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Local history told by local guides in a quirky, offbeat style. Packed with facts as well as a few laughs along the way, there’s something for everyone.

See details of our brand new tour – Mad Mag: The Misadventures of a Drunken Fishcadger – running in April & May only!

More tickets now added for our Old Steeple tours.

TOURS | BOOKS | AUDIO

Local history told by local guides in a quirky, offbeat style. Packed with facts as well as a few laughs along the way, there’s something for everyone.

Tours available in 2025 below

Join Louise & Stewart for some of the wildest tales from Dundee’s history. See below for current and upcoming tours.

Get your hard hat on & venture underground to unlock the secrets hidden under our streets. Runs on Saturday afternoons.

£15 pp

Meet Mag Gow – fish seller, troublemaker, and absolute menace. Be quick to catch this tour, as it’s only running in April & May 2025! 

£13.50 pp

From riots and rebellions to disasters and sieges, this tour highlights the worst days of Dundee’s past. Runs Tuesdays at 6 pm

£10 pp

Back in stock by popular demand, our ‘Shut Your Pus’ coasters are back!

We’ve also added new map prints of Dundee in the 1500s.

Get your hard hat on and venture beneath the streets and unlock the secrets of Dundee’s history in The Vaults.

£15 pp

Meet Mag Gow – fish seller, troublemaker, and absolute menace. Be quick, this tour is only running in Apr & May!

£13.50 pp

Whatever you’re celebrating, whether its a reunion, works night out or a birthday, we have a private tour to suit you. It’s an activity for all ages, and we can cater it to suit for walking ability, and how gruesome and gory you want it to be!

Books

Our Dark Dundee books are available to buy online, but also from local stores and Amazon. Our burial grounds book is only available here on our website. 

With gruesome, gory and ghoulish tales and facts, this storybook of Dundee’s history might keep you up at night. 

Packed with even more gruesomely ghoulish tales and facts. Ready for more?

In Pictures

From the ancient to the new, explore the burial grounds of Dundee with us in pictures.

Books

Our Dark Dundee books are available to buy online, but also from local stores and Amazon. Our burial grounds book is only available here on our website.
Packed with gruesome, gory and ghoulish tales and facts, this storybook of Dundee’s history just might keep you up at night.
Packed with even more gruesomely ghoulish tales and facts. Ready for more?
In Pictures
From the ancient to the new, explore the burial grounds of Dundee with us in pictures.

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