Edinburgh Vaults

They were dark, dirty, and generally dangerous living conditions which... persisted for years it's unclear when the vaults were cleared out and sealed there are varying dates between the 1830s and the 1870s so we're not sure but they sat empty for several decades until they were rediscovered and reopened in the 1980s Presently, the vaults remain open mostly for ghost tours and are allegedly super haunted.

Mercat Tours builds their expedition as follows.

This is the tour that I went on.

It was fun, but no ghosts were encountered.

The residual haunting theory posits that it's not a consciousness, but an echo.

Think of places like the Edinburgh Vaults under Southbridge, not strictly religious, but with a deeply dark, suffering history.

Visitors report feeling overwhelmed, nauseous, seeing fleeting shadows, almost like reliving the despair of those who perished there.

So these sacred spaces intended to uplift and inspire can sometimes become accidental archives of pain.

But audio-wise, I've had...

You ever been to the Edinburgh Vaults at all? We went down to Nidri Street once.

And we were in this very small kind of alcove thing.

I think it was a wine cellar a bit.