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The Lure of Dark Tourism: Murder and Mayhem

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The Lure of Dark Tourism: Murder and Mayhem

Places like Cambodia’s Killing Fields, Auschwitz, New York’s Ground Zero, or the Wolf’s Lair where Hitler barely survived an assassination attempt in 1944, exert a powerful pull on travelers.

But what’s the fascination?

Professor John Lennon of Glasgow University wrote a book exploring exactly the question, why do we want to travel to dark places: “Dark Tourism: The Attraction of Death and Disaster.”

The trend is so strong, The Atlantic Ma
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