Edinburgh: City of the Dead

– A history of the supernatural in Edinburgh.

It's the capital of a civilized western nation - a seat of learning that influenced the world. Yet today it is famous as the most haunted city on Earth.

This book sets out to discover why. City of the Dead is the definitive exploration of Edinburgh's dark side. It's a history of the occult, a guide to grisly and paranormal locations, and an investigation into Edinburgh's numerous supernatural phenomena. Is there really something strange and sinister lurking in its shadows?

Jan-Andrew Henderson lets you in on his city's darkest secrets.

• Publisher: Black and White Publishing (8 April 2010)
• ISBN-10: 1845023005
• ISBN-13: 978-1845023003
• Price - £7.99 (GBP)

The Ghost That Haunted Itself

– The Story of the Mackenzie Poltergeist

Greyfrair’s Cemetery in Edinburgh has a centuries old reputation for being haunted. Its gruesome history includes use as a mass prison, headstone removal, witchcraft, bodysnatching, desecration, corpse dumping and live burial.

In 1998, something inexplicable began occurring in the graveyard. Visitors encountered ‘cold spots’, strange smells and banging noises. They found themselves overcome by nausea, or cut and bruised by something they could not see. Witnesses to these attacks ran into the hundreds. There were two exorcisms of the area.

Both failed.

The entity responsible - the ‘Mackenzie Poltergeist’ - has become the best-documented most conclusive paranormal case in history.

• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (19 July 2001)
• ISBN-10: 1840184825
• ISBN-13: 978-1840184822
• Price - £6.99 (GBP)

‘A haunting tale’ – The Scotsman.

‘Compelling’ – Daily Express

‘A fascinating read’ – Dundee Courier

‘Well written and gripping’ – Scottish Town & Country

‘Fascinating’ – Lanarkshire TV

The Town Below the Ground

– Edinburgh’s Legendary Underground City.

Below Scotland’s capital, hidden for almost two centuries, is a metropolis whose very existence was all but forgotten.

For almost 250 years, Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall. Unable to expand the city’s boundaries, the burgeoning population built over every inch of square space. And when there was no more room, they began to dig down . . .

Trapped in lives of poverty and crime, these subterranean dwellers existed in darkness and misery, ignored by the chroniclers of their time. It is only in the last few years that the shocking truth has begun to emerge about the sinister underground city.

• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing (16 Sep 1999)
• ISBN-10: 1840182318
• ISBN-13: 978-1840182316
• Price - £7.99 (GBP)

‘Spine Chilling’ – Scotland on Sunday

‘Thoroughly recommended’ – Radio Scotland

‘Fascinating’ - Big Issue

‘A fascinating book’ – Daily Mail

The Emperor’s New Kilt

– The Two Secret Histories of Scotland

Did you know a Scot invented the light bulb (not Edison), flew the first aeroplane (not the Wright brothers), discovered North America (not Columbus), sent the earliest wireless message (not Marconi) and published the original theory of Evolution (not Darwin). 

On the other hand did you know that most tartans were created in 1822 and an Englishman made up the kilt?

Thought not.

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing; illustrated edition edition (21 Sep 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840183780
• ISBN-13: 978-1840183788
• Price - £7.99 (GBP)

‘His disclosures are fascinating’ – The Scotsman

‘Originality and freshness’ – Aberdeen Press and Journal

‘Amazing’ – Daily Record

‘Absolutely fascinating’ – Scottish Connection, BBC Radio

‘Excellent’ – Carluke Gazette

Who wants to be an Edinburgher?

(With Barry Gordon)

The ultimate Edinburgh quiz book.

Questions on people, places, buildings, history, sport, customs, arts and any other weird fact we could dredge up. Or just memorize every page to become an all round Edinburgh smarty-pants

• Black and White Publishers 2004

• ISBN 1845020065

The Wee Book of Edinburgh

Edinburgh is a city of contrasts, a fact reflected in this collection of photographs taken throughout the 20th century.

Images from the National Library of Scotland, accompanied by text by Jan-Andrew Henderson to reveal the astonishing history of Edinburgh.

• Publisher: Black and White Publishing (19 May 2004)
• ISBN-10: 1845020065
• ISBN-13: 978-1845020064
• Price - £5.99 (GBP)