Ornate Coach

Location: A9 - From Pitlochry heading towards Newtonmore
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown - 2000s?
Further Comments: A husband and wife, together with their 12 year old son, all saw a golden coach pulled by white horses, accompanied by well dressed coachmen in white wigs. Even though the road was quite busy, the coach travelled towards oncoming traffic, albeit on the side of the road, but no other drivers appeared to notice it.

The Doom of Airlie Castle

Location: Airlie - Airlie Castle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: When ill-fortune strikes
Further Comments: This harbinger of doom takes the form of a ram that walks a lap of the gardens prior to disaster. A drumming sound is also reported to herald a death in the family.

Modred's House

Location: Alyth - Dunbarre Castle
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This castle is said to be the former base of Modred, the nephew of King Arthur. He was killed when the fort was overrun by Scots and Picts. Guinevere may have also been killed here, and is reportedly buried at nearby Meigle.

Blood Sucker

Location: Blair Atholl - Glen Tilt, north of the town
Type: Vampire
Date / Time: Early twentieth century?
Further Comments: Two poachers shacking up in a bothy reported being attacked by a creature that attacked and drank blood from one of them. The pair managed to fight the creature off, and it flew away. The story is very similar to the vampire tale that happened at Fealaar, Aberdeenshire.

Large Hound

Location: Blairgowrie - A93 north of the town
Type: Shuck
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This phantom dog, said to be huge, patrols the road. Its presence makes normal dogs nervous and horses shy.

Lady Jean Sings

Location: Blairgowrie - Newton Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: Lady Jean Drummond used witchcraft to seduce and marry the local laird, but those who taught her the magical arts came and abducted Jean on the wedding night. She now sings sad love songs from the tower, and has been seen passing through the castle.

Presence

Location: Braco - Braco Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: One of many buildings in the UK that are said to be haunted, but no description of the entity exists. Dogs are said to become quite agitated on the staircase.

Crying

Location: Bridge of Earn - Moncrieffe Arms Hotel
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Strange sobs have been heard coming from empty guest bedrooms, and hollow footfalls fill the air.

Urisk

Location: Clifton - Eas Na H'urvisg - waterfall
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The cascade of water is named after the human/fairy hybrid that once lived there.

Messy Shop

Location: Crieff - Undisclosed general store in the town
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1980s - 2000s
Further Comments: This poltergeist has spent almost twenty years pushing items from shelving when no one is near, opening and closing doors, and flicking the light switches.

White Lady

Location: Dundee - HMP Castle Huntly, open prison
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Her white robes flowing as she walks, the white lady is said to leapt from the battlements to escape punishment after being caught with a manservant. A young boy that also haunts the site is thought to be Richard Paterson who drowned in the Tay in 1939.

Two Chatty Women

Location: Errol - Megginch Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This pair of old women continue to natter away years after the death of the flesh.

Woman in an Old Dress

Location: Gilmerton - Cultoquhey House Hotel
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Twentieth century
Further Comments: This hotel was reputedly haunted by a woman wearing an old dress. She would be seen always entering a certain bedroom, but never to leave.

Mariota

Location: Glengoulandie - Garth Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The laird's wife died under strange circumstances in the early sixteenth century, sightings of her ghost convincing many she was murdered by her husband.

Mary Queen of Scots

Location: Kinross - Loch Leven Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: The Queen of Scots reportedly haunts the building where she signed her abdication.

Bible Burner

Location: Kinross - Minister's House
Type: Poltergeist
Date / Time: 1718
Further Comments: The minister of the building managed to recover his Bible without too much harm being bestowed upon it, after an invisible presence threw the book in the fireplace. The spirit would tear clothing, and hide pins and needles in cooked foods.

Tinker

Location: Kirkmichael - Ashintully Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: During life, the tinker was found and hanged for trespassing - his ghost is now seen around the trees near where he died. Two more spirits, carrying the cute names of Crooked Davie & Green Jane, are rumoured to haunt the castle grounds. The sound of screaming has also been reported here.

Druid

Location: Kirkmichael - The Old Manse
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Complete with long white beard and golden sickle, this figure haunts the area where his temple stood before the manse was constructed. Do not mistake this ghost as being overly quaint, as the screams of human blood sacrifices can be heard from the same area after dark.

Lady of Lawers

Location: Lawers - General area of the ruined village, on banks of Loch Tay
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 2006
Further Comments: This long deserted village is home to the phantom white lady of Lawers. Workers at a nearby hotel report the feeling of being watched in the area.

Each Uisge

Location: Loch Earn - Waters of the Loch
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: This water horse would entice people to sit upon its back before drowning the unsuspecting victim. One story states that the creature lived in Loch Tay, but was driven out and relocated here.

Water Cows

Location: Loch Tay - General area
Type: Fairy
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Fairy cattle would constantly graze both on the land surrounding the loch, and in the still waters.

Bad Architect

Location: Lochearnhead - Edinample Castle
Type: Cryptozoology
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: Black Duncan Campbell threw an architect to his death from the roof of the castle after he failed to design and build a parapet. The phantom man is now reputed to haunt the roof.

Dogs

Location: Logierait - Ballechin House
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Nineteenth Century
Further Comments: The house was haunted by the sounds of arguing, rapping, and an invisible force that felt like a dog pushing against people's legs. This 'dog' was quite common, many people felt it, and other pet dogs brought into the house appeared happy to play with an invisible friend. A phantom nun is also said to walk the garden.

Angry Mermaid

Location: Lornty - Waters between town and Loch Benachally
Type: Legend
Date / Time: Unknown
Further Comments: These waters were once the swimming area of a mermaid who was renowned for her bad temperament.

Top of a Woman

Location: Meggernie - Meggernie Castle
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: 1862, and late 1920s
Further Comments: The 1862 witness, along with others previous, said he woke up during the night to feel a burning kiss on his cheek - standing over him was a woman, who quickly moved away towards an adjoining room. As she drifted though the doorway, the witness noticed she had no legs. The figure has also been seen inversed - just a pair of legs with no torso. One explanation offered is that the figure was murdered, and the body cut in two... A visiting doctor who stayed the night in the 1920s also reported seeing a floating head and shoulders.