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Walk On The Dark Side: Tour Seoul's Ghosts, Ghouls, & Urban Legends

Spinning spine-tingling tales with a rich infusion of history, Seoul's only ghost tour takes you on a journey of the city's eerie spooks.

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Seoul is Korea's millennia-old capital city, and today, that history is reflected in the many museums, archeological dig sites, and historical palaces in and around the city's limits. Home to a dizzying amount of history walking tours and activities that will fill your day with tales of kings, queens, and warriors, there really is only one tour that fills your night with tales of ghosts, ghouls, and red masks (more on that later).

A history walking tour at heart, The Dark Side of Seoul tour features dark history, ghostlore, and urban legends infamous throughout Korea. Though particularly appropriate for spending Spooky Season in Seoul, regardless of the time of year, be prepared to have your heart race. Operated by dedicated researchers and folklorists, The Dark Side of Seoul is a truly unique walking tour around Seoul's oldest and most haunted sites. You may experience an eerie feeling of paranormal unease, or you may get a thrill from the chills, but more importantly, you'll walk away with a renewed appreciation for Korean history and the folklorists that keep it alive.

Related: 10 Of the Best Things To Do in South Korea

Dark Side of Seoul tours run on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays , and depending on which day you select, the tour's content shifts to focus on different tales. Weekend tours are branded "The Original Ghost Walk" and feature gruesome ghost stories and the even more gruesome historical events on which they're based. Weekday tours, dubbed "Ghostlore & Urban Legends," highlight the spooky legends that haunt modern Korea, threading the needle from the past to ghostly happenings in the modern day.

There are also extended versions of both tours, so if you're tight on time, be sure to pay attention to which route you've chosen when booking. If you do have the ability to go on the extended tour, though, you won't be sorry! The added tales of ghosts and ghouls are great thrillers to discuss for your nighttime walk or train ride back to your accommodations.

Different tours on varying days do leave from different starting locations, so be sure to pay attention to the particular subway station your confirmation says. While the tour guides are pleasant and will wait within reason, you run the risk of missing parts or all of these fabulously spooky tales.

A word of warning, tours will go on rain or shine (unless it's a monsoon, which is fair), so be prepared for whatever weather you may face, including rain, heat, or buggy mugginess. Though it's a manageable walk through the relatively even streets of Seoul, it still is a couple of hours of being on your feet, so decent walking shoes and some water may be recommended. The tour company does recommend bringing a change of underwear...the choice is yours.

Furthermore, this is a solo-friendly activity, so travelers sojourning through Seoul alone will find this to be an excellent option that doesn't necessitate an already built-in group. In fact, you may make friends! However, after hearing the tale of the Red Mask Lady--a vain, grotesquely butchered woman who hides her wounds under a mask red with blood and corners unsuspecting victims in the dark alleyways of Seoul, asking whether they think she's pretty--you may want to have a friend on the phone while you walk home through said dark alleyways!

Regardless of the kind of tour you choose or when, Dark Side of Seoul tours cost $35 for adults, $25 for teenagers, and $10 for children . Teenagers and children must be accompanied by an adult, and the company provides a full warning that some ghost stories feature sexual or violent themes. Prices for adults scale down dependent on the number of tickets you purchase as well.

The easiest way to book a tour is through the company's booking website . Here you can see real-time availability and confirm which tour you would like to go on, whether it's the bread and butter Seoul Ghost Walk or the entertaining Ghostlore & Urban Legends tour. If you'd prefer to book through a third party, then Viator is a user-friendly way to grab your spot. Both the company's website and third parties like Viator have clear cancelation policies in case you need to be flexible in your planning.

Related: 10 Things To Know Before You Visit South Korea

Couldn't get enough while you were on the tour? Well, you're in luck! (or maybe cursed because, you know, spooky?) Dark Side of Seoul has so many offerings beyond the tour that'll leave you entertained for hours beyond the guided walk and maybe even days after if you choose to join the company's other adventures.

If you're looking for more spook, then you can listen in on the Dark Side of Seoul's podcast , where company folklorist Shawn and historian Joe explore the world of Korea's dark history-- stories that the hosts liken to the "Game of Thrones" of Asia.

Got your fill of spook on the Original Ghost Tour? Then join the same company for a variety of other cultural experiences, like the Korean Food Tour , which curates the best foods Korea is famous for while giving you some cultural context to your tasting.

And lastly, don't forget to keep an eye out in the near future for a slew of new tours the company plans on launching. From one-of-a-kind tours of Paju (the city near the DMZ) to van trips to the forgotten grave sites of Korea, there is plenty to get excited (or scared!) about.

