Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,120
[ominous music]
2
00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:13,000
♪ ♪
3
00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,759
[chains rattling]
4
00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,680
[creaking]
5
00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:47,439
♪ ♪
6
00:00:48,039 --> 00:00:51,799
- There may be close
to 450,000 bodies
7
00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,200
buried in
Greyfriars Graveyard,
8
00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,320
most of them without coffins.
9
00:00:58,399 --> 00:01:00,759
When you go in there,
you are literally standing
10
00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:05,240
on a mountain of dead people.
11
00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:10,159
♪ ♪
12
00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,600
[bird cawing]
13
00:01:18,439 --> 00:01:20,279
There's a legend about the
king's advocate
14
00:01:20,359 --> 00:01:23,399
of Charles II,
George Mackenzie.
15
00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:30,840
He condemned hundreds of men,
women, and children to death.
16
00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,400
He died in 1691.
17
00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,400
But it's said that he haunts
Greyfriars Graveyard
18
00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,280
because of the atrocities he
committed when he was alive.
19
00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:53,879
♪ ♪
20
00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:58,719
In the 1700s, 1800s, children
from Heriot's School next
door
21
00:01:58,799 --> 00:02:00,439
used to come into
the graveyard
22
00:02:00,519 --> 00:02:02,279
and dare each other to go up
23
00:02:02,359 --> 00:02:04,999
to the door of the mausoleum.
24
00:02:05,079 --> 00:02:08,199
[child chanting]
25
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,440
[music intensifying]
26
00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,880
[clock ticking]
27
00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,639
The question of
whether I am a skeptic
28
00:02:22,719 --> 00:02:26,799
or whether I wholeheartedly
believe
29
00:02:26,879 --> 00:02:29,319
the evidence put before me,
30
00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,640
it's more difficult
than you might think.
31
00:02:31,719 --> 00:02:38,719
♪ ♪
32
00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,280
Inherently in me,
I'm a complete skeptic.
33
00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:55,840
And yet, just
the things I've seen,
34
00:02:55,919 --> 00:03:02,319
the overwhelming volume of
evidence that we collected,
35
00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,080
it's pretty hard to ignore.
36
00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:07,999
♪ ♪
37
00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,400
I'd been living in
Edinburgh for many years
38
00:03:14,479 --> 00:03:19,439
when I heard a story that
changed my entire life.
39
00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:26,240
♪ ♪
40
00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,680
[thunder rumbling]
41
00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:35,079
This was a story
that was told to me
42
00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:39,559
by a caretaker at the church
of Greyfriars Graveyard.
43
00:03:42,879 --> 00:03:45,919
It was a horrendous winter.
44
00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,360
[wind howling]
45
00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,480
A homeless man came
into the graveyard,
46
00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,680
looking for
somewhere to shelter.
47
00:03:58,759 --> 00:04:00,039
- [coughing]
48
00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,120
And he spotted
a large mausoleum,
49
00:04:08,199 --> 00:04:11,519
which was George Mackenzie's
tomb.
50
00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:18,599
♪ ♪
51
00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,840
[ominous clang]
52
00:04:41,199 --> 00:04:47,999
♪ ♪
53
00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,800
[intense music]
54
00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:57,759
[rocks clattering]
55
00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,559
And he fell through into
a chamber underneath.
56
00:05:01,639 --> 00:05:08,639
♪ ♪
57
00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,880
It was a huge pile
of decomposed bodies.
58
00:05:14,959 --> 00:05:21,879
♪ ♪
59
00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,320
A dog walker, who was
taking his dog at night
60
00:05:28,399 --> 00:05:29,719
through the graveyard--
61
00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,760
♪ ♪
62
00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,719
- [screaming]
[dog barking]
63
00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,960
- Terrified,
they both ran for it.
64
00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:45,600
♪ ♪
65
00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,480
Seemed like that was the
end of the incident, really.
66
00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,800
♪ ♪
67
00:05:50,879 --> 00:05:54,159
But I began to hear rumors
68
00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,200
there was something
in the graveyard.
69
00:05:57,759 --> 00:06:00,199
They had woken something up.
70
00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,279
[ominous music]
71
00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:10,160
♪ ♪
72
00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,200
I moved to Edinburgh and
did a degree in philosophy
73
00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:32,599
and English literature.
74
00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,720
I had a real passion
for history, as well.
75
00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,440
I love history.
It's fascinating.
76
00:06:40,519 --> 00:06:43,479
And slowly, I got to know
the Edinburgh that I know
now.
77
00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,600
It's got a history.
78
00:06:49,959 --> 00:06:51,719
This place stayed medieval
long after the rest of Europe
79
00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,280
had cleaned up its act.
80
00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,520
So it's not just
a long and rich history,
81
00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:00,080
but it's also an incredibly
brutal and savage one as
well.
82
00:07:06,399 --> 00:07:08,359
As soon as I heard the story
of the homeless man,
83
00:07:08,439 --> 00:07:11,679
I thought to myself, there's
a real opportunity here.
84
00:07:11,759 --> 00:07:16,119
I could do something in this
graveyard with this story.
85
00:07:16,199 --> 00:07:22,039
♪ ♪
86
00:07:24,399 --> 00:07:26,319
I decided to set up
a ghost tour company.
87
00:07:26,399 --> 00:07:29,879
We hired four or five
guides who we thought
88
00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:31,919
would be good
at what they did.
