Glasgow Dark Side Halloween Walking Tour
31 October – 3 November, 2024
Do something different on Halloween and discover a different side to the city you live and breathe in. Uncover Glasgow’s secrets and skeletons; from unsolved true crime murders and tales of notorious prison inmates, to grave robbing and Glasgow’s foundations as a city built on the back of slavery. This 1.5 hour special event tour will bring our dark past into light as you discover a unique side to our iconic city.
A city well-known for its turbulent past, Glasgow has a lot of secrets. Built by industry, shaped by its working class, and run by gangs operating out of ice-cream vans, there’s so much to learn from Glasgow’s dark history.
This 1.5 hour tour with locals will take you on a walk in the darker side of Glasgow’s history, some centuries ago, some decades ago, and some still happening in the city today.
Tour highlights:
- The last hanging in Scotland
- The inspiration behind Frankenstein
- Grave robbers
- Bible John
- Duke Street Prison
- The Resurrectionists
- The Gorbals Vampire
…& much more!
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Written by : Pat Byrne
Publisher of Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End; the community guide to the West End of Glasgow. Fiction and non-fiction writer.
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