The Blue Lady of Linlithgow Palace remains the most consistently reported apparition in the area. Witnesses describe encountering a female figure clothed in blue or blue-grey robes, moving with deliberate steps from the palace entrance towards St Michael's Parish Church. The figure appears solid enough to be mistaken initially for a living person before observers notice period clothing and an otherworldly quality to the apparition's movement. Several accounts mention the strong scent of perfume accompanying sightings - a sweet, floral fragrance that has no identifiable source and dissipates shortly after the figure vanishes. The identification of this apparition as Mary of Guise stems from multiple factors: her strong historical connection to the palace, the regal bearing witnesses describe, and the route the figure takes toward the church where she would have worshipped. Some witnesses report the figure appearing at dusk, walking the path between palace and church as if attending evening prayers. Others have encountered her at dawn, a translucent form moving through the morning mist that often rises from the loch. Queen Margaret's Bower produces distinct but related phenomena. The White Lady seen here differs in appearance from the Blue Lady of the main palace grounds - witnesses describe lighter coloured robes and a more mournful demeanour. The tower's association with Margaret Tudor's vigil for her doomed husband creates a powerful narrative framework for these sightings. Staff and visitors to the palace ruins have reported feeling sudden waves of sadness while in the tower, an emotional residue that some interpret as supernatural in origin. The palace cellars and service corridors generate reports of auditory phenomena rather than visual apparitions. Footsteps echo through empty passages, following no logical pattern and stopping abruptly when investigated. Voices have been heard in conversation, the words indistinct but the tone suggesting normal domestic activity - the sounds of a household that no longer exists. These phenomena occur most frequently in the areas facing Linlithgow Loch, where the palace's lower levels would once have bustled with servants and supplies. Mary, Queen of Scots herself appears in the chapel, according to some accounts. The figure kneels in prayer, dressed in the dark clothing associated with her later years of captivity and sorrow. This apparition is reported less frequently than the Blue Lady but carries its own emotional weight. Those who have witnessed it describe an overwhelming sense of tragedy - appropriate given Mary's dramatic life, forced abdication, long imprisonment, and eventual execution in 1587. The Court Residence's own history as a site of judgment and imprisonment adds psychological texture to any stay. The 1875 cell block held individuals awaiting their fate in the adjacent courtroom. The building witnessed moments of fear, despair, and the heavy machinery of Victorian justice. While no specific ghostly activity has been documented within the Court Residence itself, the building's purpose and location ensure that guests experience Linlithgow's supernatural heritage from an unusually intimate vantage point.