Curious about the most haunted places in Edinburgh? Here are three stories to remember during Halloween month.
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00:00Many hundreds of years ago, within the grounds of the castle, a tunnel was discovered.
00:25It was too narrow an entrance, so a young boy was employed.
00:29They squeezed him into the entrance, giving him a drum, ordering that he beat it repeatedly
00:37as he travelled along the tunnel.
00:39The beating of that drum suddenly stopped.
00:43Neither the noise nor the drummer boy were ever seen again.
00:48Well, around 1650, the drummer boy was seen again.
00:54But now he was a headless ghost, patrolling the central courtyard of our castle, repeatedly
01:03beating his drum.
01:05We didn't view it as a paranormal warning, which it was, because 1650 was the very year
01:13Oliver Cromwell invaded Scotland and entered our castle.
01:24John made no effort to protest his innocence in court.
01:54He was found guilty, sentenced to public hanging.
01:59Before hanging him, we tied the pistol around his chest and removed the right hand he had
02:06used to fire it.
02:37The Major gradually lost his mental stability, publicly stating repeatedly,
02:45I have lived as a beast, I will die as a beast.
02:50His wife, Jean, did not help matters, claiming she and the Major would communicate with the devil, witchery.
03:01Both would pay for that by being publicly executed.
03:05Their former marital home remained empty for over 150 years.
03:13Finally, it was purchased by a soldier.