Episode #7: The Edinburgh Vaults/Leap Castle

Welcome to In My Haunted Era, where the ghosts are real, the facts are questionable, and the jokes are downright disrespectful.

This week, Jen takes us deep under Edinburgh to explore the Edinburgh Vaults, a series of underground tunnels where 18th-century folks partied, smuggled, and posbly got murdered. If you’ve ever wondered what a haunted speakeasy would be like, this is it. Ghosts include a very tall, very creepy man in a top hat and a child named Jack, who is either adorable or demonically possessed—jury’s still out.

Meanwhile, Em investigates Leap Castle in Ireland, a place so haunted even its ghosts are scared of each other. Featuring a totally normal murder in a chapel (dubbed the “Bloody Chapel” because duh), a pit full of skeletons, and The Elemental, a mysterious entity that smells like rotting flesh. Is it a demon? A ghost? Someone’s very old laundry? Tune in and find out.

💀 In This Episode:

🔹 The Edinburgh Vaults: crime, ghosts, and probably some very expired beer
🔹 Leap Castle: when family drama turns into a full-blown haunting
🔹 An actual pit of human remains, because history is fun
🔹 The Elemental—proof that ghosts can stink too
🔹 Us butchering Scottish and Irish accents for no good reason

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Sources:

Edinburgh Vaults:

• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Edinburgh-Vaults/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Vaults
• https://www.mercattours.com/blog-post/mr-boots-the-watcher-edinburgh-vaults-ghosts
• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-63403618
• https://www.mercattours.com/blog-post/ghosts-of-edinburghs-blair-street-underground-vaults
• https://www.spiritshack.co.uk/blog/haunted-places/edinburgh-vaults/?srsltid=AfmBOop2rwVpxCpOju1reI56x2dJLoCv6DMN7_qOymANirLdspNUsmAT
• https://www.scotsman.com/news/ghost-hunting-in-edinburghs-south-bridge-vaults-2442844
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/gf013b/anyone_else_have_crazy_shit_happen_to_them_in_the/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/13xq2sb/my_encounter_with_mr_boots/

Leap Castle:

• Ryan, Sean. Leap Castle Official Website.
• Darby, Mildred. Occult Experiences in an Irish Castle (1909).
• Crofton, Freddy. The Haunted Castles of Ireland.
• National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin.
• Paranormal Investigations Ireland, Leap Castle Case Files.
• Various firsthand accounts from visitors and paranormal researcher

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