Murder and Mystery Walking Tour of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Take a look at Edinburgh's dark side, including tales of witchcraft, plague and torture on this Murder and Mystery Walking Tour of Edinburgh. Visit the scenes of many horrific tortures, murders and supernatural happenings as you walk along eerie alleyways an creepy courtyards of the Old Town. Your ghostly guide will blend history with humor and facts with fables, while "jumper-ooters" provide guaranteed ghastly appearances.

Visit the scenes of many horrific tortures, murders and supernatural happenings on this award winning tour of historic Old Town of Edinburgh. Your guide, under the cloak of darkness, is famous Edinburgh character Adam Lyal (deceased), highwayman, who was executed in Edinburgh's Grassmarket on 27th March 1811.

Mr Lyal leads you through the haunted alleyways and dark courtyards of Old Town Edinburgh telling tales of executions and torture, ghosts and witchcraft, and the notorious 19th century trade of body snatching.

Although the subject matter is dark, Mr Lyal's approach is fairly light-hearted. With a ghost as your guide, there will no doubt be a few strange incidents on route, whilst our "jumper-ooters" provide guaranteed ghastly appearances!

Beware! This walking tour takes place in the cobbled streets of Edinburgh in all seasons. In the interests of safety please dress appropriately and wear sensible shoes. You come on this tour at your own risk and it is not for the faint hearted.

USD $13.56

Review by: Chetan R	April 2012
It was my first trip to this beautiful country and for a change apart from looking at the fine side for so long, this trip was just the perfect way of knowing the past 'dark times' of Edinburgh! Do this!!!

Review by: shaun p	April 2012
A really enjoyable tour, both fun and informative. The guide was really engaging, and the 'jumper ooters' a real hoot! Well worth it!

Review by: Kelly G	March 2012
Guide was quirky but made a good effort, geared more towards children but was still enjoyable as a college student

Review by: SEAN M	March 2012
Tour was great :) Good fun and informative.Guides were warm and charming and knowledgable

Review by: Lana E	February 2012
Great, fun and value for money.

Review by: Kathryn C	January 2012
A very goofy and fun tour, even in the cold and rain. We had a great time.

Review by: stephen d	January 2012
Our first visit to Edinburgh, this tour was the best. We loved the stories told by Adam, he was brilliant as well as making us laugh, which was a lot. He was very knowledgeable and friendly. Now to the monk, he was absolutely hilarious,he made us laugh,he frightened the life out of us,which was great. We are coming back with friends, they would like to do the tour.

Review by: David W	January 2012
I found this tour a complete waste of time it was 2o% informitive and 80% comedy it should have been the other way around.

Review by: Terry P	January 2012
The tour was excellent entertainment - light-hearted and fun!

Review by: Filipe C	December 2011
Very funny !

Review by: GRAHAM P	December 2011
The walking tour was very good, it was a cold windy night which added to the mystery of the walk. There was the odd little surprise which, were appropriate and funny. The tour was good value for money.

Review by: Margaret G	November 2011
Very entertaining well done

Review by: Denis M	November 2011
The Witchery tour was a waste of money,we were brought around in a circle to the backs of buildings amongst wheelie bins.

Review by: Jamie M	October 2011
Our "phantom" was very entertatining and brought us to some great spots in Edinbugh to explain it's haunted history.

Review by: Patricia Anne S	October 2011
Fantastic tour!!! Amazing guide :-)

Review by: Elizabeth M	October 2011
excellent fun night out - would highly recommend this tour

Review by: Rhonda C	August 2011
Fun.

Review by: Brandon D	August 2011
It was okay, needs a few stories.

Review by: Maria H	July 2011
The tour was a great experience and the guides were fabulous! Only problem was that my bookings had been mixed-up so we were not on any lists. Although the mixed up bookings the guides solved the issue and we got to join the tour. Many thanks! I recommend this tour to all who are going to Edinburgh and if i ever go there again i will definitely go on these tours for a second time!

Review by: Jacqueslame	July 2011
Very spooky and sometimes we got goosepimpels caused by the sudden appearance of ghosts. Well done!! and worth the money.

