Reported
The Banshee Labyrinth
A rock bar built into the South Bridge vaults that calls itself Scotland's most haunted pub. It is named after a scream builders heard in the empty vaults while renovating them.
- 29-35 Niddry Street
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Haunted Pubs in Edinburgh
Edinburgh's haunted pubs cluster in two places: the Grassmarket, where the city's gallows stood, and the vaults under the South Bridge, a few minutes from where the underground ghost tours start.
Reported
The White Hart Inn
One of Edinburgh's oldest inns, linked by tradition to the murderers Burke and Hare, with a long reputation for a shadowy figure heading for the cellar.
- 32-34 Grassmarket
- Food
Reported
The Last Drop
A Grassmarket pub named after the public hangings held nearby. Staff say it is haunted by a young girl who lived in the tenement that once stood here.
- 74-78 Grassmarket
- Food
Reported
The Tolbooth Tavern
A Royal Mile pub in part of the old Canongate Tolbooth, once a toll house, court and prison. Drinks are said to fly off tables and children's voices to be heard in the bar.
- 167 Canongate
- Food
Legend
Whistle Binkies
A late-night live music bar in the South Bridge vaults, said to be haunted by two ghosts known as the Imp and the Watcher.
- 4-6 South Bridge
Where they are
Join a ghost walk first
Hear the stories on a guided walk, then finish the night in one of these pubs. See 3 ghost tours in Edinburgh
Stay in a haunted hotel in Edinburgh
Featured Haunt
Dalhousies Castle Hotel & Spa
Edinburgh
4.2(Combined)
Guests experienced furniture moving on its own with a large wooden chair relocating approximately one metre while they were at dinner (with visible carpet indentations from its original position), a young child seeing strange cloud shapes in the corner of the room at 4am, and feeling the pressure of invisible footsteps walking across the bed at 5:30am with accompanying sleep paralysis.
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Verified Haunt
The Scotsman Hotel
Edinburgh
The former home of The Scotsman newspaper on North Bridge, where a printer in a blue apron is said to haunt the basement and old typewriters are heard clattering in the night.
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Parliament House Hotel
Edinburgh
Three Georgian townhouses at the foot of Calton Hill, beside the Old Calton Burial Ground. Former council workers spoke of a White Lady, and a guest woke to sudden cold and the scent of fresh flowers.
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What is the most haunted pub in Edinburgh?
The Banshee Labyrinth is one of the best known. A rock bar built into the South Bridge vaults that calls itself Scotland's most haunted pub. It is named after a scream builders heard in the empty vaults while renovating them.
Can you stay overnight in a haunted pub in Edinburgh?
None of the pubs listed here lets rooms, but there are haunted hotels in Edinburgh listed below.