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Inside eerie prison once UK's most overcrowded where inmates planted maggots to win compo
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EXCLUSIVE: HMP Kennet in Merseyside was only open for 10 years due to problems with design, overcrowding and drugs - cheeky lags also planned to sue after 'finding' grubs in their food
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Danger tourists sneak into 'world's most dangerous town' that's been removed from maps
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A group of Dark Tourism travellers - aka those who venture to often dangerous or abandoned spots - have ignored pleas by officials to stay away from the ghost town
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Abandoned Spanish theme park 'loved by Brits' could finally re-open after three years
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Earlier this year, the Daily Star took a trip to the iconic but abandoned Tivoli World theme park in Spain, and it could now be set to re-open its doors for the first time in three years
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Trespassers told 'be careful' as killer still visits abandoned fan mail-littered home
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A group of brazen trespassers sneaking into the house of a killer farmer have been warned the murderer still stops by the property as police tell them to "be careful"
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Urban explorer finds ‘Devil’s chair’ surrounded by condoms before sinister discovery
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An urban explorer made a chilling discovery in a disused building – a bloodstained chair, surrounded by used condoms, where someone had clearly been held captive
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Explorer 'glad to be alive' after watching abandoned asylum clip and making chilling find
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Dan Bell ventured into a creepy abandoned mental asylum for his YouTube channel, but it wasn't until he returned home that he discovered he may not have been alone
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Inside abandoned aquarium left to rot with filthy pools and sad message to visitors
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The Manly Sea Life Sanctuary was home to more than 2,000 animals and was a hit for 55 years before it was forced to close the doors and the site was left to fall into disarray
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'I can't believe they let us see this' – urban explorer tours 'worst house in England'
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A derelict former cannabis farm in the north of England has been branded the 'worst house in the country' as it comes up for auction at the knock-down price of £10,000
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'Backward s***hole' Brit seaside town where 'half the population has criminal records'
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A UK town that was once home to the biggest fishing fleet in the world has been hollowed-out by industrial collapse and left blighted by homelessness and poverty
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Ghost town in 'forbidden zone' with abandoned houses buried under sand dunes
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Sands roll through a no-horse town with a bloody colonial past that once boomed with money, mavericks and an ostrich after an astonishing fall when it's lifeblood ran out
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Abandoned castle dubbed 'Greek Disneyland' left to rot with creepy statues
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Far from the bright lights of Disneyland Paris across the European continent, is another magical place adorned with battlements, and turrets and fantastical tales of old
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Apocalyptic wasteland of creepy funfair where cocaine was smuggled inside rides
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The attraction once welcomed millions through its gates before a drugs stash found inside the Flying Carpet ride forced it to shut and decay, leaving it a haunting playground for urban explorers
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Homeless man sleeps in woods as UK seaside town is so dangerous 'junkies will stab you'
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Rough sleeper Jappa has told how it's 'incredibly dangerous' to sleep on the streets and that homelessness will only become more of a problem as the high street declines
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UK town with entire rows of shops boarded up after single email 'cost them millions'
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Bolton's hopes of a £16million grant were dashed, YouTuber Wandering Turnip explained, after the council had an email mishap – and the streets are now filled with closed-down shops
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Skyscraper slum run with iron fist by ex-con who cut up rivals and threw them off roof
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The giant Tower of David dominating the sky line in Venezuela's capital, Caracas was ruled by a brutal slumlord known as El Nino who chucked residents from the helipad in the early days of his reign
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'I went urban exploring at an old police station – I found a noose before I was arrested'
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EXCLUSIVE: A noose and personal information of arrestees were among the things a man claims he found laying around in a disused police station, but his presence would see him arrested
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Inside abandoned bullet-ridden UK high school police use for live-fire training
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EXCLUSIVE: The future of the abandoned Birkdale High School in West Yorkshire remains unclear, but its interior has been exposed to the public for the first time . . . and it's pretty grim
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Inside UK's notorious swingers club left to rot – with stripper poles and peep holes
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EXCLUSIVE: Urban exploration photographer markoantony_urbex has been exploring the abandoned swingers club in Sheffield called La Chambre, which was forced to close during the pandemic
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Eerie abandoned Co-op Bank with shrines to the dead and safe doors busted open
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EXCLUSIVE: A beautiful landmark in the heart of Manchester has laid unused for years, but take a peek inside and it is as if life stands still, the old features still maintained almost as if they were in use
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Inside iconic abandoned ship sold for €1 about to be sent to the scrapyard
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The MV Naomh Eanna ship was built in the 1950s and was key to life for many travelling between Co Galway and the Aran Island, but it is now set to be sent to the scrap
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Inside abandoned mansion of 'Crypto King' who vanished and left 'shattered dreams'
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The identity of the Crypto King is unknown, but their abandoned mansion has been uncovered with an entire cryptocurrency mining suite being found by an urban explorer in the basement
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Abandoned police station broken into by pals who uncover shocking files on dead woman
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In a horrifying find, a group of urban explorers at Exeter's former Heavitree Road Police Station uncovered graphic images of dead bodies in confidential coroners' files
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Inside 'Disney house' time capsule with eerie naked doll and old Mickey Mouse cartoons
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How much do you love Disney? We reckon it probably isn't enough to go to this Bedfordshire gaff and take a look around at all the terrifying old relics from a bygone era
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Inside abandoned ‘death trap’ leisure centre with foul swimming pool where kids run riot
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A local council has been urged to secure the abandoned and rotting site of the former Hookless Leisure Centre in Hookless Village, Northern Ireland, with vandals causing chaos on a daily basis
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