The definitive Edinburgh underground ghost tour

Venture beneath the streets and discover the most haunted underground vaults in Edinburgh. A chilling world of shadows and secrets, the Blair Street Underground Vaults are exclusively accessible with Mercat Tours. This multi-sensory, enriched ghost tour offers a spine-tingling glimpse into true tales of Edinburgh’s dark past.   

Pay attention to the shadows around you. Do you hear the creaking of the gallows, the shuffle of a foot, the ghostly echoes of a child's haunting song? 

Abandon thoughts of manufactured frights and make-believe scares. Most chilling of all is that these twisted tales of history at its worst are all true.

The skill is in the enhanced storytelling. These vaults witnessed the deeds of mischief-makers and murderers, vagrants, and torturers. It’s said to be one of Edinburgh’s most haunted sites, where restless spirits still tread to this day.

Exclusive underground vaults

Your cloaked Master Storyteller will lead you through the shadowy closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town, where murders, misdeeds and mischief took place. These dark and dreary streets are untouched by daylight, filled with a strange silence – their damp walls carrying only the faintest echo of the crowds on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.  

With the scene set, you’ll descend into the depths of the city and listen in horror to the dark and sinister events which took place over the years. Torture. Murder. Hangings. From body snatchers to the city's real-life characters, you’ll be gripped by the true tales lurking beneath Edinburgh’s streets in the underground vaults, where centuries of sorrow echo and restless spirits are said to linger.  

Perhaps you’ll experience a cold breath on the back of your neck, or a whisper – then silence. It’s all the more chilling for being absolutely real: there are no spooks, tricks or jump scares on our Edinburgh ghost tours.  

After, take the story home with an exclusive short story featuring an old Edinburgh haunt. Read it time and again, a gift from our Master Storytellers. 

This is no ordinary haunted tour; it’s an unforgettable descent into Edinburgh’s unsettling past.  

Feel it. Hear it. The Haunted Underground awaits.