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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Aaliyah Rugg

TikToker shares legend around mysterious tomb and the man who 'lost a bet with the devil'

Liverpool is a city filled with historical sites and stories, and many locals have tales to tell that could send shivers up your spine.

A mysterious pyramid, which is the final resting place of a renowned civil engineer, is surrounded by myths and legends - but is something which many people walk past every day without realising. Situated in the middle of the graveyard of St Andrew’s Church on Rodney Street is a 15-foot-high pyramidal tomb belonging to William Mackenzie.

Legend has it that Mackenzie, an avid gambler, lost a bet with the devil and lost his soul in a game of poker - and on his death he would descend to hell. But it is suggested if he was never buried, that Satan could never claim his prize.

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