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50 Dark Destinations

Crime and Contemporary Tourism
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2023

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From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist destinations, underlying harms are constantly perpetuated, affecting both consumers and those who work or live around such tourist hotspots. Highlighting 50 travel destinations across six continents, expert criminologists, psychologists and historians explore the past and contemporary issues which we often disregard during our everyday leisure. This captivating book is the ‘go-to’ guide for anyone interested in crime and deviance-related tourism. Accessible and digestible, it exposes a worrying trend in contemporary consumer culture, in which many of us partake.

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    Front Matter

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    Contents

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    List of figures

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    About the editors

    xi
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    Acknowledgements

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    Introduction

    1
    Adam Lynes, Craig Kelly and James Treadwell
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    Cocaine Bear: Fun Mall, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    9
    Travis Linnemann
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    Whitney Plantation: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    14
    Thomas Raymen
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    National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC, USA

    24
    Alice Storey
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    From Newgate Prison to Tyburn Tree: the Old Bailey, London, UK

    29
    Peter Joyce and Wendy Laverick
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    Jack the Ripper tour: Whitechapel, London, UK

    35
    Kevin Hoffin
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    The Alcatraz East Crime Museum: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA

    41
    Laura Hammond
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    The Museum of Death: Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA

    50
    Loukas Ntanos
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    The Royal Armouries Museum: Leeds, UK

    55
    Sarah Jones
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    The Black Dahlia tour: Los Angeles, California, USA

    59
    David Wilson
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    The ‘Execution Dock’: Wapping, East London, UK

    65
    Wendy Laverick and Peter Joyce
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    Auschwitz: Oświęcim, Poland

    71
    Tammy Ayres and Sarah Hodgkinson
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    Jeju 4:3 memorial: Jeju Island, South Korea

    80
    Robin West
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    Museum Dr. Guislain: Ghent, Belgium

    88
    Sophie Gregory
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    Karosta Prison Hotel: Liepāja, Latvia

    92
    Melindy Duffus
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    The Clink prison-based restaurant: Brixton, London, UK

    98
    Dan Rusu
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    The 9/11 memorial and museum: New York, New York, USA

    104
    John Bahadur Lamb
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    The Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    107
    Eamonn Carrabine
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    Choeung Ek killing field: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    116
    Luke Telford
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    Blue lights in the Red Light District: Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    122
    Ben Colliver
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    Trophy hunting: sub-Saharan Africa

    128
    Patrick Berry and Gary R. Potter
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    ‘The ugly side to the beautiful game’: Qatar

    135
    Grace Gallacher
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    Burning Man festival: Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA

    140
    Keith Hayward
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    Magaluf: Majorca

    147
    Simon Winlow
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    ‘Holiday Hooters’: Hong Kong

    153
    Katie Lowe
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    Scilla: Calabria, Italy

    159
    Anna Sergi
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    The Kray twins tours: London, UK

    165
    Craig Ancrum
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    Backpacking in the outback: Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia

    171
    Eveleigh Buck-Matthews and Craig Kelly
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    The hippie trail: Nepal, South Asia

    177
    Emiline Smith
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    The Museum of Confiscated Art: Brest, Belarus

    182
    Donna Yates and Hannah London
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    Steroid holidays: Sharm El Sheikh, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

    187
    Nick Gibbs
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    The souks: Tunis, Tunisia

    194
    Kyla Bavin and James Treadwell
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    Mezhyhirya Residence Museum: Novi Petrivtsi, Ukraine

    200
    Tereza Østbø Kuldova and Jardar Østbø
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    The great British seaside: various locations, UK

    207
    Neil Chakraborti
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    The Biggie mural: Brooklyn, New York, USA

    213
    Natasha Pope
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    The Rebus guided tour: Edinburgh, UK

    217
    Ian R. Cook and Michael Rowe
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    Volunteer tourism – ‘doing it for the ’gram’: Cambodia, Southeast Asia

    223
    Orlando Woods
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    The staycation: home

    230
    Jack Denham
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    The ‘suicide forest’: Aokigahara, Japan

    235
    Max Hart
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    Pitcairn Island: Pitcairn Islands, Pacific Ocean

    245
    Steve Wadley
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    Favela tours: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    251
    Duncan Frankis and Selina Patel Nascimento
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    Skid Row walking tours: Los Angeles, California, USA

    258
    Craig Kelly
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    The 2019–20 anti-extradition protests: Hong Kong

    264
    Jane Richards
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    The Maldives: Republic of Maldives, Indian Ocean

    271
    Emiline Smith and Oliver Smith
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    Death Road: La Paz to Coroico, Bolivia

    276
    Joe Garrihy
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    Vulture brains and muthi markets: Johannesburg, South Africa

    282
    Angus Nurse
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    Dark tourism, ecocide and Alpine ski resorts: the Alps, Europe

    288
    Oliver Smith
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    Boho Zone: Middlesbrough, UK

    293
    Emma Winlow
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    One Hyde Park: London, UK

    299
    Rowland Atkinson
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    Amazon warehouse tours: Rugeley, UK or virtual tour

    305
    Adam Lynes
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    Disney World: Orlando, Florida, USA

    315
    Anthony Lloyd
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    Conclusion

    322
    Adam Lynes, Craig Kelly and James Treadwell
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    References

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    Index

    394
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