Truly Bad Things
Dark History Travel Guide
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Explore 574 sites of dark history near you. Assassinations, plagues, battles, witch trials and more. Walk where history happened — then find a good pub nearby.
Something bad happened here. And the story is extraordinary.
Truly Bad Things is a dark history travel guide that puts you on the ground where history's most dramatic events unfolded. From assassinations and plagues to witch trials and shipwrecks, discover the real stories behind 574 sites across 20 themed packs.
HOW IT WORKS
Open the app and discover dark history sites near your current location. Each entry includes vivid storytelling, maps, visitor information, nearby pubs and restaurants, and walks you can take. It's a travel guide for the curious and the morbid.
20 THEMED PACKS
Explore dark history by theme:
- Assassinations: From Becket to political murders
- Bloody Battles: The fields where thousands fell
- Body Snatchers: Grave robbers and anatomy schools
- Buried Alive: The terror of premature burial
- Catacombs & Ossuaries: Walls of bone and towers of skulls
- Espionage: Spies, double agents and betrayal
- Gallows & Guillotines: Execution through the ages
- Great Fires: Infernos that destroyed cities
- Haunted Asylums: Institutions of cruelty
- Massacres: When violence was unleashed on the innocent
- Pirate Waters: Plunder on the high seas
- Plague & Pestilence: Disease that devastated civilisations
- Prison Break: Daring escapes from impossible odds
- Rebellion: Uprisings against the powerful
- Riot: When the streets erupted
- Shipwrecks: Disaster at sea
- Siege: Fortresses under attack
- Slave Trade: The darkest chapter of human commerce
- The Inquisition: Religious persecution and torture
- Witches: Trials, hysteria and innocent lives destroyed
FEATURES
- GPS-powered discovery of dark history near you
- Interactive map with hundreds of pinned locations
- Dark Cities & Towns: search any destination to plan your trip
- Detailed stories with vivid historical narrative
- Nearby cafes, pubs, restaurants and walks for each site
- Journey tracker to log the sites you visit
- Achievements and dark history milestones
- Trip planner for your next dark history adventure
- One free pack included. Additional packs available to purchase individually or as a bundle.
PERFECT FOR
- History lovers who want more than a textbook
- Travellers looking for unique, off-the-beaten-path experiences
- Dark tourism enthusiasts
- Anyone who loves a good story about truly bad things
Walk where history happened. Then find a good pub nearby.
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Information
- Seller
- TONY CHARLES SMITH
- Size
- 70.1 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Realistic Violence
Horror/Fear Themes
Guns or Other Weapons
- Copyright
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