Shining a light on Scotland’s spooky secrets

A woman and her son called the police after a series of bizarre events at the property in Rutherglen.

Three police officers then reported witnessing unexplained phenomena, such as clothes and a mobile phone flying across a room and an oven door opening and closing of its own accord.

The baffled officers have since contacted the Catholic Church to perform an exorcism on the family home.

And it’s not the only case of a Scottish family reporting things going bump in the night. There have been several other cases of spooks leaving ordinary homeowners calling for the Ghostbusters…

This photograph, taken in Pittenweem, Fife, is claimed to be the ghost of an 18th Century witch. WHERE: Kirkcaldy WHEN: 2013

Fife Council officials were called to the home of a frantic woman who claimed a violent entity was stalking the property.

Loud noises came from the attic, electrical goods were switched on and off and injuries were caused by nails sticking out of a small case.

A medium called in by the tenant claimed the spirit of the last occupant, who had died in the house, was still there, along with a dead brother and an old woman.

It was concluded that the claim could neither be proved nor disproved but had been taken seriously. the small Clackmannanshire town claimed their houses had been over-run by paranormal pests.

Strange noises came from the lofts, a knife and fork flew through the air, a family dog was found trapped in a bedroom locked from the inside, a couple carrying a baby in their arms was spotted in a bedroom in the dead of night, and one of the female residents went into a trance and began speaking in tongues.

Paranormal investigators were called in and performed a cleansing ritual on the properties in a bid to rid them of the supernatural, but each of the families moved out soon after. WHERE: Dalkeith, East Lothian WHEN: 2012

A mum and her two young daughters were left distraught in 2012 after they spotted a series of apparitions at their home.

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