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TRULY BAD THINGS

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Discover the Darkness Beneath Your Feet

Location-Based

Discover dark historical events that happened right where you're standing. Assassinations, plagues, and riots — all around you.

On This Day

See what horrors unfolded on today's date throughout history. The past is never as far away as you think.

Three Regions

Explore dark history across the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. Hundreds of sites to uncover.

Darkness Rank

Visit real locations to climb the ranks. Track your body count. How deep into the darkness will you go?

20 Content Packs

From Assassinations to Witchcraft. Each pack unlocks a curated collection of grim historical entries.

Rich Stories

Every entry is a deep dive — detailed accounts of what happened, when, and why it still matters.

How It Works

Open the App

Grant location access and choose your region: UK, Europe, or USA.

Explore Nearby

The app surfaces dark historical events near your current location.

Read the Stories

Tap into detailed accounts of what happened at each site.

Track Your Journey

Visit locations in person to climb the Darkness Rank and grow your body count.

Content Packs

Twenty curated collections of history's darkest chapters.

Assassinations
Assassinations
Where the powerful met their end.
Bloody Battles
Bloody Battles
Fields soaked in blood.
Body Snatchers
Body Snatchers
The dark trade in human remains.
Buried Alive
Buried Alive
Mine disasters that swallowed men whole.
Catacombs
Catacombs & Ossuaries
Tunnels of the dead. Millions interred below.
Espionage
Espionage
Dead drops, double agents, and betrayals.
Gallows
Gallows & Guillotines
Where the condemned took their last breath.
Great Fires
Great Fires
Infernos that reshaped the landscape.
Haunted Asylums
Haunted Asylums
The architecture of madness.
Massacres
Massacres
Sites of absolute violence.
Pirate Waters
Pirate Waters
Smuggler coves and pirate strongholds.
Plague
Plague & Pestilence
Plague pits and quarantine grounds.
Prison Break
Prison Break
Escapes, uprisings, and incarceration.
Rebellion
Rebellion
Riots, revolts, and revolutions.
Riot
Riot
Civil disorder through the centuries.
Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks
Ships that never reached port.
Siege
Siege
Fortresses starved, stormed, and broken.
Slave Trade
Slave Trade
Ports, plantations, and resistance.
The Inquisition
The Inquisition
The machinery of religious persecution.
Witches
Witches
Accused, tried, and executed.

Ready to Explore the Dark Side?

The past is closer than you think.

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