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Krampus: the Christmas Demon

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:December 11, 2019
Post category:Trails and Tours
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Krampus is the half-goat, half-demon creature who pairs up with St. Nick to punish naughty children on December 5th. You'll find him in parades in many Alpine countries, where Krampus run wild through the streets...

Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials, Amsterdam

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:September 8, 2019
Post category:Cemeteries and Memorials
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These small plaques in the ground of many European cities mark the final place victims of the Holocaust lived before their murder by the Nazis...

Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, UK

Post author:Sophie Collard
Post published:October 25, 2018
Post category:Museums
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A two-headed pig, dried cats (and a rat) and wax intestines, we check out the highlights of the Museum of Witchcraft in Cornwall...

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:August 16, 2018
Post category:Cemeteries and Memorials Disaster Sites Museums
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We visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and the Atomic Bomb Dome dedicated to the events of the 6th August 1945 and the aftereffects of nuclear war...

Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California

Post author:Sophie Collard
Post published:October 31, 2017
Post category:Haunted
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The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose California is the work of a woman haunted by the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles. We went to investigate...

Medieval Crime Museum, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:February 20, 2017
Post category:Murder and Execution Museums
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We visit the fairytale-like town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany to see its collection of medieval torture devices, masks of shame and the infamous iron maiden of Nuremberg...

Kray Twins East London Walking Tour

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:September 11, 2016
Post category:Murder and Execution Trails and Tours
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Travel Darkly's guide to Ronnie and Reggie Kray's East London, including their primary school, the infamous Blind Beggar pub and where you can find their graves...

The Real Mary King’s Close, Edinburgh

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:May 2, 2016
Post category:Abandoned Places
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A preserved 17th-century labyrinth under the streets of Edinburgh's Old Town, Travel Darkly visits the Real Mary King's Close to learn more about the stories of murder, plague and a creepy room filled with toys...

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Review: The Crime Museum Uncovered, Museum of London

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:March 5, 2016
Post category:Murder and Execution Museums
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The Museum of London has worked with the Metropolitan Police to put previously unseen objects from Scotland Yard's grisly Crime Museum on display. Travel Darkly visits to find out more about some of these infamous artefacts and the stories around them...