I always wondered how it could be to live in those dark and sinister times of the 1500. You know, the plagues sweeping nation after nation and so on. There is something that would appeal to me in reliving those days and I have to tell you that I have discovered the way to do that.
I just returned from the trip to Edinburgh Dungeon, one of the most sinister museums I have ever seen. Naturally, the museum of torture was worse but this one is close to it though.
The Edinburgh Dungeon is simply a set of 11 (I think) actor led presentations plus some installations and the typical stuff you can find in a museum. I didn’t see the whole thing, I have to admit but from what I saw it is really well done and the three presentations I went to really scared the hell out of me (no pun intended).
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