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Old Melbourne Gaol: Death Masks & The Art of Hanging
Between 1845 and 1924, Melbourne Gaol housed some of Australia’s most notorious criminals – including the outlaw Ned Kelly, and a serial killer believed by some to have been Jack the Ripper. The...
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Dark Tourism in the Ruins of Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison
Once home to such notorious criminals as Mark “Chopper” Read and Ned Kelly, the abandoned Pentridge Prison now stands in ruins in a northern suburb of Melbourne, Australia. During my time Down Under, I...
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The Ruins of Daugavpils Fortress: A Little Piece of Russia in the Baltics
When I set out to visit the fortress at Daugavpils, I was expecting 18th century ruins and a gift shop. I knew it would be interesting – a former imperial stronghold, a tsarist military outpost in the...
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Storming the Bastille: A Look Inside Romania’s Doftana Prison
The name ‘Doftana’ once evoked a powerful sense of dread; now, in modern Romania, it is largely forgotten. In conversation the word draws blank looks, while the building itself – the huge hulk of an...
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