The White Lady of Comiston: A Haunting in Edinburgh

About this episode

The episode explores the legend of the White Lady of Comiston, a ghostly figure reported in Edinburgh over the years.

On the southern edge of Edinburgh, Comiston looks like any other quiet residential suburb. But beneath its pavements, paths, and housing estates lies a much older story - one filled with prehistoric burial sites, lost landscapes, folklore, and a figure that has been reported for over a century. The White Lady of Comiston is a woman in pale clothing, seen along the same route, across different generations. From Robert Louis Stevenson’s 19th-century account, to the school sighting in 1965, and later reports in the 1980s, the White Lady of Comiston has appeared across generations along the same route. Listen to learn her story.

Topics covered

• haunting
• folklore
• Edinburgh history
• ghost stories
• urban legends

Keywords

• White Lady
• Comiston
• haunting
• Edinburgh
• ghost
• folklore
• Robert Louis Stevenson

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Comiston, Edinburgh

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