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Specters International: Scottish Castles

Edinburgh Castle. Photo by Jane Haselden

Question 1:

While the U.K. may be the motherlode of haunting, Scotland's Edinburgh Castle may be the most haunted castle in all the land. A prisoner who hoped to escape the castle by hiding in a wheelbarrow full of dung, has his escape dashed when what happened?

	He was found and stabbed to death			He was found, and hung upside down to die over the side of the castle

	The wheelbarrow was emptied out on the side of the rocky hill

Question 2:

Sir William De Soulis had an appropriately scary name, a castle, and knowledge of the black arts, but after killing plenty of the local's children, the town-folk decidedenough was enough. The locals stormed the castle and sent the lord on his way via?

	Skinning him alive			Boiling him to death

	Drawn and quartered

Question 3:

Hermitage Castle's ruins are the home to three spirits who were starved to death. Glamis Castle hosts the spirit of a housekeeper whose tongue was cut out by her master. Culcreuch Castle is the unfortunate site of which headless apparition?

	The flying head of a Spanish soldier			The flying head of royalty

	The flying severed animal head

Question 4:

One of the long-ago owners of Meggernie Castle suspected his wife of an affair, and killed her. He chopped her body in half, and hid her away before burying her. He never finished the task, dying suddenly, leaving what unfortunate haunting for all time?

	Wife's top half haunts the top floors, bottom half haunts the bottom floors			Typical blood-curdling screaming and banging about

	The scenes of her dismemberment are replayed over and over

Question 5:

Several of Scotland's castles are home to "Green Lady's" but Stirling Castle may be home to the only pink ghost in the country. This spirit is believed to be either Mary, Queen of Scots or?

	One of Mary's helpers			A housekeeper

	The daughter of a lord of the manor