Last Wednesday, a group of invited guests attended a sneak preview of Mostly Ghostly’s new local history tour - Heroes of the Titanic… One fine evening in Dumfries, a young lad in period costume emerged from one of the town’s side streets to welcome the gathered crowd. In his hands, a newspaper board announcing...

On April 15th, the Mostly Ghostly team bring a new local history tour to the streets of Dumfries, honouring the lives of John Law Hume and Thomas Mullin - Heroes of the Titanic. We’re about to embark on a new journey, diversifying into unchartered territory with a guided walking tour connected with the most...

Dumfries and Galloway is a region of remarkable beauty and dramatic, awe-inspiring contrasts; remote wilderness, breathtaking coastal views, historic sites and sensory delights. It has unique magical qualities that emanate throughout the year, but there’s something a little special about the winter time and especially close to Christmas and New Year, when that little...

We have a passion for exploring historic and forgotten kirkyards, the joy of discovery providing a strong and irresistible pull. It is this passion that has inspired us to create a series of three historic churchyard tours for Dumfries which we aim to expand further. These walking tours will take place in St. Michael’s,...

Here at Mostly Ghostly Investigations, we are passionate about local history and have created a range of ghost and local history tours for Dumfries and the region as a whole. We’re currently in the process of researching a completely different venture to highlight our local heroes of the Titanic. This new walking tour sees a...

A week today since Halloween and I think we’ve just about recovered! We were inundated with phone calls regarding our two Halloween ghost walks and were both amazed and overwhelmed by the buzz of excitement on the days leading up to them. When the two walks sold out mid-week, we made the decision that...

It’s the anniversary of Mary Reid or Timney’s death today and I think of her often. She is notable in history for being the last woman to suffer death by public execution in Scotland, right here in Dumfries, and I first became interested in her case back in early 2010. We were embarking on...

To mark the end of July, we bring you the third and final part of A Haunting in Dumfries… Read on to learn more about our intriguing paranormal investigation of a Dumfries Town Centre building… As our dowsing session progressed, the spirit person named ‘Dorothy’ told us she had been happiest in her teenage...

His legs were moving, as if they’d taken on a life of their own… Hello and welcome to part two of our exciting paranormal investigation in Dumfries, featuring unusual odours, mysterious marble movement and a dancer named Dorothy… If our stairs vigil was characterised by sounds, then it was the presence of strange smells...

She spotted a dark haired lady on the landing just below the middle floor… This week’s spooky spotlight shines on a haunted building in Dumfries, where Mostly Ghostly conducted a most intriguing paranormal investigation - enjoy! As you’re walking around Dumfries Town Centre, take a moment to consider the old and interesting buildings you...