This is where Rab's told me to meet him
It feels like another one of those horror tropes you know
the big creepy castle the big door
but anyway
let's hope he turns up
I just get that weird feeling you know
somebody's watching me
When did you get there?
Des, I hink in a sense I've always been here
Why are we standing ootside this big creepy castle?
Well this mate
is meant to be the maist haunted castle in Scotland
You've seen some great horror films
you've seen how it works behind the curtain but noo
we're coming to the world of the unseen
and the unknown
We're going to get a wee ghost tour, if you believe in that sort of thing
You fancy it?
Dae I have tae?
Ye have tae mate, it's telly, ye have tae
Lead on
Right okay, if we have tae
No looking forward to this
Be brave
If I was creeped out by Laurie's Fife studio
This place was taking my terror to a whole new level
No Hollywood smoke and mirrors here
We were at a real castle with real history
and a really creaky door
Hello, welcome to Glamis, please come in
How you doing?
Wow look at this
Noo this is Ingrid by the way she's going to give us the ghost tour
So would you like to follow me
Some place innit?
I know, imagine paying for the heating in here
Unbelievable
This is the oldest part of the castle
it was built from about 1400
Glamis is reported to be the most haunted castle in Scotland
Yeah I was going to ask about that
the old eh, G word
Are there actual ghosts here?
Well many people have said they've seen ghosts
There's reputed to be a ghost in the chapel
the ghost of the Grey Lady
and here we have the chapel door
and traditionally
you're supposed to knock three times
to warn her you're about to enter
Would anybody like to volunteer?
Well Des, it's got to be you?
The Grey Lady demands it Des...
Go oan, go oan...
It's no real is it Des, just knock
As much as I told myself
that Ingrid's tales were just folklore
as Rab coaxed me into the depths
of Scotland's most haunted castle
it was feeling like a horror movie in itself
What is going on here?
So apparently
Lady Rose Bowes Lyon, the Queen Mother's sister
came in here to do organ practice one day
and she saw the Grey Lady
sitting in the seat in the corner
so she went out to give her some peace to pray
and when she came back in the lady was gone
This is creeping me out
Ingrid who was the Grey Lady then?
Well she was supposedly
Janet Douglas the widow of the sixth lord Glamis
who was falsely accused by King James the fifth
of trying to poison him
Sadly she was burnt at the stake in 1537
So the reason is treason?
Absolutely, well put
And that, that's where she used to sit?
To sit in the chair in the corner yeah
Legend or not
ghostly tales of witchcraft were giving me the heebie jeebies
and I couldn't help but think that Rab was trying to rub salt in the wound
Rab, what ye doin?
It's fine
you don't believe this is all true dae ye?
You just heard her
Just stories Des, surely
Ingrid come on
Rab come on, come on
Aye, I'll catch up on you go
Think I'll take the shortcut though
Right Rab come oan
Rab?
Rab!
Ingrid you said that we're in the most haunted castle in Scotland
How many ghosts are we talking about?
Oh multiple
Multiple, great
Hey wait
How did you get here?
Mate am fae north Glesga
I've got plenty of tricks up my sleeve
Where are we?
So we're in the crypt
This is the oldest part of the castle from about 1400
and there's a hidden room in this wall
that was bricked up years ago
So the story goes
that Lord Glamis was playing cards one night
with Earl of Crawford, who was known as Earl Beardie
and midnight struck and the servant came to alert them
that it was sabbath
because it was a sin to play cards on the sabbath
and Earl Beardie said I'm gonnae carry on playing
I don't care
and then a knock came on the door
and a tall dark stranger came up
and joined the game
apparently noises can still be heard on a Saturday night
as if the card game's still going on
What you daein?
Just checking mate, just checking
Hearts gawn here
For that reason
the family, about 300 years later, they bricked up the room
and you can see the the window bricked up outside as well
So somewhere behind that wall there's still a game of cards going on?
Well supposedly
I wonder who won?
Well I could tell you some more
and show you some other rooms if you like?
Do you know what Ingrid I'm fine
I believe ye, it's haunted no no I'm good
Ingrid thanks so much
Lovely to meet you
This was beginning to feel like another horror trope
With Ingrid's departure we'd gone from three to two
and I had a sinking feeling I knew who the last man standing would be
Well Des ye said that ye don't dae horror
but you've done it noo
but what if only you were here
and we all left and turned the lights oot Des?
How long would you last?
Why don't you take a wee seat?
You're gonnae?
Come on!
There's nae such things as ghosts
Nae such thing as ghosts Des
Nae such thing as ghosts
Although I did think that Rab had one final trick up his sleeve
no pun intended
I was completely in the dark as to what was going on
What Des doesn't know
is that he's not going to be alone in the room
I will wouldnae dae that to my pal
No, I'll be there in the room wae him
to look after him
Is he actually gone?
As I was plunged into pitch darkness
through the wonders of night vision cameras
you have the benefit of seeing what I couldn't
Is anyone there, hello?
I can hear someone
Ahhh!
Who is that?
What is happening?
Honestly, what's happening here
Aghh!!
Where is that?
Where's that coming from?
I don't know if I'm hearing this or if it's just in my head
Please stop
Aghh Ahhh!!
Stop this!
I'm not here to hurt you
Whoever's in here
I'm just gonna leave you alone
I'm sorry, I've come into your house
Argh!
That's it, that's it
I'm out I'm out
Whatever's happening just stop it
You awright my man?
Was that you?
Course it was me!
Rab!
I was terrified
Listen, there's nae such thing as ghosts
who else could it be?
Of course it was me
What a beautiful feeling though
Is it no the maist beautiful feeling being scared?
Naw, it was horrible
It was everything I hated
It was creepy noises
It was the dark
It was awful mate
It was nothing it was just ghost train patter
Listen
Tell me noo
Does Des do Horror?
Honestly?
Des does not do horror
Forget it
Come on noo
So you're not going to come up my house and watch a horror film noo?
Definitely not
Not a chance
Let's go watch some horror
No way
We'll make a horror!
Let's go make a horror
No, I'm gonnae watch a rom-com
That'll dae me
Right come on