Riddle's Court

Riddle's Court is a historic townhouse on the Lawnmarket section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile historically associated with Baillie John MacMorran (1553–1595). Sources note that MacMorran's house at Riddle's Court is a valued monument and that MacMorran was killed during a riot at Edinburgh High School; the association of the house with MacMorran dates to the late 16th century. In contemporary times the building functions as an events venue and has been used during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, appearing in multiple venue listings and event archives. The provided sources do not record any paranormal claims, hauntings, apparitions, or supernatural entities connected to Riddle's Court. No folkloric traditions, ghost reports, or investigatory explanations are present in the supplied material. As such, this dossier restricts itself to verifiable historical association and documented modern cultural use without asserting any paranormal phenomena.