On Saturday 4th May 2024 we carried out a paranormal investigation inside Barnton Bunker, a disused nuclear bunker in Edinburgh. Once upon a time, Barnton Bunker was the designated Regional Seat of Government for Scotland in the event of nuclear war. Had the worst happened, around 400 civil servants, politicians, firefighters and doctors would have…
Author: Ghost Admin
Stairwells of Edinburgh
Edinburgh has hundreds of wonderful old tenement buildings… and in many of them, while the individual apartments have been renovated time and time again over the years, the common stairwells have remained almost completely untouched. Tenement stairwells may be dark and dank. They may be cold, stony, beautiful, dusty or madly off-kilter. Often there are…
Pint and a Spooky Thing
We organised several spooky walks in Edinburgh that began with a pint (or two) in a historic pub, and ended in one or other of the city’s most haunted graveyards. On our first PaaST we visited Greyfriar’s Cemetery, where we learned about the incredibly touching story of Greyfriar’s Bobby, and risked a knock of the…
First Birthday Party
On Saturday the 10th of February, 2024, we kicked off the new year by returning to the Outhouse to celebrate one full year of the Ghost Society being a thing that, more-or-less, exists. We were joined by our pair of radio-controlled ghost mascots, which worked flawlessly: We were also able, through a game of “pin…
Ghost Hunt Report: Chillingham Castle (England) October 2023
IGAS went on a roadtrip to the incredibly aptly named Chillingham Castle, and chill we did! Mainly because, due to the biblically terrible weather we’ve been having of late, most of the fun parts got rained off.But that didn’t dampen our spirits (ho ho).The courageous crew set off from Edinburgh via a very uncreepy and…
The Inaugural IGAS Pint and a Spooky Thing
On Saturday 30th September, in honour of that most hallowed of holidays: “International Ghost Hunting Day” (because of course), the International Ghost Appreciation Society hosted our inaugural “PINT AND A SPOOKY THING” event! (Pause for all the cheering) And it was delightful. The natural follow-up question, now that all the cheering has subsided is “what,…
What a Sad Little Life, Jane
We did a show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023 all about that one episode of Come Dine With Me where a contestant is salty about losing and angrily denounces his fellow diners. Actually, there are multiple episodes of Come Dine With Me where that happens. But it was about this one in particular: Excruciating…
Ghost Hunt Report: Inverary Jail, Scotland (July 2023)
We took a trip to Inverary Jail – a haunted jail and courthouse in Scotland…
Ouija Fever
The Society’s first Ouija board was lost during a house move before the Society’s official launch. To remedy this oversight, we crafted our very own custom Ouija board for future investigations. On Saturday 4th March 2023 we inaugurated the new board by taking questions from our members. Here are a few of the highlights. QUESTION: How many…