89
00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:37,240
♪ ♪
90
00:07:37,319 --> 00:07:41,239
However, it soon transpired
that we didn't
91
00:07:41,319 --> 00:07:43,639
have to make up ghost stories.
92
00:07:57,319 --> 00:08:00,479
[dark music]
93
00:08:03,319 --> 00:08:07,679
After a few weeks,
I was doing a tour.
94
00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:09,239
I'm talking away.
95
00:08:09,319 --> 00:08:10,399
And suddenly...
96
00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,400
[intense music]
97
00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:16,440
♪ ♪
98
00:08:16,519 --> 00:08:23,239
this man, he just went
down onto the concrete floor.
99
00:08:25,879 --> 00:08:27,759
A whole bunch of things
went through my mind.
100
00:08:27,839 --> 00:08:30,199
But the first ones had
nothing to do with the
supernatural.
101
00:08:30,279 --> 00:08:32,759
It was like, should
I call an ambulance?
102
00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,240
He went down like somebody
had hit him with a baseball
bat.
103
00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:41,080
♪ ♪
104
00:08:42,279 --> 00:08:45,319
The rest of the
tour was different.
105
00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:48,519
The people inside
the mausoleum were scared,
106
00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,160
properly scared.
107
00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:57,520
And then it happened again
two or three days later.
108
00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,680
Exactly the same thing.
109
00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,200
The guides themselves,
they struggled with the things
110
00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:08,719
that they were seeing,
as well.
111
00:09:08,799 --> 00:09:10,239
One of the guides came
in and said to me,
112
00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:14,040
"I saw the scratches
appear on someone's face."
113
00:09:18,039 --> 00:09:20,919
Like, they wasn't there,
and then suddenly they were.
114
00:09:24,879 --> 00:09:26,599
After that, his whole
demeanor changed.
115
00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:28,279
When he would finish a tour,
116
00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:30,360
he wasn't happy and joking
about it anymore.
117
00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,760
He was disturbed by
what he was doing.
118
00:09:42,519 --> 00:09:45,439
[gentle music]
119
00:09:45,519 --> 00:09:52,519
♪ ♪
120
00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,720
- The year was 1999,
121
00:09:55,799 --> 00:09:59,679
and I had just started out on
my first proper journalism
job
122
00:09:59,759 --> 00:10:01,439
at the "Edinburgh
Evening News."
123
00:10:03,799 --> 00:10:05,159
And this is my big break.
124
00:10:14,159 --> 00:10:15,999
I worked with
a particularly brilliant
125
00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,720
news editor who'd seen
a placard on the street
126
00:10:18,799 --> 00:10:20,879
advertising ghost tours.
127
00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,960
And I think there was some
kind of claim about attacks
128
00:10:24,039 --> 00:10:26,199
or, you know, this kind of
vengeful ghost.
129
00:10:26,279 --> 00:10:28,159
And he'd come back and
pulled me aside and said,
130
00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,440
"I definitely think this
would be a great piece.
131
00:10:31,519 --> 00:10:33,399
"Why don't you go
along and cover it
132
00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,600
and write a feature on it?"
133
00:10:36,039 --> 00:10:37,919
It's a difficult subject,
isn't it, because people
134
00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,880
are open minded sometimes.
135
00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:41,560
Sometimes people are
complete believers.
136
00:10:41,639 --> 00:10:44,479
Sometimes people think
it's a whole lot of guff.
137
00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:45,839
But I was a journalist,
138
00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:48,239
and I was going along
there with an open mind.
139
00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,360
[suspenseful music]
140
00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:59,240
♪ ♪
141
00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,799
The night that I went along
to cover the tour for the
paper,
142
00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:13,159
you know, it was an Edinburgh
winter's night.
143
00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,280
So it was cold, raining,
a bit windy.
144
00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,040
[wind howling]
145
00:11:28,159 --> 00:11:31,079
It's pitch black.
146
00:11:31,159 --> 00:11:33,559
But you did think,
what's around that corner?
147
00:11:33,639 --> 00:11:35,439
You know, sort of crumbling
old buildings
148
00:11:35,519 --> 00:11:38,879
and things with all
the stories behind it.
149
00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,160
Part of the tour was to go
down into this mausoleum.
150
00:11:44,799 --> 00:11:47,719
And it was cold and damp.
151
00:11:47,799 --> 00:11:49,079
It was very atmospheric.
152
00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,320
And then everyone
came back out.
153
00:11:54,399 --> 00:11:56,519
And Jan had locked
it back up again.
154
00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,400
And it was after then that
a few people started saying
155
00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,480
that they had felt something.
156
00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:04,760
One woman has
said that she felt
157
00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,000
this kind of chill
go through her.
158
00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,520
Someone said that they
felt someone grab them.
159
00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,840
A woman also said that
she felt quite unwell.
160
00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,239
People were really,
genuinely frightened.
161
00:12:19,159 --> 00:12:21,079
They were very
much of the opinion
162
00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:22,599
that something that
they couldn't explain
163
00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,199
had happened to them
down in that mausoleum.
164
00:12:34,279 --> 00:12:34,919
I went back to the office.
165
00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,160
I wrote up the piece.
166
00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,320
It got a really good
position in the paper.
167
00:12:39,399 --> 00:12:42,279
[suspenseful music]
168
00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:48,080
♪ ♪
169
00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,199
It was a big selling
paper at that time.
