A devil sat beneath the tree to play his eerie violin at night before the village was covered by dam water Legends surround a 350-year-old Scots pine called the Guardian of the…
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cemeteries and memorials, churches, ghosts and phantoms, Magic Bohemia, magic prague, Prague and Bohemia, vampires
A practical guide to Moravian vampires
In the early 1700s, part of the Czech Republic was at the center of suspected vampire activity There was a “vampire panic” across much of Central and Eastern Europe in the first…
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baroque, Bohemian lifestyle, cemeteries and memorials, churches, Gothic lifestyle, magic prague, Prague and Bohemia, vampires
Prague’s cemetery row
The city’s gardens of stone offer a retreat from the overly touristed center Visitors to Prague can be quickly overwhelmed by how crowded the main tourist attractions are. But there are a…
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alchemy, astrology, Baba Studio, baroque, cemeteries and memorials, churches, Devil, ghosts and phantoms, Magic Bohemia, magic prague, mummies, saints and relics, secret societies, standing stones, Tarot and divination, vampires, witchcraft
Interactive map shows the ghosts of Prague
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…
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Stephen Hübner, the vampire of Trutnov
A wealthy farmer’s success was attributed to a deal with the Devil These days, the town of Trutnov in the Krkonoše mountains in the northeast of Bohemia is known for its annual music…
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The ghoul of Stromovka – a phantom of moonlit nights
One soldier stayed behind after the Siege of 1848 One of the most pleasant ways to spend an afternoon is whiling away the time in Prague’s Stromovka Park. But that wasn’t always…
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Prague’s pathetic lone vampire
The city’s only nosferatu , Dopiječ, unlives in a borrowed grave in Olšany Cemetery Prague surprisingly has few tales of vampires before modern times. Many films, novels, and computer games mention Prague as a…
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Monsters of Prague: The Vampire Graves
This post is the third and final installation in our Monsters of Prague series, leading up to Halloween with the sometimes even more eerie truths behind some of Bohemia’s best loved scary…
