The Ghosts of Glamis Castle: A Royal Haunting

In this video we travel away from Edinburgh, to the historic Glamis Castle.

Home to the famous Bowes-Lyon family, Glamis has stood since the 15th century, but has been a site of historical significance for over 1,000 years.

This, of course, means the Castle is haunted, really haunted. In this episode we explore the famous and not so-famous stories of this incredible location.

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[susandavis]

I just found out about 1 year ago, that I am the 9th great GGrandaughter of Janet Douglas. Such a sad story. I had a copy of a painted portrait of her, but never knew about what happened to her. I was shocked when I read about her false accusations, which I learned resulted of her burning at the stake, outside of Edinburg Castle. Even though this happened 400 years ago, it made me so sad.

[lexiedennis]

Clicked on this the second i saw it; your videos never disappoint. Your narration is understated brilliance. No over-dramatic pauses or patronising words here! And put together so well. Best channel of this type by far!! Thank you for all the effort you put into these. It's much appreciated 😊

[billyaitken]

…so, the mention of ‘Grey Beardy’ got me remembering an old Galloway/ Ayrshire (?) folk tale that I recall my mother telling me in the 1970’s. Not a ghost story, just one of those folk tales.

Story goes that in a long, warm summer, a couple with a small child lived in a rural farmhouse. Every evening the child would sit on the back step of the cottage, having soup and bread for dinner whilst his parents sat at their dinner table and had their evening meal. On more than one occasion the parents had heard their son ‘chatting away to himself’ and referring to ‘Grey Beardie’, often saying “get over to your own side of the plate Grey Beardie”.
One evening, whilst following their usual routine, the father and mother heard their son saying “get over to your own side of the plate Grey Beardie, go on, back you your side of the plate…” This time the boy’s father got up to check on his son. He saw his son, sitting on the step, bowl in his lap and an adder (Britain’s only venomous snake) with it’s head halfway across the top of the bowl of soup. The man slapped the bowl of soup out of the boy’s hand, knocking the adder to the ground with it. The man then quickly killed the snake whilst the boy cried hysterically on the doorstep.

The story would have it that the boy refused to eat again and became increasingly withdrawn until he passed away.
‘Grey Beardie’ had obviously been a daily summertime visitor to the boy and they had become quite accustomed to each other’s company.

Anybody else from SW Scotland / Scotland remember being told this folk tale?

[JM-pmtb]

Thanks for the video.
Shakespeare took a bit of liberty with history when it came to "The Scottish Play".
Glamis Castle was not yet in existence when Duncan was killed in battle by Macbeth's forces in 1340. Macbeth went on to rule for many years, his castle located in Dunsinane.

[rosie_nix]

I've been a bit obsessed with Glamis, since I first heard the stories as a child. Back then, I didn't realise you could visit, but this episode made me check again, and it is now definitely on the to do list!

[annmarieray]

The Scottish accent is so beautiful, could listen all day long..loved this video...castles and ghosts...

[AScottishOdyssey]

I've been to Glamis Castle. It's stunning. So much history, folklore and ghost stories.

[Johnny-pyhh]

I really enjoyed that, some may scoff but I’ve seen quiet a few ghosts myself and your video’s never fail to send an icy shiver down my spine.

[jared]

Thank you for another great video. You actually presented stories of this haunted structure new to me, such as the tongless woman. As for vampires, I am willing to believe the castle is infested with them to this day.

[alanatolstad]

Many years ago, I'd heard that the Queen Mother had seen ghosts, but I don't remember more than that.

[tracycraft]

I’ve heard many of these stories of Glamis castle from my grandparents so this was confirmation that they knew of the history of the castle. Very cool!

[mariamanasewitsch]

Loved this, good narration, excellent source material chosen.

Thanx

[alexwilliamson]

Just watched, superb presentation! Must take a trip there in the Summer, my mum was born in Blairgowrie, her mum, my grandmother, worked at Glamis, in service, for many years, and regularly saw the then Queen and our late Queen 👸 in the grounds often, she always talked about how haunted Glamis was, but wish I’d recorded the stories, so I asked my mum last week and she said my Grandmother HAD encountered a Grey Lady, whilst in service. Who or what it was my mum couldn’t remember.

[kimsmith]

There has been alot of accounts accusing Queen Elizabeth, aka The Queen Mum, aka Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was a scary woman. Now, if you grew up living in the "most haunted" castle in Scotland, you would become scary or completely traumatized yourself.

[uncannylassie]

More spooks here than I knew about. Genuinely scary. Well done. (Delighted you say “Earl” properly 😜)

[leoniesableblanc]

Just discovered your channel. First video I have watched. Have been to Glamis castle in 2014 on holiday and really liked it. Lovely to hear of the ghost stories. Also loved listening to your voice, I am a sucker for a Scottish accent!

[impb]

I like your style in telling the haunting story along with the supporting eerie creepy background music and video, making it easier for us to feel the atmosphere 😨👍👍
please dont change your style, I really love it and this style is rare to find lately on youtube.

[garylyons]

I am, a Lyons I follow your videos with great care, thank you

[tiffles]

Great video.

Also I really appreciate it when content creators list the particular soundtracks they used in a video. Thanks for that. It's so frustrating when you like a bit of music in a video but just can't an independent recording of it elsewhere.

[suecrowhurst]

Thankyou for another great ghosts stories, I wouldn’t want to stop there, but love it, can’t wait to see the next one