

Jack Hatzes
★★★★★ 21/5/2025
Our tour guide Ben was great! He kept us so involved in the tour. His sense of humor and historical...

Kayleigh West
★★★★★ 21/5/2025
Our tour guide Nat was incredible! She really made the night, real impressed...​

Faisal Rashid
★★★★★ 20/5/2025
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rolee_W
★★★★★ 19/5/2025
Gerry was an amazing, animated storyteller... Highly recommend this tour...

Carolee_W
★★★★★ 19/5/2025
Tour guide Gerry was an amazing, animated storyteller, who brought the history of the graveyard to life. Highly recommend this tour.

Sherpa39504551717
★★★★★ 19/5/2025
What a great tour! Our guide, Fiona, was fantastic...

Jeremy C
★★★★★ 18/5/2025
Ben was an amazing guide and host... This is worth your time to do.

Seaside47709656225
★★★★★ 18/5/2025
We had Fiona as our tour guide... She makes you shiver with the facts and how she performed them, but also makes you laugh...

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Jon Gray
★★★★★ 17/5/2025
Alistair did a marvellous presentation very atmosphere and informative.

Kelli Blair
★★★★★ 17/5/2025

Jeremy Cummings
★★★★★ 17/5/2025
What a wonderful evening we had with Ben. He was informative and genuinely engaging.

ashleygG8814LA
★★★★★ 16/5/2025
We did the Double Dead Tour with Nat on one of our first nights in Edinburgh. Great way to learn some history of the city. 

Dreamer10816230355
★★★★★ 15/5/2025
Best tour ever (with Lou)... one of my favorite activities we did during our stay in Edinburgh. 

496leef
★★★★★ 14/5/2025
Great tour, Nat was amazing, very knowledgeable and fun. Felt eerie in there.

brooklyn Magill
★★★★★ 13/5/2025
Fiona was an amazing guide—I’ve done four tours across different companies during my holiday and...

Aaron Roider
★★★★★ 12/5/2025
Nat was a great tour guide made an excellent time of of our tour!

Sydney Moule
★★★★★ 12/5/2025
Nat was a wonderful tour guide! Her energy made the double dead tour spooky and informative.

Tomáš Bayer
★★★★★ 12/5/2025

B9655FNalisonh
★★★★★ 11/5/2025
Guides Fiona and Alistair were knowledgeable and entertaining .A great history lesson of the dark side of Edinburgh.

A8431LIchristinea
★★★★★ 10/5/2025
Alastair was a wonderful guide. Loved his stories and sense of humor. This is an interesting tour! 

Gerry Huizer
★★★★★ 9/5/2025
We took the tour today with Jenn as our guide. She was fantastic!! So knowledgeable and funny. I...

Lexi Powers
★★★★★ 8/5/2025
The Haunted Graveyard Tour might live in my nightmares but Ross will live in my dreams. 10/10 tour.....

Aidan Coogan
★★★★★ 7/5/2025
We had Fiona as our tour guide and she was an absolute gem. It was a very immersive and memorable.....

Kassandra Spencer
★★★★★ 7/5/2025
Amazing tour of the darkest, spookiest parts of Edinburgh... Allister is a fantastic guide...

Carigan Donnelly
★★★★★ 6/5/2025
 One of our favourite parts of our Scotland trip! Lou was knowledgeable, and a wonderful story teller... 

Kimbles4600
★★★★★ 6/5/2025
Our tour guide Nat was brilliant... 

B7181BTnicolag
★★★★★ 5/5/2025
Thrilling experience. Great historical intro outdoor before jumping in the dark underworld. Guide Sara is a super talented...

rebeccacO7259XX
★★★★★ 4/5/2025
Thoroughly enjoyed the spine-tingling tour of the South Bridge Vaults and Greyfriars Kirkyard with Alistair...

jacquelinemX3403WA
★★★★★ 4/5/2025​
Fiona was a fantastic guide. She even took some extra time to show us Potter heads around Greyfriars a bit more...

Aimee Truitt
★★★★★ 4/5/2025
Our tour guide was Fiona and she was fantastic! A great storyteller & historian I learned a lot & was entertained the entire tour...

​Todd Barran
★★★★★ 3/5/2025
V spooky - thank you to our tour guide Beth

Dan Truitt
★★★★★ 2/5/2025
Fiona gave us a fantastic and spooky experience in Edinburgh! Accessing the vaults and hearing the...

Johana B
★★★★★ 2/5/2025
Fiona is so passionate about what she does. I absolutely loved the tour...

​jacquelinemX3403WA
★★★★★ 1/5/2025
If you like spooky paranormal things- absolutely do this tour... Fiona was a fantastic guide. 

Michael Martin
★★★★★ 1/5/2025
Fiona was such an amazing tour guide. Very funny and insightful! Highly recommended!

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  • Our Tours
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  • HAUNTED GRAVEYARD TOUR
  • UNDERGROUND CITY OF THE DEAD
  • HISTORY ETCHED IN STONE (Greyfriars Kirkyard Tours)
  • WITCH?
  • HARRY POTTER AND FRIENDS
  • MONSTERS OF THE ROYAL MILE
  • Find/Contact
  • Media Reviews
  • About City of the Dead
  • The Mackenzie Poltergeist
  • Shop
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Black Hart Books
  • Guides Wanted
  • Private tours
  • Some Kind of Tours
  • THE BRISBANE EXPERIENCE