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The Witches’ Hammer trials in Moravia and Silesia
A small area at the edge of Czechia saw hundreds executed for witchcraft; the incident inspired the film ‘Witches Hammer’. The witch-hunting craze hit the Moravia-Silesia region, in the eastern part of…
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The sad tale of Prague’s pathetic lone vampire
The city’s only vampire, Dopiječ, unlives in a borrowed grave in Olšany Cemeteries. Prague surprisingly has few tales of vampires before modern times. Many films, novels, and computer games mention Prague as…
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Three frightening ghosts and a unicorn roam Na Poříčí Street
A plague-era gravedigger, a flaming man and a harlot wander the same area of Prague. At the edge of Prague’s touristy center lies a small nexus of supernatural stories. Two frightening ghosts…
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Prague’s mysterious standing stone is a link to the past
A standing stone called the Petrified Servant has been in place for perhaps thousands of years There is a mysterious reddish-grey standing stone on the outskirts of Prague, and it is far…
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A wild werewolf stalked Emperor Rudolf’s castle moat
Wild wolves used to be common in Europe, and with them tales of werewolves. They were often talked of across Northern Europe and deep into Russia, but on occasion were mentioned all…
