You may think me a terrible son, but I took my mother on a Haunted Torture Tour of Edinburgh. It met at Dusk outside this abandoned church.
Our guide, dressed all in black met us there, and then escorted us through some of the back streets, and then ultimately into the dark underground chambers below South Street.
We went into one room where she showed us some actual torture implements. It was actually very disturbing to think of what hideous ideas people can come up with for torturing another human being.
Deep below South Street, which was at one time a bridge, but now contains these "underground" chambers, our guide told us these very creepy historical ghost stories. This was where many homeless people were living and dying, and many ultimately were baked alive when the city above them burned.
She showed us a room that a Wicken Coven used until it was believed that very dangerous spirits occupied the room. The leader of the Coven built a rock circle to contain the dark spirits. I'm not sure if there really were spirits there, but as it was quite creepy, I wasn't about to step inside the circle to find out.
The tour ended at this cool creepy underground bar/nightclub where they gave us each a Whiskey Shot and a Shortbread "finger". My mother was a great sport, smiling through it all.
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