170
00:13:01,279 --> 00:13:03,679
A lot of people read it.
171
00:13:03,759 --> 00:13:05,359
And the fact that
people were talking
172
00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,840
about their experiences
obviously resonated
173
00:13:07,919 --> 00:13:11,199
with other people
who'd been in the graveyard.
174
00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:12,519
This was the days
before social media,
175
00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,840
so to kind of react to
something you read in the paper
176
00:13:15,919 --> 00:13:17,439
was quite a big thing.
177
00:13:17,519 --> 00:13:19,719
[phone ringing]
178
00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:24,119
We got phone calls from
people who'd had similar
experiences,
179
00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,520
[phones ringing]
180
00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,520
♪ ♪
181
00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,360
people writing letters,
people sending in photos,
182
00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,320
people coming into the
offices, into the reception,
183
00:13:35,399 --> 00:13:38,039
and wanting to talk to me
about their experiences.
184
00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,120
♪ ♪
185
00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,960
There was a woman
that showed, it looked like
186
00:13:43,039 --> 00:13:45,319
a kind of burn mark
was sort of around her neck
187
00:13:45,399 --> 00:13:49,279
that she said hadn't
been there before she'd
188
00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,400
gone into the mausoleum.
189
00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,960
And then she'd come out and
felt this burning sensation.
190
00:13:54,039 --> 00:13:56,039
Someone else sent in
pictures of a kind of
191
00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,160
hand grasping mark
on her wrist.
192
00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,600
♪ ♪
193
00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:07,839
I didn't realize really how
much this story would grow
194
00:14:07,919 --> 00:14:11,319
arms and legs,
195
00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:13,359
because there were people
all over the world
196
00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,400
that would come to Edinburgh
and have this experience.
197
00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,240
So it was getting bigger
and bigger and bigger.
198
00:14:21,879 --> 00:14:23,519
[static crackling]
199
00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,280
- Now to a somewhat
puzzling story in Edinburgh,
200
00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,240
where investigations
are underway into a spate
201
00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,440
of attacks in the city center.
202
00:14:30,519 --> 00:14:33,999
So far they've been
isolated to one small area,
203
00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,480
but it seems there's little
hope of finding the culprit.
204
00:14:36,559 --> 00:14:39,759
Well, to explain everything we
can cross live to the capital
205
00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,640
and our reporter,
Martin Geissler. Martin?
206
00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,800
- Over the last eight months,
207
00:14:44,879 --> 00:14:47,839
49 separate
paranormal experiences
208
00:14:47,919 --> 00:14:50,359
are reported to have taken
place in this graveyard,
209
00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,360
the most serious of which
came just last week,
210
00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,000
when a 28-year-old college
lecturer from Edinburgh
211
00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:56,600
noticed she suffered
serious bruising
212
00:14:56,679 --> 00:14:57,599
to the side of her face.
213
00:14:57,679 --> 00:15:02,039
[eerie music]
214
00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:16,119
- In the beginning, we were
just writing down the things
215
00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:17,760
that had happened to people.
216
00:15:20,679 --> 00:15:23,039
[projector whirring]
217
00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,360
But when the cuts and
the scratches and the bites
218
00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,000
became really severe,
we started to record them.
219
00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,840
And people would
send us stuff.
220
00:15:33,919 --> 00:15:40,559
♪ ♪
221
00:15:42,879 --> 00:15:44,799
This one I remember.
222
00:15:44,879 --> 00:15:46,319
She began screaming
that something
223
00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:50,359
was holding on to her and that
she couldn't get away from it.
224
00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:53,040
And then the next day,
we got that picture from her.
225
00:16:02,279 --> 00:16:04,679
To begin with, I simply
didn't believe it was true.
226
00:16:04,759 --> 00:16:06,479
I didn't believe any of
these things were happening.
227
00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:13,240
But then as the months went
on, my opinion began to
shift.
228
00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,400
When the weight of evidence
became so huge that I
couldn't
229
00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,280
ignore it any longer,
230
00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,960
I had to accept that whatever
this thing was,
231
00:16:22,039 --> 00:16:25,839
I didn't have a good,
rational explanation for it.
232
00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:34,439
All I knew what it was doing,
and that was hurting people.
233
00:16:34,519 --> 00:16:35,839
It's quite severe.
234
00:16:35,919 --> 00:16:38,919
Yeah, that one particularly,
that looks like, you know,
235
00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,040
that's deep.
236
00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,680
I thought, how are we gonna
justify it to ourselves
237
00:16:46,759 --> 00:16:49,639
if it kills somebody?
238
00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,440
[driving eerie music]
239
00:16:53,519 --> 00:17:00,599
♪ ♪
240
00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:16,079
- Poltergeist is a term.
It just means noisy spirit.
241
00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,720
Most paranormal
experiences are harmless.
242
00:17:19,799 --> 00:17:22,159
It's very rare to be
harmed in any way.
243
00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,880
So this is an unusual case.
244
00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,080
The fact that the tomb
was broken into it
245
00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,800
does tie into a long-running
sort of theme or trope
246
00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,440
in the paranormal
that there has
247
00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:46,679
to be some kind of trigger.
248
00:17:46,759 --> 00:17:49,999
Why is there a disturbance?
Why do things start to happen?
249
00:17:50,079 --> 00:17:52,639
It's because they're--
well, in this instance,
250
00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,480
a tomb was desecrated.
