Halloween Underground

A haunted heart beats beneath Edinburgh's streets.

There’s nothing quite like taking a ghost tour of Edinburgh’s most haunted vaults on the most haunted night of the year: Samhuinn. 

The famous Blair Street Underground Vaults are spine-chilling at the best of times: a candlelit labyrinth of gloomy tunnels in which every sound, every shadowy movement, stops you in your tracks and makes your blood run cold. At Halloween, the experience is unforgettable. 

Prepare to be spooked

Your tour starts at Edinburgh’s Mercat Cross, a spot where criminals were once tortured and executed. Your Mercat Storyteller will meet and introduce you to the lore of Samhuinn and the world of spirits and the sìdh. Then, they will lead you through the atmospheric Old Town, sharing macabre tales in darkened closes en route. 

Finally, you’ll descend into the Blair Street Underground Vaults where you’ll hear more sinister stories of body snatchers, murderers, ghosts and ghouls. Tread softly down there. In the vaults no one can hear you scream...