Most of us have heard of the alchemist/sorcerer Dr. Johannes Faustus, who sold his soul to the Devil (and may or may not have actually existed). This Baroque manse on Karlovo Námĕstí was named for that legend thanks to having been home to several alchemists and astrologers, most notably in the late 16th century the infamous English medium and occultist Edward Kelley(who ended up imprisoned by his patron, Emperor Rudolf II). Another, Ferdinand Antonin Mladota of Solopysky, performed experiments which occasionally blew holes in the roof, and one of whose sons murdered the other here. And a 19th-century inhabitant, one Karl Jaenig, painted the walls with funeral texts, he had a functional gallows, and slept in a coffin.
Read more in my post The 7 Spookiest Spots of Mysterious Prague.
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