Houska Castle: Europe’s Gateway to Hell

In this special Halloween episode of Geographics, we discuss what is, at the very least, an extremely creepy basement.

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Source/Further reading:

History on official castle page (translated from Czech): https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.hradhouska.cz/index.php%3Fp%3Dhistorie&usg=ALkJrhgiwrm2oPqGnVzaYV2kA6_eKiny5g

Folklore on the official castle website (translated from Czech): https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.hradhouska.cz/index.php%3Fp%3Dtajemne-sily&usg=ALkJrhi4A5ldSZTuiKOk35zuHTrKCvdb_A

Photos of the castle: https://www.hradhouska.cz/index.php?p=prohlidka

History from the Czech Castles website (translated): https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hrady.cz%2Findex.php%3FOID%3D1103%26PARAM%3D11%26tid%3D9376%26pos%3D450

In-depth Prague University thesis on the history of Houska Castle (in Czech): https://contattafiles.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/astonishing/fffDgOANZ-CWZvD/BPTX_2009_1__0_250755_0_58752.pdf

Houska as Nazi library, and references to occult research: https://www.enssib.fr/bibliotheque-numerique/documents/68738-on-the-trail-of-looted-books-from-the-second-world-war-too-many-still-far-from-home.pdf

Nazi book stealing: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/stealing-memories-on-anders-rydells-the-book-thieves/

Occult research in other castles: https://books.google.cz/books?id=yMQiDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=Nov%C3%BD+Falkenburk+occult+research&source=bl&ots=CJcbDDH9TP&sig=ACfU3U1ygiZi1qmhg5IFzUjHCQdv0VxQEg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGx_eW4rbsAhWxoFwKHRqeA7IQ6AEwDnoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=Nov%C3%BD%20Falkenburk%20occult%20research&f=false

Letter as a fraud (translated from Czech): https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=cs&u=https://ceskolipsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/serial_houska_20101126.html&prev=search&pto=aue

Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/houska-castle

Legends and myths: http://magicbohemia.magic-realist.com/2018/05/21/houska-castle-guards-a-pit-to-hell/

More myths and legends: https://darktourists.com/inside-houska-castle/

More of the same: http://www.tresbohemes.com/2017/04/houska-castle/

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