1 - HAUNTED: Greyfriars Kirkyard

Episode Summary

Explore the haunting history of Greyfriars Kirkyard in this episode of Beyond the Unknown with your hosts Joli McGraw and Quinn Prescott, as they uncover the churchyards grim past, from Black Plague burials to the torment of Covenanters under Sir George 'Bloody' Mackenzie.

Learn about grave robbing, the malevolent Mackenzie poltergeist, and the tragic death of a medium. For official tours of the Covenanters Prison and Mackenzie's mausoleum, plan carefully!

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Episode Information

Greyfriars Kirkyard

Sir George 'Bloody' MacKenzie

Sir George Mackenzie's Under-maintained Mausoleum

Tombstone of Thomas Riddell

Mortsafes at Greyfriars Kirkyard

Episode Source Material

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