251
00:17:54,559 --> 00:17:58,799
And what's more likely to anger
or make a spirit unquiet
252
00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,680
than the resting place
disturbed?
253
00:18:01,759 --> 00:18:03,399
And it's not just
anyone's tomb.
254
00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,920
It's this controversial figure
in Scottish history,
255
00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000
Sir George Mackenzie,
who was responsible
256
00:18:08,079 --> 00:18:11,639
for the persecution
of essentially
257
00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:15,120
the majority of Scottish
religious people
258
00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,640
for decades during the 1600s.
259
00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:24,040
♪ ♪
260
00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:25,799
He was the lord advocate.
261
00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,280
He was responsible
for enforcing
262
00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,319
the king of England's laws
in Scotland,
263
00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:34,440
trying to interfere
in the religion of Scotland,
264
00:18:34,519 --> 00:18:37,159
which meant that the people
that would not agree
265
00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,720
were basically treasonous
and tried as such.
266
00:18:39,799 --> 00:18:43,239
And the worst offenders
were executed.
267
00:18:43,319 --> 00:18:46,039
So Mackenzie had
blood on his hands.
268
00:18:49,799 --> 00:18:51,759
I'm an investigator
with the Scottish Society
269
00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:53,679
for Psychical Research.
270
00:18:54,759 --> 00:18:58,839
We investigate the paranormal
in a scientific manner.
271
00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,920
This one's fairly typical.
272
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,480
"On entering the mausoleum,
I heard what can only
describe
273
00:19:04,559 --> 00:19:07,479
"as scraping steps to
the right-hand side of me,
274
00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:09,439
"though I was alone
in the tomb.
275
00:19:09,519 --> 00:19:11,239
"When I sat down,
I took my jacket off.
276
00:19:11,319 --> 00:19:15,759
"My mate asked me what
the mark was on my neck.
277
00:19:15,839 --> 00:19:17,759
"I looked in the
mirror and saw what
278
00:19:17,839 --> 00:19:21,479
"I can only describe as a red
burn mark, like a big blotch.
279
00:19:21,559 --> 00:19:24,999
It looked like I had three
finger marks on my throat."
280
00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:35,400
Not only is this
quite a severe bruise,
281
00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:37,360
but it's basically
somewhere you'd presumably
282
00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:42,040
definitely notice, if pressure
was applied to your neck.
283
00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,959
That seems to be really
quite hard to explain.
284
00:19:45,039 --> 00:19:47,639
However, as a responsible
investigator,
285
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,720
I have to investigate
things scientifically.
286
00:19:49,799 --> 00:19:52,679
These might be psychosomatic.
287
00:19:52,759 --> 00:19:54,999
Once primed to know that
these sorts of things
288
00:19:55,079 --> 00:19:56,919
happen in this location,
289
00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,680
essentially
you hypnotize yourself
290
00:19:59,759 --> 00:20:02,079
and your body
creates these effects.
291
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,120
We know from loads of
psychological studies
292
00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,520
that expectancy can
have a tremendous
293
00:20:09,599 --> 00:20:11,919
reality-warping effect.
294
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,640
The mind is extremely potent.
295
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:19,440
It has this ability to create
physical sensations,
296
00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:23,079
even physical injuries,
even though it's your mind
297
00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:24,480
over your own matter.
298
00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:32,439
♪ ♪
299
00:20:32,519 --> 00:20:34,559
But if it is paranormal,
why would George McKenzie
300
00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,520
be attacking people?
301
00:20:37,599 --> 00:20:44,599
♪ ♪
302
00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:52,600
- I was fortunate enough
to be able to rent
303
00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,480
a flat in Candlemaker Row.
304
00:20:56,759 --> 00:20:59,639
And it was overlooking
Greyfriars Graveyard.
305
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:07,160
So that became our office,
as well as where I lived.
306
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:13,920
♪ ♪
307
00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:16,559
At this point,
I wanted to write a book
308
00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,720
about the Mackenzie
poltergeist.
309
00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,840
I had all of this
information.
310
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,600
I had collected all of these
311
00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:31,320
eyewitness accounts,
photographs.
312
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,160
I pretty much had
sole access to all
313
00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,520
of the information about
the Mackenzie poltergeist.
314
00:21:38,559 --> 00:21:40,639
I was drawn to this thing.
315
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,160
It fascinated me.
316
00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,120
I was making my
living out of it.
317
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,920
I wanted to write about it.
I wanted to study it.
318
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,960
I just couldn't stop.
319
00:21:49,039 --> 00:21:51,759
♪ ♪
320
00:21:51,839 --> 00:21:55,039
But it didn't warrant
the kind of scrutiny
321
00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,199
that I was giving it.
322
00:21:58,559 --> 00:22:03,039
It seemed like the only person
who couldn't see that was me.
323
00:22:08,039 --> 00:22:10,959
[tense music]
324
00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:17,879
♪ ♪
325
00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,480
- After the initial feature,
326
00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:25,159
the Mackenzie poltergeist
story
327
00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,360
was proving really popular.
328
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,640
We're a newspaper, so we
realized that we wanted
329
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,760
to not just report about what
people were experiencing,
330
00:22:33,839 --> 00:22:34,999
but do something
more ourselves.
