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.c...

Folklore on the official castle website (translated from Czech): https://translate.googleusercontent.c...

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

History from the Czech Castles website (translated): https://translate.google.com/translat...

Indepth Prague University thesis on the history of Houska Castle (in Czech): https://contattafiles.s3uswest1.am...

Houska as Nazi library, and references to occult research: https://www.enssib.fr/bibliothequenu...

Nazi book stealing: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/s...

Occult research in other castles: https://books.google.cz/books?id=yMQi...

Letter as a fraud (translated from Czech): https://translate.google.com/translat...

Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/h...

Legends and myths: http://magicbohemia.magicrealist.com...

More myths and legends: https://darktourists.com/insidehousk...

More of the same: http://www.tresbohemes.com/2017/04/ho...