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Summary: Don't read alone...
Review: Being from Edinburgh I thought I would be a little disappointed that this book would be "another old Edinburgh ghost book". Wrong! Greyfriars kirkyard can be quite scary in the daytime even when the sun is shining and this book certainly enhanced that view and made any contemplated visit at night seem both terrifying - and inviting! It was simply one I could not put down. It is written in an almost documentary-style way which made for easy reading. An excellent read which I was sorry to finish.
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Summary: Great ghost story!
Review: I enjoyed this book so much, that I've read it twice. If you are into the paranormal, you'll find this information very interesting. I'm dying to go to Scotland to check out the tour!
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Summary: I still don't know what to think.
Review: I was so looking forward to this book. It actually turned out to be a big let down. It gave great details of the Greyfriar cemetary and the atrocities that led to the suppose hauntings. Which is why I gave three stars. But I must say the accounts of the victims were just not convincing. All we got here are stories of how people fainted or felt themselves being grabbed or pushed. No sightings or apparitions,just some loud poundings on walls. Also the persons being grabbed had red marks were the poltergeist touched them,but when they were filming the documentary on greyfriars, the tour guides tried to call the camera man over to film such markings,the markings mysteriously disappeared. One more thing the title of the book had nothing to do with Greyfriars "The ghost that haunted itself" was about a fairy tale ghost from Canada and they even put that in the book.Now dont get me wrong it is interesting stuff just very inconclusive-like everything in the spiritual world. I would love to visit Greyfriars to see for myself. Great history of the events leading to the hauntings. I still dont know what to think.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I've been on the City of The Dead tour twice and it's everything this book describes it to be. I got this book after my second outing to greyfriar's because I find it so interesting.
The book tells the history of the Kirkyard, the history of Mckenzie and a (dramatised) account of what the guides encountered. by dramatised I mean it's told in story form as opposed to a basic statement. However, Henderson's way of telling his story is comical and I found his comments about his guides (and incidentally the ones who took me on the tours) highly amusing. I like the bit where one visitor had his new leather coat ripped in the Black Mausoleum by something he didn't see or feel. Henserson went on to tell us how alarmed the guides were to hear this. Not because of the cuts bruises and collpses, but because they all wear long leather coats as part of ther uniform.
There are also statements from the guides themselves, and visitors who experienced collpases and injuries in the tomb. I remember City of The Dead being on the news, in the papers and even featured on GMTV because of what they found.
Another good point about this book is that there is absolutely no attempt made to prove the existance of the ghost. It's not as if Henderson is trying to sell his tour by exaggerating everything. He makes it clear that he is not sure what is there. If it's a ghost or not. There is something, but what it is he can't explain. There are theories put forward, both scientific and those of the guides, but none put words in the readers mouths. We are presented with what happened on the tours, and we can make up our own minds.
All I can suggest is that those who haven't done the tour do so. Even if nothing happens (nothing weird happened on either of my tours by the way) it's still a hugely enjoyable night and the book is the perfect addition.
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Summary: Interesting
Review: Interesting little book. Gives personal accounts of everyone's experiences in the Greyfriar's Cemetery in Edinburgh. Worth the money.
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Summary: Don't read alone...
Review: The end of this book is scary, wicked scary.
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