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Littledean, England
Littledean Jail and Museum of Crime
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Black Museum
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
Hong Kong
Chungking Mansions
Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.
London, England
The Clink Prison Museum
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
Permanently Closed
Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Crime and Punishment
America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.
Syracuse, Italy
Ear of Dionysius
Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.
Brooklyn, New York
Site of 1928 gang shooting
Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.
Chios, Greece
Lovokomeio Leper Colony
An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.
Wichita Falls, Texas
Newby-McMahon Building
World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
Wamego, Kansas
Wamego LSD Missile Silo
During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.
The Hague, Netherlands
Museum de Gevangenpoort (The Prison Gate Museum)
A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
Little Bohemia Lodge
A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.
Wheatley, England
Wheatley Lock-Up
Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.
Permanently Closed
Ariel, Washington
D.B. Cooper Day at the Ariel General Store & Tavern
An annual celebration of the infamous, unsolved skyjacking.
British Columbia, Canada
Kiidk'yaas, the Golden Spruce
This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.
Elkhart, Indiana
Hall of Heroes
A rural hall of justice holds the world's only comic book and superhero museum.
Kent, Ohio
Site of Kent State Shootings
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Lincoln, New Mexico
Lincoln County Courthouse
The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.
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