Anyone here done the McKenzie Poltergeist tour in Edinburgh and your thoughts on it?

Aurora Borealis

Was over recently and did the above tour. Guide takes you through the streets of Edin and tells you various stories of witch hunts, hangings etc then takes you to this graveyard which is apparently the greatest area for paranormal activity in Europe ( if I remember correctly). People come away with unexplained scratches, bruises etc. No one did to my knowledge that particular night in any event and I'm not too great a believer in such things but I swear I actually tried to say a little Hail Mary I got so freaked. (Tried being operative word, couldn't remember half it... Heathen status almost complete...)

Anyhoo as per thread title, anyone here done it and what say you?

Darragh29

Aurora Borealis wrote: »

Was over recently and did the above tour. Guide takes you through the streets of Edin and tells you various stories of witch hunts, hangings etc then takes you to this graveyard which is apparently the greatest area for paranormal activity in Europe ( if I remember correctly). People come away with unexplained scratches, bruises etc. No one did to my knowledge that particular night in any event and I'm not too great a believer in such things but I swear I actually tried to say a little Hail Mary I got so freaked. (Tried being operative word, couldn't remember half it... Heathen status almost complete...)

Anyhoo as per thread title, anyone here done it and what say you?

I did it around 2-3 years ago, it's excellent! As an evening of entertainment, it is very good, however the whole story of the Mc Kenzie Poltergeist is blown out of all proportion to get people to go on the tour!

Crash

Yeah I did it about a year or go - great fun. Guides are excellent.I'd be a skeptic but i'd love to experience something and be proven wrong, and there were one or two points where my mind played some sweet tricks on me, and one point that may have been a medium sized clustorphobic panic attack, afterwards we all got sloshed as it was the only way to calm the nerves

Darragh29

Going Forward wrote: »

Yeah I did it about a year or go - great fun. Guides are excellent.I'd be a skeptic but i'd love to experience something and be proven wrong, and there were one or two points where my mind played some sweet tricks on me, and one point that may have been a medium sized clustorphobic panic attack, afterwards we all got sloshed as it was the only way to calm the nerves

I'd be in the exact same boat, I'm a skeptic but would love to be proven wrong. Did they put a "jumper outer" on for your tour of Greyfriars??? This is where someone jumps out into the vault when you are in it, with a mask on and everyone screams!?!

6th

City of the Dead tours dont use jumpers. Infact most tour groups there dont use them anymore following an incident were a woman got a fright, slipped, fell and broke her collar bone.

Its a great tour, possibly one of the best, but thats done to the quality of the tour guides and the setting. Even when nothing happens (which is most of the time) its a great way tio spend a couple of hours.

Crash

Hehehe aye I'd do it again with another group of people in a second They did use a jumper when I was there though, did have a momentary poop-self moment thanks to the ****er :P

shipwreck

Havent done the McKenzie Poltergeist tour but did one about two years by the Auld reekie tour group. It was of one of the vaults under edinburgh...was fantastic, definitely scared....tour guide was amazing!!!

Though recommended it to some friends, who did the same tour and they thought the tour guide wasnt very good......

A must though if you're going to Edinburgh!

Darragh29

Actually, it was that good, we did the Mc Kenzie tour twice! The second night, I knew that a jumper outer would be appearing so I had my camera ready! I have a few pics somewhere I'll throw up!

I think what makes the Greyfriars tour so scary is reading on their website, the "fully documented" incidences of attacks and cuts people have been left with after the tour, this would scare the sh*te out of you, skeptic or not!

Darragh29

6th wrote: »

City of the Dead tours dont use jumpers. Infact most tour groups there dont use them anymore following an incident were a woman got a fright, slipped, fell and broke her collar bone.

Its a great tour, possibly one of the best, but thats done to the quality of the tour guides and the setting. Even when nothing happens (which is most of the time) its a great way tio spend a couple of hours.

They defo used one when I was there a few years ago, I have the brown trousers to prove it! :D:D

11811

shipwreck wrote: »

Havent done the McKenzie Poltergeist tour but did one about two years by the Auld reekie tour group. It was of one of the vaults under edinburgh...was fantastic, definitely scared....tour guide was amazing!!!

Though recommended it to some friends, who did the same tour and they thought the tour guide wasnt very good......

A must though if you're going to Edinburgh!

Actually went on that on Saturday, great tour, had a jumper on it, kinda saw it coming tbh, but the vaults sure are creepy..

Faith

Aurora Borealis wrote: »

Was over recently and did the above tour. Guide takes you through the streets of Edin and tells you various stories of witch hunts, hangings etc then takes you to this graveyard which is apparently the greatest area for paranormal activity in Europe ( if I remember correctly). People come away with unexplained scratches, bruises etc. No one did to my knowledge that particular night in any event and I'm not too great a believer in such things but I swear I actually tried to say a little Hail Mary I got so freaked. (Tried being operative word, couldn't remember half it... Heathen status almost complete...)

Anyhoo as per thread title, anyone here done it and what say you?

Yeah, I've done that twice and it's a great laugh. Being in the mausoleum scared the bejaysus out of me but absolutely nothing weird happened either time. I'd love to do it again, only I now know all of the historical part off by heart.

@ 6th: City of the Dead most certainly had jumper-outers when I did it, a couple of years ago.

shipwreck wrote: »

Havent done the McKenzie Poltergeist tour but did one about two years by the Auld reekie tour group. It was of one of the vaults under edinburgh...was fantastic, definitely scared....tour guide was amazing!!!

Though recommended it to some friends, who did the same tour and they thought the tour guide wasnt very good......

A must though if you're going to Edinburgh!

Those vaults really freaked me out. I just really wanted to get out of there. It wasn't even the supernatural element, just the place itself. I'm just glad we didn't go on the late night "terror tour", I'd probably have passed out! :pac:

6th

Sorry just to clear it was only a couple of years ago that I heard they stopped using them.

FWIW I heard Meercat tours are very good too.

Randi

6th wrote: »

City of the Dead tours dont use jumpers. Infact most tour groups there dont use them anymore following an incident were a woman got a fright, slipped, fell and broke her collar bone.

Its a great tour, possibly one of the best, but thats done to the quality of the tour guides and the setting. Even when nothing happens (which is most of the time) its a great way tio spend a couple of hours.

Hey I was there twice, both times they used jumpers when we were in the tomb (or whatever its called, cant think now), not sure if its still happening but they did it oct 2007. Was a good night, wasnt that scary, with all the experiences you hear, your expectations are high and you want something to happen, I came away with a scratch below my eye and on my belly but I think I did that in my sleep

razorblunt

I did the Auld Reekie tour last August was good laugh not enough time spent in the vault though, never saw the jumper coming but what a laugh when he did!