Season 2 - Episode 1 - Greyfriars Kirkyard and the Mackenzie Poltergeist

Welcome to season 2!

In this exciting first episode, Eilidh and Kieran discuss Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard and the mysterious Mackenzie Poltergeist who's said to haunt it. Not only that but they share a theory that the Mackenzie Poltergeist might not be who everyone suspects it is Plus, as an extra special treat to start off the season, Eilidh and Kieran talk about their experiences while visiting the Kirkyard and going inside the black mausoleum! Some spooky things happened we think you'll enjoy.

Big thank you to City of The Dead Tours for showing us around!

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Show Notes

Sources

• https://www.cityofthedeadtours.com/

• https://greyfriarskirk.com/visit/kirkyard/

• https://thirdeyetraveller.com/greyfriars-kirkyard-edinburgh-haunted-bobby/

• http://www.royal-mile.com/interest/greyfriars-kirkyard.html

• http://www.friar.org/following-jesus

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Reformation

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-flodden-wall-edinburgh-scotland

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenanters

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mackenzie_of_Rosehaugh

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/george-mackenzie-s-mausoleum

• https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/tourist-terrorising-mackenzie-poltergeist-2509117

• https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/unregulated-ghost-hunting-and-harry-potter-tour-groups-using-and-abusing-edinburghs-cemeteries-bones-coming-out-ground-sparking-council-action-3021047

• http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/vol31_no3/T_Eleven_Plagues.pdf

• https://www.realmarykingsclose.com/blog/edinburghs-plague-doctor/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bothwell_Bridge

• http://www.covenanter.org.uk/greyfriars_prison.html

• https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/william-mcgonagall/

• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/William-McGonagall-The-bard-of-Dundee/

• https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/tay-bridge-disaster/

  https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Greyfriars-Bobby/