Last Candle™ Tours
Ghost stories told where they happened. Stand at the spot, press play, and hear the legend as the city tells it, with the history underneath it.
Five walks, 68 stories
From the Castle Esplanade down the Royal Mile to Holyrood: witches burned beneath the castle guns, Maggie Dickson and the gallows, the plague closes, the buried streets under the bridges, and the cannibal earl of the Canongate. About six and a half hours of narration.
Every stop on the map
A map of every story, numbered in walking order, with the route between them. Stories start as you arrive, or play any of them from the list, anywhere.
Told, not read
Each story is researched from court records, chronicles and folklore collections, then written to be heard on a dark street, not read on a screen.
Works offline
Download a walk before you go and it plays with no signal and no data.
Six stories free
Try the first stories of the first three walks free. Each walk is a one-off purchase, or get the whole Old Town in one bundle. No subscription, no account, no adverts.
Location optional
Location is used only while the app is open, to show stories near you. Nothing is stored or shared, and every story plays wherever you are.
More to come
Fifteen more Edinburgh walks are written and recorded, from Leith to the villages beyond, and new cities will follow. New walks arrive in the app without an update.
Walk it, or listen from your armchair
Android is in testing on Google Play and follows soon.
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