Post by Spooky on Oct 4, 2007 15:12:24 GMT -5
Discovered in the mid-1980’s, underneath the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland, the Edinburgh Vaults had been abandoned for nearly two hundred years. Lying beneath the South Bridge, a major Edinburgh passage, the rooms were used as cellars, workshops and even as residences by the businesses that plied their trade on the busy bridge above. Abandoned soon after they were built due to excessive water and moisture, the vaults remain, unaltered, never illuminated by the light of day.
The South Bridge has stood since 1785 and it was around this time that the huge supporting arches were first divided for use by nearby businesses.
When the vaults became mostly abandoned because of the unwholesome atmosphere they were still used sporadically by the poor and homeless of Edinburgh society. As with any great concentration of unhealthy people, there were outbreaks of plague and other devastating illnesses; many of the people who took refuge in the vaults ultimately died there. There is evidence that at least some of these people may have met untimely ends because it was here in the Edinburgh Vaults that serial killers, Burke and Hare, plied their trade of providing cadavers to the nearby teaching hospitals of Infirmary Street.
Paranormal investigations have been conducted in the vaults practically since their discovery and to date the location has not failed to provide a wealth of disturbing and unexplainable activity. Recently visited by the crew from England’s “Most Haunted,” the vaults maintained their reputation as the spookiest place in Edinburgh – no member of the team would voluntarily return there.
Link to William Burke and William Hare (West Port )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare
The South Bridge has stood since 1785 and it was around this time that the huge supporting arches were first divided for use by nearby businesses.
When the vaults became mostly abandoned because of the unwholesome atmosphere they were still used sporadically by the poor and homeless of Edinburgh society. As with any great concentration of unhealthy people, there were outbreaks of plague and other devastating illnesses; many of the people who took refuge in the vaults ultimately died there. There is evidence that at least some of these people may have met untimely ends because it was here in the Edinburgh Vaults that serial killers, Burke and Hare, plied their trade of providing cadavers to the nearby teaching hospitals of Infirmary Street.
Paranormal investigations have been conducted in the vaults practically since their discovery and to date the location has not failed to provide a wealth of disturbing and unexplainable activity. Recently visited by the crew from England’s “Most Haunted,” the vaults maintained their reputation as the spookiest place in Edinburgh – no member of the team would voluntarily return there.
Link to William Burke and William Hare (West Port )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare