The Edinburgh Dungeon

The Edinburgh Dungeon is a 70-minute, interactive walk-through experience using live actors, theatrical sets, spectacular special effects and thrilling rides to bring 1000 years of Edinburgh and Scottish history to life. One of the top Edinburgh Attractions you must visit.

A few of the gruesome characters you can meet at The Edinburgh Dungeon  include:

How will you plead? Guilty? Or VERY guilty?

Enter our dingy, 17th century Edinburgh courtroom and prepare to be judged for your heinous crimes! Our Judge Mental will either find you guilty or… VERY GUILTY!

The only question that matters is just what are you guilty of?

Are you a witch or just plain drunk? Guilty of having a baldy heid or for being from Dundee? Get into that dock and be prepared for your punishment!

Meet Agnes Finnie, Edinburgh’s baddest witch!

You are now entering the Witch Pricker’s interrogation chamber at The Edinburgh Dungeon, here you’ll come face to face with Agnes Finnie – accused of witchcraft in 1645. She’s mad, she’s bad, she’s not to be messed with! But are you a witch too? Protect yourself from accusations of sinister sorcery or you might be burned alive! Let’s face it, nobody wants a human barbecue…

You now find yourself in the home of incarceration, humiliation and pain.

Suspected witches won’t get away easily – the Torturer is VERY good at their job and always looking for ‘volunteers’’ to test their implements on.  Preferably up that place where the sun don’t shine… and they don’t mean Glasgow!

Well done! You’ve found Sawney Bean’s Family. Unfortunately, it’s been a while since they last ate and you look delicious…

It’s the 16th century and you find yourself creeping through the Bean clan’s foul-smelling lair to discover the leftovers of lost travellers. Have the hunters become the hunted? Will you escape, or become the cannibal’s next fresh meat?

You’ve made it to the Grassmarket and a crowd has gathered to see you pay for your sins…

Lucky you! Your executioner will show you the ‘ropes’.

The crowd cheers and it’s your turn to face the drop. The noose is ready as are the judge, priest and executioner. The thrilling gravity-defying drop marks the scary fun end to your Dungeon journey!