Weird Distractions

The Edinburgh Vaults

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If you're looking for a spooky Scottish location - look no further! This week, Alex guides Christie down to the Edinburgh vaults, located underneath the South End Bridge. This location has been around for over 200 years, and has just as much paranormal encounters as you can imagine. Between a creepy entity referred to as, "Mr. Boots", a suspected famous witch, and other haunts - this may be an episode you listen to with the lights on. Need a distraction? We got you!

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Resources:

  • Google maps
  • Atlas Obscura website – “The Blair Street Underground Vaults” – By user LRT228 and Seanetta – no date listed.
  • Cambridge Dictionary website. 
  • Historic UK website – “Edinburgh Vaults” – By Claire Palmer
  • Historic UK website – “The Story of Burke and Hare” – By Ben Johnson 
  • Mercat tours website 
  • YouTube video – “World’s Scariest Hauntings S01E01 Edinburgh (Ed-In-Bur-Ruh) Vaults” - CSpi Paranormal Team – Uploaded on January 27th, 2019 
  • Supernatural Magazine article – “Agnes Finnie: Edinburgh’s (Ed-In-Bur-Ruh’s) Most Prolific Witch” – By: Jayne Harris – no date posted. 
  • Wandering Crystal website – “Witches in Scotland” – by Crystal 
  • The Guardian UK website article – “Couple tied the knot – literally – in underground temple” – By Stephen Bates – Thursday September 23rd, 2004. 

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