An Edinburgh ghosthunter has claimed that Scotland is the most haunted country in the world.
Evelyn Hollow who is working on the new Scottish based ghost hunting show on Discovery said that while filming across the country members of the production team were terrified.
Edinburgh star Gail Porter also from the capital will present the show alongside renowned American medium Chris Fleming.
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The 10-part chilling series, is called Spooked Scotland , and will see the former model lead an expert paranormal team to investigate some of the most incredible stories and locations from around Scotland.
Through night and day, the team will explore some of the country's spookiest locations and have exclusive access to places that have never let a film crew past their doors.
Speaking to STV News the paranormal expert who has been working on the show said: “When you look at the size of the country, the level of phenomena that’s happening is incredible."
“Scotland is incredibly culturally diverse and throughout history there have been lots of different belief systems integrated here.
“More than that, a lot of trauma has happened in Scotland; years of genocide and oppression, wars, social cleansing and some really horrific crimes being committed.
“When you look at all that and you look at paranormal activity, it starts to make sense why so many people report having paranormal experiences in Scotland.”
Filming the new show was filled with bizarre experiences that shocked the crew.
Evelyn explained: “We experienced really strong and bizarre audio phenomena,
“We also had sudden plummets in temperature, fluctuations in electrical readings and equipment dying even though we had multiple battery packs.
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She continued: "I don’t scare easily, but I think Gail was really afraid in a couple of episodes. What was more alarming for me was the crew being scared, even guys who have worked in television for years.
“They’ve done dozens of these programmes, but some were genuinely afraid, guys in their 50s had to stop.”
Locations that will feature in the show include the infamously haunted Brodick Castle on the Isle of Arran, the historic town of Culross where one of Europe's worst witch hunts took place and the site of a notorious massacre in Glencoe in the Highlands.
The series premiered on Really and the streaming services, Discovery+ on May 27.