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"A very enjoybale day in Moscow. We had a very nice and knowledgeable guide Anastasia.(Nastia) She was very passionate about the City and we learnt so much in our brief four hours walk with her! Certainly this walking tour added a lot of value to our Moscow Holiday. A great idea to educate visitors about Russia and Moscow. The group was intimate enough to ask questions and stop for snacks etc..we thoriughly enjoyed it and would highly reccomend it.Carry on doing a great job!"

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"Sorry I do not remember the names :( ... They were very talkative and very into everything. I think they both really love the city, and they made me feel like this to. They knew much about History, which was very informative! Great guides!!!"

"We partook of the fantastic Petersburg Free Tour. Due to our timing during the low season (shockingly not everyone is flocking to Moscow while the average temperature is 15F), it ended up being just us and Sonia, the afore-mentioned super-guide. She quickly ascertained the limited scope of our wanderings.."

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Moscow’s urban legends: Ghosts, mutant rats under the Metro

Construction of Fonvizinskaya metro station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitriyevskaya Line in Moscow

Among the world's most famous urban legends is about alligators allegedly living in New York City's sewer system. The Russians do not lag behind the Americans in terms of the popular imagination. Some see giant rats in the metro, while others talk about ghosts and the "mutagenic radiation" of the Ostankino television tower.

The mysteries of the metro

When it comes to rumours about the Moscow subway , truth is closely intertwined with fiction. Even officials do not deny that there are classified military and government lines under the capital – the so-called "Metro-2.”

Enthusiasts have, however, been unsuccessfully trying to find more accurate information for years. Is there one line there or an entire system? Or is there an underground city for 15,000 people? Typical for an urban legend, there are a thousand versions of this story. They are united by an aura of secrecy and danger.

"It was really scary to hear the sound of tarpaulin boots near the alleged entrance to Metro-2," said Konstantin, one of Moscow’s community of “diggers,” or enthusiasts who explore subterranean bunkers, wells, tunnels and other facilities. "Is it still guarded by the KGB men, or something?"

Another Moscow resident claims her digger friend was allegedly shot at by special services while searching for Metro-2. The difficult-to-verify stories by the diggers about their adventures at the closed facility add to people's curiosity.

"My grandmother told me about Metro-2 in my childhood, and then about mutant rats," recalls Moscow resident Valeria. In the 1990s, tabloids publicized stories about giant rats living in the tunnels.

So could Splinter from " Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " find company in the Moscow catacombs? "It's all science: Radiation from rocks must cause mutations in rats," says Pavel, also from Moscow. "But they live in technical rooms, so you can't see them."

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Not only are the underground bunkers of the Soviet elite shrouded in legend, but also fairly earthly structures, such as the home of Lavrenty Beria, the USSR People's Commissar for State Security and Stalin's right-hand man.

During interrogation in 1953, Beria confessed to abducting and raping dozens of women, but the authenticity of these papers is still being debated (Beria was removed by Khrushchev in a power struggle, and the documents could have been falsified after the execution of this dangerous rival).

But the image of the sadistic Beria was firmly imprinted on the popular mind, and his house in Moscow is surrounded by dark rumours. Allegedly, an invisible car rolls on Malaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa at midnight, with its old motor rumbling. Footsteps are heard, and Beria's ghost comes to his house for violent pleasures: curious pedestrians will soon even hear a woman crying from behind the walls.

Skeptics will say that the crying comes from late-working employees of the Tunisian embassy (the commissar's house is now occupied by a diplomatic mission), but this version is much more boring, even though probably the truth.

Napoleonic soldiers and a 500-year-old witch

It is not only the city centre where legends abound.

Many people believe that hundreds of soldiers from Napoleon’s army were buried in the hills of Peredelkino, a holiday village in the outskirts of Moscow, in 1812. Paranormal enthusiasts imbue the mounds with mystical qualities, believing that electronics go haywire and travellers disappear there.

In reality, however, it is likely that there are no mass graves there.

"After the difficult war with Napoleon, peasants saw its echoes everywhere, so this is an old myth," researchers of the Museum of Moscow told RIR. "In the 19th century, archaeologists excavated Slavic mounds from the 10 th and 11 th centuries. But the inhabitants of the surrounding villages still considered them to be the graves of French soldiers."

The Ostankino neighbourhood, where Europe's highest TV tower is located, is also mythologized. It is allegedly haunted by the ghost of an old woman, who was murdered in the 16 th century. Now she walks around and predicts disasters.

The 500-year-old witch is believed to have predicted the high-profile murder of well-known TV journalist Vlad Listyev and a fire at Ostankino in 2000. Sometimes these stories are complemented by vivid details – for example, the furniture in Listyev's office was allegedly gnawed after his death by animals, mutated by the tower's radiation.

Then there are less bloody rumours: for example, one about a bulldozer embedded by builders in the TV centre's building by mistake. Yana Sidorova, the author of a study about the legends of Ostankino, says the TV centre's staff do not really believe in these sorts of stories, but are quite happy to spread them.

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