Atlas of cursed places: a travel guide to dangerous and frightful destinations

Château de Montségur : Satan's Synagogue

Rocca-Sparviera : The Phantom Village

Nuremberg : The Sinister Reverberation of Marching Boots

Oumaradi : Shipwrecked by the Sands

Charybdis and Scylla : A High-Risk Cruise

Kasanka National Park : The Invasion of the Bats

Valley of the Kings : The Curse of Aten

Moriah and Golgotha : Spiritual Nightmares

Kibera : An Uncharted Cesspool

Zapadnaya Litsa :The Antechamber of Hell

Gulf of Aden : Hunting Ground of Pirates

Gur-Emir : The Malevolent Mausoleum

Thilafushi : The Toxic Lagoon

Jharia : Underground Inferno

Sunda Strait : The Monster Krakatoa

Houtman Abrolhos : Massacre of the Shipwrecked

Aokigahara : The Suicide Forest

Cape York : In the Land of the Killer Crocodiles

Takuu : An Atoll Living on Borrowed Time

Nauru : Blighted by Phosphate

Mavericks : The Big Wave A Cold-Blooded Monster

Nevada Triangle : A Danger in the Sky

Tonina : The Mystery of the Mayas

Amityville : The Devil's Lair

Cité Soleil : All the Misfortunes on Earth

Cape Horn : Sailors' Nightmare

Bermuda Triangle : Empire of Enigmas

Sable Island : A Ship Trap in the Atlantic

Cumbre Vieja : Birthplace of the Tsunami

Eilean Mor : Lighthouse Mystery.

g Introduction : The hazards of traveling

At the heart of old Europe : Château de Montségur : Satan's synagogue ; Rocca-Sparviera : the phantom village ; Nuremberg : the sinister reverberation of marching boots

Between the Mediterranean world and southern Africa : The Tophet of Carthage : children burned for the gods ; Oumaradi : shipwrecked by the sands ; Poveglia : the island of death ; Charybdis and Scylla : a high-risk cruise ; Kasanka National Park : the invasion of the bats ; Valley of the Kings : the curse of Aten ; Gaza : a territory adrift ; Beirut : destruction and construction ; Moriah and Golgotha : spiritual nightmares ; Kibera : an uncharted cesspool

From the Barents Sea to the Indian Ocean : Zapadnaya Litsa : the antechamber of hell ; Gulf of Aden : hunting ground of pirates ; Gur-Emir : the malevolent mausoleum ; Thilafushi : the toxic lagoon

Around the Bay of Bengal : Jharia : underground inferno ; Jatinga : a plague of birds ; Sunda Strait : the monster Krakatoa

Between the Orient and Oceania : Houtman Abrolhos : massacre of the shipwrecked ; Aokigahara : the suicide forest ; Cape York : in the land of the killer crocodiles ; Takuu : an atoll living on borrowed time ; Nauru : blighted by phosphate

America from coast to coast : Mavericks: the big wave : a cold-blooded monster ; Nevada Triangle : a danger in the sky ; Stull, Kansas : the forbidden cemetery ; Tonina : the mystery of the Mayas ; Adams, Tennessee : the bell witch lives on ; Pine Barrens : the devil's offspring ; Amityville : the devil's lair

Among the islands of the new world : Cité Soleil : all the misfortunes on earth ; Cape Horn : sailor's nightmare ; Bermuda Triangle : empire of enigmas ; Sable Island : a ship trap in the Atlantic

Beneath the Atlantic breeze : Cumbre Vieja : birthplace of the tsunami ; Eilean Mor : lighthouse mystery ; Yeun Ellez : the marsh of the damned ; Tiffauges : castle of a killer.