331
00:22:37,799 --> 00:22:39,959
I chatted with
the news editor,
332
00:22:40,039 --> 00:22:41,879
and we were sort of
throwing a few ideas around,
333
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,240
but thought that one of
the kind of best things to do
334
00:22:45,319 --> 00:22:47,719
would be to see whether we
could get someone to agree
335
00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:50,439
to perform an exorcism
in the graveyard
336
00:22:50,519 --> 00:22:55,279
and kind of almost try and move
the poltergeist on as well,
337
00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:56,599
because there
were so many people
338
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:58,120
talking about it
that actually we thought
339
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,000
it would be, you know,
kind of the next chapter
340
00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:01,799
in the story.
341
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,600
[eerie music]
342
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:13,640
♪ ♪
343
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,360
It's quite an unusual
thing to be asking someone,
344
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,240
even that does exorcisms,
you know, to say,
345
00:23:27,319 --> 00:23:30,159
"Can you come to this
graveyard and, you know,
346
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,160
try and sort out
this poltergeist?"
347
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,720
So the first person
said "Absolutely not."
348
00:23:34,799 --> 00:23:35,639
You know,
"It's just not something
349
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:38,040
that I want to
get involved in."
350
00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,439
And then I rang Colin Grant.
351
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,600
[phone ringing]
352
00:23:50,799 --> 00:23:53,719
Colin was
a Christian spiritualist
353
00:23:53,799 --> 00:23:56,919
and a minister
in a local church as well.
354
00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:03,399
He was a warm,
open-minded person
355
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,360
and very highly regarded.
356
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,560
But Colin wasn't really sure.
357
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:12,920
He thought about it.
358
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,360
And he agreed to do it
because he thought it would
help.
359
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,680
I don't think either of us
realized the kind of impact
360
00:24:25,759 --> 00:24:27,279
that it would have.
361
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:33,479
♪ ♪
362
00:24:35,559 --> 00:24:38,559
- Claire Gardner approached
me first with the idea
363
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:39,840
of doing an exorcism.
364
00:24:44,079 --> 00:24:46,839
I wasn't particularly
keen on the idea.
365
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:49,120
It was just this
feeling with myself
366
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,600
and among the guides that,
let's not rock the boat
367
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,600
any more than we have.
368
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,960
But it wasn't really my place
to say, no, you can't do it.
369
00:24:58,039 --> 00:24:59,719
And I actually went along.
370
00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:06,879
♪ ♪
371
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,359
- The night of the exorcism,
it was dark,
372
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,400
and it was cold,
and it was drizzly.
373
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,960
I'd arranged to meet Susan,
our photographer,
374
00:25:28,039 --> 00:25:31,039
and Jan and Colin
outside the gates.
375
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:40,200
♪ ♪
376
00:25:49,839 --> 00:25:51,559
Colin walked around
the graveyard
377
00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,520
with his old battered Bible
and some holy water
378
00:25:53,599 --> 00:25:58,239
and some candles, working out
where he wanted to work first
379
00:25:58,319 --> 00:26:00,199
and where he wanted to be.
380
00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:05,799
And it was all just
very understated.
381
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,760
You know, you wouldn't think
that something life changing
382
00:26:08,839 --> 00:26:10,319
was about to happen.
383
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:17,200
♪ ♪
384
00:26:17,279 --> 00:26:21,559
He set out a kind of
circle of candles,
385
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,240
put a crucifix in the front
386
00:26:23,319 --> 00:26:24,999
and a smaller crucifix
at the back.
387
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,240
I remember he sort of
paced up and down.
388
00:26:30,319 --> 00:26:33,439
And he was sort of chucking
holy water in various places
389
00:26:33,519 --> 00:26:35,599
and reading from the Bible.
390
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:40,120
♪ ♪
391
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,400
There was power
in the quietness, I think.
392
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:49,480
♪ ♪
393
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,039
You know, and I was kinda
saying to him,
394
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:03,719
"What can you see?"
395
00:27:03,799 --> 00:27:05,719
And he was talking
about all these spirits
396
00:27:05,799 --> 00:27:09,799
that were trapped and
wanting him to free them.
397
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,720
It was a very intimate
thing, I think,
398
00:27:11,799 --> 00:27:14,759
that we were watching, of him
releasing all these souls,
399
00:27:14,839 --> 00:27:17,319
so there was
a quietness to it.
400
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,520
[eerie music]
401
00:27:19,599 --> 00:27:21,119
[shutter clicks]
402
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:26,040
♪ ♪
403
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,079
- [speaking Latin]
404
00:27:42,519 --> 00:27:44,599
[music stops]
405
00:27:49,559 --> 00:27:51,439
- But then once he'd
finished this ritual,
406
00:27:51,519 --> 00:27:54,359
he walked towards the
mausoleum and got to the
gate.
407
00:27:56,599 --> 00:27:58,599
He staggered a bit.
408
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,040
We kind of all went,
"Are you OK, Colin?"
409
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,079
And he said, "I'm absolutely
not going down there.
410
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,960
"There's something
too powerful for me.
411
00:28:07,039 --> 00:28:08,959
I don't want to
interfere with that."
412
00:28:09,039 --> 00:28:12,239
[dark music]
413
00:28:12,319 --> 00:28:15,039
Obviously, he felt
some powerful force that,
414
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,879
you know, even with his
experience
415
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,680
and with his belief,
416
00:28:20,759 --> 00:28:24,039
he didn't feel that he
wanted to take that on.
