Post by spriskeptic on May 4, 2006 15:37:10 GMT -5
When Robin and I visited Endinburgh way back in 1998 we toured the Vaults and many of the closes.
(A close is a very narrow alley, being 2 to 4 feet wide, between buildings or groups of buildings and running for an entire block. Some have courtyards.)
I don't particularly remember Mary King's Close. Ther are many on the Royal Mile which is the main street coming up the hill to Ediburgh Castle. The Vaults below the city were very cool and a little creepy, but other that that I did not experience anything paranormal while down there.
Anyway it seems that Edinburgh takes it's paranormal past very seriously. They have a Ghost Fest that will take place next week. It will include vigils..... Well I'll just let you read it.
From Scotsman.com News
Thu 4 May 2006
Ghost hunters to gather at haunted close
A PARANORMAL conference is to take place in one of Edinburgh's most haunted locations.
A host of mediums, psychics and fans of the paranormal will descend on Mary King's Close next week for the Ghost Fest event.
Organiser Scottish Paranormal will hold vigils, some of which will be all night long, in the famous tourist landmark off the Royal Mile as well as the Edinburgh Vaults on Blair Street.
Members of the public will get the chance to accompany an investigating team that will try and establish if ghosts are present.
Mary King's Close, which was closed off due to plague from the Christmas of 1644 to the autumn of 1646, opened its doors to guided tours in 1995 and has been a fully-fledged visitor attraction for almost three years.
Ewan Irvine, an Edinburgh-based clairvoyant, said: "I have taken part in a couple of vigils with Scottish Paranormal, both in Mary King's Close and the Edinburgh Vaults.
"Hopefully, I can bring forward some of the characters and people who lived and worked there in distant times of our city."
Ryan O'Neill, of Scottish Paranormal, said: "Research of the paranormal is a serious thing."
For more goto scotsman.com and/or read related topics here:
news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=667052006
(A close is a very narrow alley, being 2 to 4 feet wide, between buildings or groups of buildings and running for an entire block. Some have courtyards.)
I don't particularly remember Mary King's Close. Ther are many on the Royal Mile which is the main street coming up the hill to Ediburgh Castle. The Vaults below the city were very cool and a little creepy, but other that that I did not experience anything paranormal while down there.
Anyway it seems that Edinburgh takes it's paranormal past very seriously. They have a Ghost Fest that will take place next week. It will include vigils..... Well I'll just let you read it.
From Scotsman.com News
Thu 4 May 2006
Ghost hunters to gather at haunted close
A PARANORMAL conference is to take place in one of Edinburgh's most haunted locations.
A host of mediums, psychics and fans of the paranormal will descend on Mary King's Close next week for the Ghost Fest event.
Organiser Scottish Paranormal will hold vigils, some of which will be all night long, in the famous tourist landmark off the Royal Mile as well as the Edinburgh Vaults on Blair Street.
Members of the public will get the chance to accompany an investigating team that will try and establish if ghosts are present.
Mary King's Close, which was closed off due to plague from the Christmas of 1644 to the autumn of 1646, opened its doors to guided tours in 1995 and has been a fully-fledged visitor attraction for almost three years.
Ewan Irvine, an Edinburgh-based clairvoyant, said: "I have taken part in a couple of vigils with Scottish Paranormal, both in Mary King's Close and the Edinburgh Vaults.
"Hopefully, I can bring forward some of the characters and people who lived and worked there in distant times of our city."
Ryan O'Neill, of Scottish Paranormal, said: "Research of the paranormal is a serious thing."
For more goto scotsman.com and/or read related topics here:
news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=667052006