A Tour of the Old Town |
What better way to start a new year than by taking a look back over our lives, reflecting on how lucky we, and looking forward to what the next year promises? And, looking even further back into the m...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:41:00 PST |
Merry Christmas! |
We at the tours are well known for our somewhat eccentric Christmas cards, and this year I think we've excelled ourselves. Simply click on the lovely image above, and enjoy the Mad Monks of the Cowgat...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:35:00 PST |
Agnes Fynnie - "Ane Most Notorious Witch" |
(Agnes Fynnie, Edinburgh's most reviled witch, from a contemporary pamphlet)
The date of Agnes Fynnie's birth in Edinburgh is unknown, but it seems likely that she was born sometime around...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:08:00 PST |
Ghosts of the Old Town |
(An image taken by a guest on the Witchery Tours, allegedly showing the ghost of a lady in Victorian dress in the background. The photographer claims that the lady was not present at the time the imag...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:49:00 PST |
Major Thomas Weir: The Wizard of the West Bow |
(The Devil's Coach, as Witnessed by Several Persons on the West Bow)Of all the bizarre characters in Edinburgh history, Major Thomas Weir stands as one of the strangest. His life began ordinarily enou...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:53:00 PST |
Halloween is coming... |
Halloween is one of the Western world's favourite holidays. A time when we can all dress up as the monster of our choice and terrify our nearest and dearest with ghost stories and spooky pranks. Of co...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:11:00 PST |
The Strange Case of Deacon William Brodie |
(William Brodie, Deacon of the Incorporation of Wrights and Masons)William Brodie was an unusual man, to say the least. He was born into a well respected Edinburgh family in 1741, his father being a w...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:59:00 PST |
The Porteous Riot |
(The Edinburgh Mob gathers in anticipation of the Lynching of Captain John Porteous)In 18th Century Edinburgh, the Establishment and its enforcers were not held in high regard by the common people of ...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:52:00 PST |
What Lies Beneath? |
(Part of the remains of Mary King's Close, beneath the City Chambers)There is much made of the fabled "underground city" of Edinburgh. Many people are convinced that beneath the Royal Mile lie a netwo...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:20:00 PST |
Edinburgh Youth in the Good Old Days... |
(Sir Walter Scott, as seen by Henry Raeburn on the Crosscauseway during a "bicker")The behaviour of Edinburgh's younger residents is of late often bewailed as being in a "sad state of decline". Barely...
Posted by Adam Lyal (Deceased) on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:52:00 PST |
