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Clifford's Tower daffodils © Glen Bowman

Clifford’s Tower, York, England

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:October 24, 2013
Post category:Dungeons and Prisons Murder and Execution
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In the twelfth century the Jewish community of York committed suicide in a tower which still stands in the centre of the city. Find out why and how to visit...

The human skin book © Katherine Conlon

M Shed, Bristol, England

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:October 24, 2013
Post category:Murder and Execution Museums
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Boy meets girl, falls in love. Sadly the girl doesn't love the boy back. Boy finds out girl has a new boyfriend and throws a large stone at girl's head. Ends up hanged at Bristol's New Gaol. After his death, the whole affair is documented in a rather grisly book which can be visited at Bristol's M Shed...

An ECT machine from Glenside, c.1943

Glenside Hospital Museum, Bristol, England

Post author:Katherine Conlon
Post published:September 30, 2013
Post category:Museums
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The history of mental illness in Bristol has been explored at Glenside museum, housed in the old lunatic asylum's chapel. Travel Darkly went to have a look...