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Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, Boscastle, UK
A two-headed pig, dried cats (and a rat) and wax intestines, we check out the highlights of the Museum of Witchcraft in Cornwall...
All about museums, including medical museums and curios.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan
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...
Medieval Crime Museum, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
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...
Early Police Museum illustration ILN 1883
Review: The Crime Museum Uncovered, Museum of London
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...
Gravensteen Castle and Torture Museum
Gravensteen Castle and Torture Museum, Ghent, Belgium
This medieval castle in the middle of Ghent was once used as a prison, where those locked up were subjected to various methods of torture to confess to their crimes. Travel Darkly visits the castle's torture museum for thumb screws, stretching racks and unhappy dioramas...
The Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
Set in the oldest psychiatric hospital in Belgium, this tranquil museum charts the history of mental health, its treatment and attitudes towards it both in the past and today...
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has one of the most interesting collections we've seen, from shrunken heads to a Ghanian fantasy coffin, it's not to be missed. Curator Helen took us on a tour...
The Old Operating Theatre Museum, London
This unique space, in a church attic, houses one of the oldest operating theatres in Europe, and offers weekly demonstrations of surgery in the 19th century before anaesthetics and antiseptics. Travel Darkly visited to see what a leg operation involved circa 1822...
Top 10 Dark Tourism Destinations in London
London: one of the most historic cities on the planet, with a grisly past to match. Travel Darkly explores ten of the best dark destinations in the UK's capital...