417
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,799
He said that he
feared reprisals
418
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,920
if he started meddling.
419
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,760
♪ ♪
420
00:28:33,839 --> 00:28:37,079
Colin did seem really
quite kind of wrung out,
421
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,920
did take a lot out of him.
422
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,120
His wife was waiting for him,
423
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,000
so we kinda said our goodbyes
and walking towards the gate.
424
00:28:45,079 --> 00:28:46,439
And again, he staggered a
bit.
425
00:28:46,519 --> 00:28:53,519
♪ ♪
426
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,560
- Behind these gates
was an open-air prison.
427
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,760
1,200 prisoners persecuted
by Sir George Mackenzie
428
00:29:25,839 --> 00:29:28,399
were kept in that prison.
429
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,720
Only 269 survived.
430
00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:36,279
The human misery
and suffering must
431
00:29:36,359 --> 00:29:38,319
have been terrible in here.
432
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:45,360
♪ ♪
433
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,480
For spiritualists
and spiritualist ministers,
434
00:29:56,559 --> 00:30:00,639
they would view the
situation as souls or spirits
435
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,160
being earthbound or trapped,
436
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,960
like some kind
of distilled black ink
437
00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:09,039
of human misery
that just sits there.
438
00:30:09,119 --> 00:30:10,999
And people entering
the mausoleum
439
00:30:11,079 --> 00:30:12,039
are like blotting paper,
440
00:30:12,119 --> 00:30:14,759
they're absorbing
these experiences
441
00:30:14,839 --> 00:30:16,319
and taking parts of
those experiences away.
442
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:23,040
♪ ♪
443
00:30:23,119 --> 00:30:25,839
From a psychological
point of view,
444
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:29,520
once you start to believe
or expect the paranormal,
445
00:30:29,599 --> 00:30:31,959
and that's that cognitive
expectation bias.
446
00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:34,999
You start to interpret more
and more as being paranormal.
447
00:30:35,079 --> 00:30:38,799
Every time you hear a creak
or a tap against the window,
448
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,960
you might start to feel
dizzy.
449
00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:42,599
You might start to feel sick.
450
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,520
It becomes paranormal.
451
00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:47,519
[somber music]
452
00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:54,599
♪ ♪
453
00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:23,959
- I went home
after the exorcism.
454
00:31:24,039 --> 00:31:25,679
Obviously, I couldn't sleep.
455
00:31:25,759 --> 00:31:27,559
I sort of sprinted
into work the next day
456
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:28,000
to write it all up.
457
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,960
When I had written
up the exorcism,
458
00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:38,439
we went through a lot
of the photos that
459
00:31:38,519 --> 00:31:39,999
were taken from that night.
460
00:31:40,079 --> 00:31:44,199
And the picture editor
called me over and said,
461
00:31:44,279 --> 00:31:45,719
"Oh my God, come and have
a look
462
00:31:45,799 --> 00:31:47,319
"at one that we've got here.
463
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:48,360
We just can't work it out."
464
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:56,240
♪ ♪
465
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:00,920
- I'd done a few
jobs with Claire.
466
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,080
And we worked well together.
467
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,480
And it was just
another job, really.
468
00:32:04,559 --> 00:32:08,399
Claire how to interview him,
and I had to get a photo.
469
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,560
We got it all set up,
got the candle.
470
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,240
And I did have a flash on.
471
00:32:12,319 --> 00:32:13,639
And we kinda took a couple of
different shots
472
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,520
and things like that.
473
00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:20,559
And I didn't develop
the stuff until the next day.
474
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,040
We were going through
the photos,
475
00:32:22,119 --> 00:32:23,799
searching them all,
476
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:24,880
and working on what
we were gonna use.
477
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,040
And then this was when
478
00:32:26,119 --> 00:32:27,919
we blew up this one photo.
479
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,000
♪ ♪
480
00:32:30,079 --> 00:32:31,919
It kinda describe everything,
because you've got him,
481
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,560
you've got the candle.
482
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:34,800
you've got the
graveyards around him.
483
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,320
It was nicely lit.
484
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:37,680
And then this was
when we noticed
485
00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:40,199
this shadow in the window.
486
00:32:40,279 --> 00:32:43,199
[terrifying music]
487
00:32:43,279 --> 00:32:50,079
♪ ♪
488
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,840
I kept saying,
"It can't be the flash,"
489
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,800
because the flash wasn't
pointed in that direction.
490
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:01,680
And even if it was, there
had to have been something
491
00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:04,959
to cause the shadow.
492
00:33:05,039 --> 00:33:08,119
So I went back that day.
I checked out the window.
493
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,240
I checked the window sill.
I checked the area around it.
494
00:33:11,319 --> 00:33:13,399
There's no statue.
There's no bust
495
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,720
of a head or anything
like that in that window.
496
00:33:16,799 --> 00:33:18,359
And I went back to
my editor and said,
497
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,040
"There is nothing there that
could have caused that."
498
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:26,960
There's literally
nothing there.
499
00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:32,999
♪ ♪
500
00:33:46,759 --> 00:33:49,399
- Who knows what that is?
501
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,760
You could imagine it's somebody
peering out the window.
502
00:33:51,839 --> 00:33:54,039
But this is a perfect
example of just
503
00:33:54,119 --> 00:33:55,999
because you don't
know what that is,
504
00:33:56,079 --> 00:33:58,039
it does not mean it is unknown.
