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Mary King's Close
Mary King's Close is an old Edinburgh close under buildings in the Old Town area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It took its name from one Mary King, daughter of advocate Alexander King, who in the 17th century had owned several properties within the close.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mary King's Close )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Close )〕 The close was partially demolished and buried under the Royal Exchange, and later being closed to the public for many years, the complex became shrouded in myths and urban legends; tales of ghosts and murders, and myths of plague victims being walled up and left to die abounded.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mary King's Close )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mary King's Close )〕
However, new research and archaeological evidence has revealed that the close actually consists of a number of closes which were originally narrow streets with tenement houses on either side, stretching up to seven stories high. Mary King's Close is now a commercial tourist attraction.
== Hauntings ==
The close has had a reputation for hauntings since at least the 17th century. It has been pointed out that this particular close ran the nearest of any to the old Nor Loch, a stagnant and highly polluted marsh; biogas escaping into the close and creating eerie lights may have been the cause for these rumors of spirit hauntings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Haunted Close )〕 It is also said that the gas escaping into the closes was known to cause hallucinations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE NOR'LOCH )〕 Urban legends say that the hauntings originated with plague victims being quarantined and left to die in the close, or with their bodies being used to build the walls.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mary King's Close: Edinburgh's Most Haunted Street )〕
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