About the editors

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures x
4. About the editors xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Cocaine Bear: Fun Mall, Lexington, Kentucky, USA 9
8. Whitney Plantation: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 14
9. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC, USA 24
10. From Newgate Prison to Tyburn Tree: the Old Bailey, London, UK 29
11. Jack the Ripper tour: Whitechapel, London, UK 35
12. The Alcatraz East Crime Museum: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA 41
13. The Museum of Death: Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA 50
14. The Royal Armouries Museum: Leeds, UK 55
15. The Black Dahlia tour: Los Angeles, California, USA 59
16. The ‘Execution Dock’: Wapping, East London, UK 65
17. Auschwitz: Oświęcim, Poland 71
18. Jeju 4:3 memorial: Jeju Island, South Korea 80
19. Museum Dr. Guislain: Ghent, Belgium 88
20. Karosta Prison Hotel: Liepāja, Latvia 92
21. The Clink prison-based restaurant: Brixton, London, UK 98
22. The 9/11 memorial and museum: New York, New York, USA 104
23. The Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes: Phnom Penh, Cambodia 107
24. Choeung Ek killing field: Phnom Penh, Cambodia 116
25. Blue lights in the Red Light District: Amsterdam, the Netherlands 122
26. Trophy hunting: sub-Saharan Africa 128
27. ‘The ugly side to the beautiful game’: Qatar 135
28. Burning Man festival: Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA 140
29. Magaluf: Majorca 147
30. ‘Holiday Hooters’: Hong Kong 153
31. Scilla: Calabria, Italy 159
32. The Kray twins tours: London, UK 165
33. Backpacking in the outback: Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia 171
34. The hippie trail: Nepal, South Asia 177
35. The Museum of Confiscated Art: Brest, Belarus 182
36. Steroid holidays: Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt 187
37. The souks: Tunis, Tunisia 194
38. Mezhyhirya Residence Museum: Novi Petrivtsi, Ukraine 200
39. The great British seaside: various locations, UK 207
40. The Biggie mural: Brooklyn, New York, USA 213
41. The Rebus guided tour: Edinburgh, UK 217
42. Volunteer tourism – ‘doing it for the ’gram’: Cambodia, Southeast Asia 223
43. The staycation: home 230
44. The ‘suicide forest’: Aokigahara, Japan 235
45. Pitcairn Island: Pitcairn Islands, Pacific Ocean 245
46. Favela tours: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 251
47. Skid Row walking tours: Los Angeles, California, USA 258
48. The 2019–20 anti-extradition protests: Hong Kong 264
49. The Maldives: Republic of Maldives, Indian Ocean 271
50. Death Road: La Paz to Coroico, Bolivia 276
51. Vulture brains and muthi markets: Johannesburg, South Africa 282
52. Dark tourism, ecocide and Alpine ski resorts: the Alps, Europe 288
53. Boho Zone: Middlesbrough, UK 293
54. One Hyde Park: London, UK 299
55. Amazon warehouse tours: Rugeley, UK or virtual tour 305
56. Disney World: Orlando, Florida, USA 315
57. Conclusion 322
58. References 325
59. Index 394