A May – December romance went horribly wrong in Prague’s Old Town Prague’s street Dlouhá třída, now lined with touristy bars and expensive shops, was once where the wealthy elite lived. It…
A chapel was built on top of a chasm filled with half-human monsters to keep them in Several places on Earth are thought to be entry portals to hell. A foul-smelling and…
The Antonín Dvořák Museum is linked to a Masonic mystery All of the movers and shakers in Prague used to belong to the Freemasons. The group, though, is quite secretive. Its members…
Malá Strana has two ghosts who suffered painful deaths that involved iron nails A pair of otherwise unrelated ghosts a few streets apart in Prague’s historical Malá Strana area have something in…
The mysterious spectres wander the same small group of streets The area around Prague Castle has quite a few frightening apparitions. Two of the most unsettling are at Jánský vršek, just down…
A ghost still looks for a fortune that was secreted away by some priests before they were expelled Right next to Charles Bridge on the Old Town side is the Klementinum, a…
Books by the 20th century occultist remain in print but the man is an enigma When people think of the occult in Prague, the time of Rudolf II comes to mind. But…
The adviser to Queen Elizabeth I saw his fortunes decline in Prague The scholarly John Dee will likely always be remembered for getting caught up with Edward Kelley, a somewhat shady character…
A Templar knight on a fire-breathing horse went on strike when their church became a print shop The former Church of St. Anne on Liliová Street in Prague’s Old Town used to belong…
More than 100 spirits inhabit the historical parts of the Czech capital Prague is filled with ghosts, at least according to popular legends. But just how many is an open question. Books…
An Afro-Spanish religion uses the Czech statue to represent one of its key figures One statue, two religions. The Infant of Prague is of course a world-famous Roman Catholic icon, and the…
The all-seeing eye of God is among several images that are on buildings across the Golden City Buildings throughout the historical center of Prague and even a bit beyond are bedizened with…