505
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,160
The story just keeps on
going because people
506
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,760
want to believe.
507
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,720
- The story continued to
generate a lot of interest.
508
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,680
But then I got a phone call.
509
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:19,239
And it was Colin's son
on the phone.
510
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,480
And he rang and said,
511
00:34:24,559 --> 00:34:27,759
"Colin's dead."
512
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,000
And yeah,
I just had a moment of,
513
00:34:30,079 --> 00:34:31,719
you know,
that moment of disbelief,
514
00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,200
I think, when you get a call
like that, saying, what?
515
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,600
You know, what?
516
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,559
And he said that he
was doing a reading
517
00:34:39,639 --> 00:34:42,439
in his shop in Edinburgh,
and was nearing the end of
it.
518
00:34:42,519 --> 00:34:44,999
And apparently he had
said to the lady he was
519
00:34:45,079 --> 00:34:48,359
doing the reading for,
"I've got no good news left,
520
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,400
only bad news."
521
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,280
And he had a heart
attack and died.
522
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,000
You know, like, all I could
think about
523
00:34:55,079 --> 00:34:57,799
was the time that
I'd last seen him
524
00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,840
at the churchyard
525
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,720
and how he was
slightly exhausted
526
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,000
and how he'd talked so much
about how that exorcism
527
00:35:06,079 --> 00:35:07,359
had taken so much out of him.
528
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:11,800
And yeah, I just thought,
God, that's just terrible.
529
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:16,160
And, you know,
could the two be related?
530
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,159
[dark pulsing music]
531
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:25,199
♪ ♪
532
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,760
- When I found out
Colin had died,
533
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,560
I was sad about that.
534
00:35:30,639 --> 00:35:32,479
And this whole thing
worried me,
535
00:35:32,559 --> 00:35:34,919
because finally
somebody had died.
536
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,320
So what might it do to us?
537
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:42,000
♪ ♪
538
00:35:42,079 --> 00:35:45,039
And it brought it home
to some of the guides,
539
00:35:45,119 --> 00:35:47,839
especially, that they
were playing with fire.
540
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,159
And one by one,
541
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,799
in the two or three
weeks after that,
542
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,040
all of the original guides
said, "We're leaving."
543
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,560
It's happy just to cut
and bite and scratch you,
544
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:05,840
but don't push it.
545
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,520
Don't push it too far,
because if you do,
546
00:36:09,599 --> 00:36:11,799
it's capable of so
much more than that.
547
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:18,360
♪ ♪
548
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,400
[static crackling]
549
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,040
- [speaking Japanese]
550
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,640
- Colin Grant's death really
got the media's attention.
551
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,519
So now we were
getting attention
552
00:36:34,599 --> 00:36:37,719
not just from local media,
but from world media as well.
553
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,760
We had crews coming from
different parts of the world
554
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,520
and filming in the graveyard.
555
00:36:42,599 --> 00:36:45,319
The poltergeist knocked
out a couple of people.
556
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,320
It cut and scratched
a few others.
557
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,120
But, you know, of course, it
didn't do the tours any harm.
558
00:36:50,199 --> 00:36:52,599
Everything it does
is good for business
559
00:36:52,679 --> 00:36:53,839
if it does something nasty,
560
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,800
which is one of the dichotomies
561
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:56,040
about the Mackenzie
poltergeist.
562
00:36:58,719 --> 00:36:59,999
And so we continued
what we were doing.
563
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:07,759
Guys, welcome to
Greyfriars Kirkyard.
564
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,000
Going by the book of
internments and the records,
565
00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:14,199
there is up to 750,000
bodies under your feet.
566
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:15,360
You are walking on
a human lasagna.
567
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,720
[laughter]
568
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,040
- The really interesting
thing about this story
569
00:37:26,119 --> 00:37:28,279
of the Mackenzie poltergeist
is it's basically
570
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,280
self-perpetuating.
571
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,440
You've got all these hundreds
of people, their skin
572
00:37:32,519 --> 00:37:34,999
coming out in scars
and bruises and sometimes
573
00:37:35,079 --> 00:37:36,959
burns and blisters.
574
00:37:37,039 --> 00:37:38,319
You've got the spiritualist
minister Colin Grant
575
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,240
sadly passing away,
and all of that becomes
576
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,160
part of the myth,
part of the story.
577
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:44,959
- There has been
exorcism attempts
578
00:37:45,039 --> 00:37:45,759
in Greyfriars over the years.
579
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,080
One in 1999 by Colin Grant.
580
00:37:49,159 --> 00:37:51,319
He came in and
performed an exorcism.
581
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,120
Allegedly a week later, he
was doing a private reading
582
00:37:53,199 --> 00:37:54,879
in his residence--bang,
heart stopped.
583
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,200
He dropped dead instantly.
584
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,560
- I don't regard this
as a particular mystery.
585
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,640
He was 66 years old.
586
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,439
There was a history of heart
problems in the family.
587
00:38:07,519 --> 00:38:09,159
The family don't
regard it as a mystery.
588
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,120
- Some of the cases which
seems on the face of it
589
00:38:12,199 --> 00:38:14,119
to have the most
impressive evidence
590
00:38:14,199 --> 00:38:16,799
often have the biggest
question marks
591
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,200
over them in terms of
motives.
