Stuff We’ve Done
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Post Apocalyptic Christmas Party
What would Christmas look like after the end of the world? That’s the question our Post-Apocalyptic Christmas Party seeks to answer. This event is held in a real underground nuclear bunker…
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A Brief History of the Spooky Sleepover
Grab a dressing gown, fill up a hot water bottle, settle in and join us for this a short presentation on the history of sleepover games – then join in if you dare as we try them out for ourselves…
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Ghost Hunter Academy
Do you have what it takes to be a ghost hunter? Find out with this two-part immersive event. You’ll learn about the history and science of paranormal investigation, then conduct a live ghost hunt in a haunted location…
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Postmodern Conversation Club
⏰ This event took place in October 2025. Want to know how it went? Check out the gallery for photos and testimonials or Join our mailing list to be informed if we run it again! ⏰ Postmodern Conversation Club is a surreal take on a classic conversation club concept. You’ll meet a bunch of new people…
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Pint and a Spooky(ish) Thing
⏰ This event took place in July 2025. Want to know how it went? Check out the gallery for photos and testimonials or Join our mailing list to be informed if we run it again! ⏰ The premise of Pint and a Spooky Thing is simple: go for a drink, and then explore one of Edinburgh’s many…
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IGS Does The Fringe
⏰ This event took place in August 2025. Want to know how it went? Check out the gallery for photos and testimonials or Join our mailing list to be informed if we run it again! ⏰ The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s biggest performing arts festival… with more than 2,000 shows a day during almost the…
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World War II Cookery Class
⏰ This event took place in June 2025. Want to know how it went? Check out the gallery for photos and testimonials or Join our mailing list to be informed if we run it again! ⏰ While many people associate the years of the Second World War with rationing, it was also a time of…
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McGonagall Night
William “Topaz” McGonagall is famous (or perhaps infamous) for having compiled some of the very worst poems every to have existed. We think he deserves to be celebrated every bit as much as other more conventionally successful poets. And with this event, that’s exactly what we do…
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Experience The Ganzfeld Effect
⏰ This event took place in March 2025. Want to know how it went? Check out the gallery for photos and testimonials or Join our mailing list to be informed if we run it again! ⏰ Experience the Ganzfeld Effect is an interactive lecture about the history and science of the unique hallucinatory phenomena known…
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Best Bad Poetry Competition
⏰ This competition closed in April 2025. Want to know how it went? Check out the gallery for photos and testimonials or Join our mailing list to be informed if we run it again! ⏰ In honour of famed Scottish poet William McGonagall, the International Ghost Society ran a Best Bad Poetry Competition. We put…