Private Glasgow Dark Side Walking Tour

This is a journey through the city’s darker streets, stranger stories and more unsettling past. A city well-known for its turbulent past, Glasgow has a lot of secrets. Built by industry, shaped by its working class, and run by gangs operating out of ice-cream vans. With your own local guide, uncover the murders, criminals, prisons, ghosts, gangs and grim tales that have shaped Glasgow over the centuries. Walk through the historic streets around Glasgow Cathedral, the old prison quarter and the Clyde, hearing stories of notorious inmates, unsolved murders, grave robbing, the Gorbals Vampire and Glasgow’s connections to the slave trade. And this isn’t just history… some of these stories are surprisingly recent.

1. 1

   Glasgow Cathedral

   10 min

   Learn the dark past of Glasgow Cathedral

2. 2

   The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis

   10 min

   Discover the haunted history of The Necropolis and those laid to rest here

3. 3

   Friends Of Glasgow Royal Infirmary Museum

   10 min

   Learn about the ghosts who haunt Glasgow Royal Infirmary

4. 4

   St. Mungo at High Street

   10 min

   Discover Glasgow's tenements on High Street, and the people who inhabited them

5. 5

   City Chambers

   10 min

   Learn about Glasgow's slave trade connections, and how the city has taken steps to eradicate this dark past

6. 6

   Blackfriars

   10 min

   Here the dark history of the Blackfriars area will be revealed

7. 7

   Tolbooth Steeple

   10 min

   Learn about Glasgow's grisly prison, The Tolbooth and the punishments suffered here

8. 8

   Stop 8

   10 min

   Learn about the Trongate's dark past

9. 9

   Glasgow Green

   10 min

   Finish in Glasgow Green, at the McLennan Arch for a spine-chilling finish

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.