Hollyrood Palace
Queen Elizabeth's Scottish home was originally an abbey built by King David which has since been expanded. It was the site of the murder of Mary, Queen of Scot's close friend (and reputed lover) David Rizzio, who incurred the jealousy of Mary's husband Lord Darnley, and was stabbed nearly sixty times as a result. Guests have reported having headaches in the room in which Rizzio died, and in the 1980s, a security guard felt a cold spot and heard footsteps. The palace is also haunted by a "Green Lady," thought by some to be Mary, Queen of Scots.

Edinburgh Castle
The Castle is full of hidden passages, cellars, and tunnels, including one that is rumored to connect to Hollyrood Palance. Legend has it that listeners can still hear the song of a piper who got lost and died in the tunnels while ordered on a mission to see if one tunnel did indeed lead to Hollyrood.

Greyfriars Cemetery
A site of some notoriety, Greyfriars was a prison for the Covenanters, a defeated Presbyterian group that had raised an army against Episcopalian rule. In 1679, over a thousand Covenanters were imprisoned in Greyfriars with little food, and hundreds of them died and were buried there. Since the late 1990s, several tourists have reported being attacked by a vicious poltergeist that seems to roam the grounds.

West Bow Street
Though the house in which he resided no longer exists, the spirit of Major Thomas Weir, a fanatical preacher who was eventually executed for practicing witchcraft and for engaging in deviant sexual practices, still can be seen on the street. Weir has been seen on a horse, surrounded by flames.

Rosalyn Chapel
Built in 1446 by Sir William Sinclair, some think Rosalyn Chapel is modeled after the temple of King Solomon. The ghosts of a templar knight and a monk have been reported here, and some thing the Chapel houses an astral doorway that is both a portal through time--and to the spirit world.

Underground Vaults
In the 1600s, the poor were forced to live in vaults located under Edinburgh, an entire underground city, complete with houses and stores. It was abandoned in the nineteenth century, but is now visited by tour groups and, of course, supernatural investigators. Though some friendly spirits have been reported in the vaults, not all are such. A location known as the Cobbler's Room is the site of a frightening apparition known as the Mad Woman, and at least one psychic has reported seeing a man with leather boots trying to scare away tresspassing visitors from this side of the grave.

Mary King's Close
A "close" is a "narrow way or alley," according to The American Heritage Dictionary, or, as Webster's put it, a street or staircase leading from a major road to a court. A close named after a woman by the name of Mary King is of particular interest, as during a great plague in 1645 it was where the sick were quarantined, left to die. Current visitors to Mary King's Close, now located under post-1645 buildings, have reported feeling faint, as well as experiencing a great wave of emotions. Rumor has it that the keep is haunted by the ghosts of plague victims, as well as a tall lady dressed in black and Annie, a little girl whose continuing presence is brightened by the toys visitors leave for her.

Dalhousie Castle
Dalhousie was built in 1247 by the Ramsey clan, who would hold it for 850 years. It was converted to a hotel in 1974, and those who are there report strange occurences. One ghost is that of Lady Catherine, the daughter of a seventeenth century owner of the castle, who died of starvation after being imprisoned in her room for a year as punishment for fraternizing with a staffmember. A waitress once said she saw the ghost of a butler in the dining room, covered with cobwebs. And, curiously (and unfortunately), Dalhousie is also the haunt of a ghost dog, Petra, who fell to its death from one of the castle's towers during the 1980s.