Review by: Antonia S	July 2011
excellent, funny, and frightening,, really enjoyed it.

Review by: Thomas L	May 2011
Not at all frightening, mildly ammusing._br/_ Should be advertised as a comedy tour, very disappointing.

Review by: VIVIENNE B	May 2011
Excellent , thoroughly entertained ! Interesting historical facts highlighted by the ghost of a mad witch !!

Review by: Tom	May 2011
recommended

Review by: Marilyn M	May 2011
Due to a group of 15 not showing up for this tour and only 4 females to add the atmosphere it was a bit sad that we didnt leave this tour for another night!!_br/_ I enjoyed the experience and the added "scares" from a added extra._br/_ This tour was quite entertaining but would have been a lot better with a bigger crowd. Well done guys!

Review by: HELEN D	April 2011
Really great fun! I went along with my teenage children (15 and 17) and they really enjoyed it too! Light hearted, entertaining and generally a good laugh and educational too! Far better value than The Dungeons. Really worth doing!

Review by: maureen w	April 2011
Good fun, lots of laughs.

Review by: Martins B	April 2011
My family liked it. Recommend. Unexpected emotions.

Review by: Sandra M	March 2011
We really enjoyed this fun tour. There were loads of interesting and gory stories and historical facts, but they were mixed in with great "jumper -ooters" who injected comedy into the tour - fabulous fun!

Review by: Mark G	March 2011
Excellent tour, one of the best we've done!

Review by: pearl t, United Kingdom	May 2010
The guide was really good. My 10 years old son enjoyed it very much. Thank you.

Review by: caron b, United Kingdom	May 2010
An great combination of history and hysteria! What a fantastic pair of tour guides!

Review by: Caroline S, United Kingdom	April 2010
Thoroughly enjoyable and great fun. The hosts were great characters, and my children loved the whole experience. Also interesting to learn more history at the same time.

Review by: Matthew D, United States of America	April 2010
The tour guide was soooooooooo funny and really great with the kids.

Review by: Lisa M, United Kingdom	January 2010
Great fun, great value. Have been on other tours where you feel rushed and have to run to keep up, not so on this tour. Very informative and very witty.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	December 2009
Absolutely hilarious! If you're up for a laugh and a poor man running around in different costumes scaring the crap out of you then definitely go for it. If children come along they adapt their jokes and stories, but mine had purely adults in it and we were laughing till the end. Obviously apart from when you find out about certain horrific executions. Interesting and a brilliant way to end the night

Review by: june t, United Kingdom	November 2009
A most haunting experience. The tour was well presented and informative. The guide the deceased was funny and scarey along side his ghostly friend who added a lot of humor to an otherwise grizzly tale. It was most enjoyable to be going round the old town with these two entertaining guides. They made a cold dark wet November night into a eery, scarey frightfully delighful night. Well done boys.

Review by: IAN B, United Kingdom	November 2009
The guy who led it was fantastic. A very funny, amusing experience. our children loved it as did we! Would recommend it.

Review by: Jennifer M, United Kingdom	November 2009
We had a great night, it was fun and informative. The guide was really friendly and totally engaged the whole group.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	November 2009
Fantastic fun with a bit of scary stuff thrown in. Most enjoyable. Our guide was amusing and informative. Something for everyone.

Review by: robin b, United Kingdom	November 2009
Very well presented with a humourous overtone. Both myslef and my young charge throughly enjoyed it

Review by: Morag S, United Kingdom	November 2009
A really good evening in all. The tour guide was very knowledgable and good at drawing in the audience, and the "jumpy-ooter" was brilliant, really funny and still scary at the same time! Would highly recommend this to anyone, a good laugh and a good experience to be had!

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	September 2009
A good all round tour of the city, family friendly.

Review by: Claudia W, Austria	August 2009
It was a great tour!

Review by: Deanna M, United States of America	August 2009
I loved this. Our guides were so funny. We learned and laughed a lot. I would definitely recommend this.