VISITSCOTLAND is celebrating the nation’s Halloween heritage through a new guide to Scotland’s spookiest locations.
The Ghost Trail will lead visitors to historic sites, including Glen Coe where government soldiers – who were posing as friendly visitors – killed 38 people from the Macdonald of Glen Coe clan. In recent times, people have reported hearing screams in Glen Coe or seeing re-enactments of the massacre.
Scotland is considered by some to be the home of Halloween. The celebration originates from the ancient Celts’ “Feast of Samhain”. The eve became known as All Saints’ Eve, All Hallows’ Eve, or Hallowe’en.
Malcolm Roughead, VisitScotland chief executive, said: “Scotland is THE place to be at Halloween with our atmospheric landscape, creepy castles, haunted historic houses, superstitions and bloody history.”
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