A wildly unlikely tale attempts to explain the odd name of a local park A hill overlooking Prague’s largest cemetery, Olšanské hřbitovy, has an undeservedly shady reputation but is now home to…
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architecture, Bohemian lifestyle, cemeteries and memorials, ghosts and phantoms, magic prague, Prague and Bohemia, standing stones
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baroque, Bohemian lifestyle, ghosts and phantoms, Gothic literature, Magic Bohemia, magic prague, Prague and Bohemia
The mysterious White Lady of the Záběhlice Chateau
A ghost at what was a rural castle near a vineyard never revealed her secrets Parts of what is now Prague used to be villages separated by dusty and seldom used roads.…
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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, churches, ghosts and phantoms, Magic Bohemia, magic prague, Prague and Bohemia, Tarot of Prague
Ghost riders at náměstí Republiky
Three apparitions haunt the same area near the start of the Royal Route The area around the square called náměstí Republiky marks the start of the old Royal Route that leads all…
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Red Goat, the pirate ghost of Prague
A seafaring buccaneer tried to hide on land but could not escape his fate The current mayor of Prague, since November 15, 2018, has been a member of the Czech Pirate Party.…
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Chlupáč, the murderous hairy ghost
A half man-half beast terrorized brothels housed on former church property Not all ghosts are see-through, or covered in shrouds. One of Prague’s most dangerous ghosts was a hairy man who had…
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A French major haunts Vyšehrad
The War of Succession left behind a spirit who refuses to accept defeat Not all soldiers leave after a war. Some are left in faraway graves, while others refuse to accept their…
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Baba Studio, baroque, Bohemian lifestyle, churches, ghosts and phantoms, magic prague, Prague and Bohemia, Tarot of Prague
The headless horsemen of Nerudova Street
A Swedish soldier and a gambling monk both ride at night but are harmless One of the darkest moments for Prague was at the end of the Thirty Years’ War, when Swedish…
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Headless Laura and the Invisible Nun
Some buildings have become home to several restless spirits The Czech Museum of Music doesn’t look too scary now, but in its long history it has attracted two or three ghosts. One…
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The boy who turned to stone, a legend of Prague’s Old Town.
One statues is not what it seems, according to a popular legend. Most old churches have some stone decorations on the roof, and the overwhelming majority are just fanciful sculptures of angels and saints.…