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Haunting

Vienna

City of music and death. Mozart in a pauper's grave. The Hapsburg curse. Empress Sisi assassinated. Plague victims in mass graves beneath beautiful streets. Vienna's ghosts waltz through history.

500 BC - Present
Austria
10000+ witnesses

Vienna’s elegant surface hides dark depths.

The Hapsburg Curse

Imperial family:

  • Suicide, murder, execution
  • Rudolf at Mayerling
  • Sisi assassinated
  • Franz Ferdinand shot
  • Cursed bloodline

Mozart’s Grave

Unmarked burial:

  • Pauper’s grave
  • Location unknown
  • St. Marx Cemetery
  • His spirit wanders
  • Seeking recognition

The Plague

1679 epidemic:

  • 76,000 died
  • Mass graves
  • Plague column erected
  • Bodies beneath streets
  • Still there

Schönbrunn Palace

Imperial palace:

  • Marie Antoinette grew up
  • Empress Maria Theresa
  • Royal spirits
  • Strange occurrences
  • Tours report activity

The Catacombs

Beneath St. Stephen’s:

  • 11,000 bodies
  • Plague victims
  • Royalty
  • Tours available
  • Overwhelming presence

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