592
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:23,040
And certainly this case
ticks a lot of boxes
593
00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:26,199
because it's
a commercial enterprise.
594
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,920
For me personally, I still
haven't made my mind up.
595
00:38:36,039 --> 00:38:37,479
It could be paranormal.
596
00:38:37,559 --> 00:38:39,839
As a paranormal
investigator who's open
597
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,560
to the possibility
of the paranormal,
598
00:38:41,639 --> 00:38:43,999
I would say,
let sleeping ghosts lie,
599
00:38:46,199 --> 00:38:48,239
because sometimes, you know,
600
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,560
unpleasant or unwelcome
things can happen.
601
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:55,520
The story of the
Mackenzie poltergeist
602
00:38:55,599 --> 00:38:57,519
may be the equivalent
of basically
603
00:38:57,599 --> 00:39:01,159
people sticking their head in
a wasp's nest and being
stung.
604
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,079
You know, don't stick your head
in a wasp's nest.
605
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,159
[pulsating dark music]
606
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,999
♪ ♪
607
00:39:12,079 --> 00:39:15,039
- I thought, I will not be
intimidated by something
608
00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:16,719
that lives in a tomb.
609
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,440
And so I was still writing
a book about
610
00:39:18,519 --> 00:39:19,079
the McKenzie poltergeist.
611
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,200
In hindsight, we were just,
we were ignoring
612
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:27,320
what was right in front of
us.
613
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:32,240
And then it all came to a head
in the most horrendous way.
614
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:39,040
♪ ♪
615
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,520
I was out,
and I got a phone call.
616
00:39:50,599 --> 00:39:51,719
"You'd better get
back here right now."
617
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,160
[ominous crescendo]
618
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,479
[fire raging]
619
00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:03,199
♪ ♪
620
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,880
[sirens blaring]
621
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,160
I ran back to my house.
622
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,159
Firefighters were
tackling the blaze.
623
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:16,919
And they eventually
managed to put it out.
624
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,160
And I went in.
625
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:29,560
Everything, I mean,
everything I possessed was
gone.
626
00:40:34,599 --> 00:40:37,639
I lost everything I'd ever
gathered on the poltergeist
627
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:40,279
up to that point.
628
00:40:46,039 --> 00:40:47,799
My computer was gone.
629
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:49,520
Two years' worth of notes
630
00:40:49,599 --> 00:40:51,519
on the Mackenzie poltergeist
was gone.
631
00:40:51,599 --> 00:40:53,519
The hard drive that
I used to back up to,
632
00:40:53,599 --> 00:40:54,679
burned to a cinder.
633
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,440
Everything was gone,
634
00:40:57,519 --> 00:41:00,119
and my home.
635
00:41:00,199 --> 00:41:07,079
♪ ♪
636
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:17,160
And yet, none of the other
flats were touched,
637
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:18,799
not even singed.
638
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:19,800
The one above me,
the one below me,
639
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:21,160
on either side--nothing.
640
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,199
It was simply my flat.
641
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,600
The firemen said it
looked like a flash fire
642
00:41:28,679 --> 00:41:29,759
that had just
gone straight through
643
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,880
and destroyed everything.
644
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:34,400
Insurance investigators
looked at the place as well.
645
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:39,120
They could not find a reason
why the fire had started.
646
00:41:39,199 --> 00:41:45,159
♪ ♪
647
00:41:55,039 --> 00:41:57,159
I could have chalked
it up to coincidence.
648
00:41:59,679 --> 00:42:01,399
I still, there's
a part of me that
649
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:02,880
doesn't want to
believe it was anything
650
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:07,360
other than just a,
yeah, coincidence.
651
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:08,240
Part of me does
not want to believe
652
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:13,480
that an entity got
back at me
653
00:42:13,559 --> 00:42:17,479
because I
was too nosy about it.
654
00:42:17,559 --> 00:42:20,039
But it certainly
looks like that.
655
00:42:20,119 --> 00:42:26,719
♪ ♪
656
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:28,679
When the flat burned down,
657
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,120
I stopped
being a tour guide myself,
658
00:42:31,199 --> 00:42:34,079
because my heart wasn't in it.
659
00:42:34,159 --> 00:42:35,639
[serene music]
660
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,959
[birds chirping]
661
00:42:39,039 --> 00:42:45,039
♪ ♪
662
00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:50,039
I started the tours
because I'd heard reports
663
00:42:50,119 --> 00:42:53,719
of something
attacking people
664
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,760
in Greyfriars Graveyard.
665
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,000
I didn't expect to
find anything real.
666
00:43:02,519 --> 00:43:04,159
I've made peace with
the fact that I'll
667
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,319
never know what
I'm dealing with,
668
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:07,920
not the full extent of it.
669
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,760
The Mackenzie
poltergeist, for me,
670
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,640
for over the last 20 years,
has simply been a succession
671
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:16,759
of unanswered questions.
672
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:20,320
And so in some way,
I have given up asking.
673
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:27,320
♪ ♪
674
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,640
I am now on the absolute
other side of the world.
675
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:35,279
I live in Brisbane, in
Australia, in Queensland,
676
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,880
so almost directly opposite.
677
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:39,560
Can't get me now.
678
00:43:39,639 --> 00:43:46,599
♪ ♪
679
00:43:55,639 --> 00:44:02,719
♪ ♪
680
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:35,240
[shutter clicking]
681
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,640
♪ ♪
47718
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.