MARY KING'S GHOST FEST IS BACK!
Thursday March 18th to Tuesday March 23rd 2010!
The award winning Mary King’s Ghost Fest will be back in 2010 at a new time of the year! As always the festival will be packed year with a programme of events will kept the most avid of ghost hunters and the most serious of sceptics entertained for hours….perhaps the darker nights of March will draw out more of Edinburgh's spooky residents? Every year the festival offers a wide range of exciting events which allow people the opportunity to explore and examine under supervision the truly ‘haunted’ nature of extraordinary Edinburgh.
This year highlights include medium Chris Conway (from Living TV's Most Haunted) visit The Real Mary King's Close for the first time, a Scottish first as Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe and Steve Parsons bring their 'So You Want To Be A Ghost Hunter' workshop north of the border and many new and favourite locations open their doors for overnight vigils - Blair Street Vaults, Damnation Alley, the Dalmahoy Hotel and Scotch Malt Whisky Society vaults are just a few of the highlights!
As always, you can also take a break from investigating and hear stories of Edinburgh's mysterious past at fascinating locations such as Newhailes and Lauriston Castle, watch some classic spooky movies at The Scotsman Hotel or find out what the future could hold from a medium at the Psychic Fair or Edinburgh College of Parapsychology. New for 2010, you can take a walk on the darker side of Edinburgh's history with the Burke and Hare Murder Tour or the Ultimate Supernatural Tour.
There's too much happening to list them all here so check out the calendar of events! TICKETS GO ON SALE FROM MONDAY JANUARY 18TH FROM THE RESPECTIVE PARTNERS
Who dare join us on the other side as we, again, delve deep into Edinburgh’s dark and mysterious past…
The Real Mary King's Close
Mary King's Ghost Fest is funded and organised by one of Edinburgh’s most popular and important tourist attractions, The Real Mary King’s Close, and is supported by a growing number of organisations across the city.
Mary King lived at the top of one of narrow Closes off the Royal Mile until her death in 1644. The Close, later named after her, was preserved when the City Chambers was constructed over the site in 1853. What remains today is a strange underground time – capsule of small houses and spaces, steeped in mystery and shrouded in dark stories.
Thought to be one of the most haunted places in Scotland, The Real Mary King’s Close has appeared on Living TV’s Most Haunted twice and more recently the Sci-Fi Channel’s Ghost Hunters International. It is therefore fitting that a number of special events take place at this venue throughout the festival.
www.realmarykingsclose.com
