Haunted Prague and Czech Legends

Behold the dark side of Prague! The untold, mysterious history behind the bewitching capital is just waiting to grab your undivided attention as you wander through the narrow winding cobblestone lanes in the middle of the night! What an exciting adventure for older children, teenagers, and adults alike- and a memorable one at that! The best ghost and legend tours Prague has to offer are from McGee's Ghost Tours of Prague. With interesting and comical tour guides offering insight into the paranormal, why not try an unconventional tour of Prague for something refreshingly different and spooky? ...

Behold the dark side of Prague! The untold, mysterious history behind the bewitching capital is just waiting to grab your undivided attention as you wander through the narrow winding cobblestone lanes in the middle of the night! What an exciting adventure for older children, teenagers, and adults alike- and a memorable one at that! The best ghost and legend tours Prague has to offer are from McGee's Ghost Tours of Prague. With interesting and comical tour guides offering insight into the paranormal, why not try an unconventional tour of Prague for something refreshingly different and spooky? ...

One of the city’s most popular legends is the story of the Golem of Prague. During the reign of Rudolf II, Rabbi Judah Loew created the golem to protect the Jewish quarter of the city and its citizens. At this time the majority of Prague Jewish people were being attacked and they went about their days in fear, until the Golem came, that is. Rabbi Judah Loew created the golem according to the Cabala, which specified that he be made of clay from the banks of the Vltava River. Following a religious ritual the giant Golem was created, only to be awakened by special incantations in Hebrew ...

In the magical labyrinth of Old Town in the city of Prague there once was an elegant Templar Knight who rode a graceful and noble white horse. Nowadays this grand Knight is one of Prague’s best-loved ghosts even though the Templar knight just so happens to be headless! The Headless Templar can be found with his head in his hand riding along the cobblestone street on his trotting horse often challenging the non-faint of heart to release him from the grips of his ghostly servitude. To order for the Headless Templar to be free, a living person must be strong and brave enough to seize his ...

In the Old Town district of Prague you will find a monument to the Iron Man. The Iron Man is a true ghost of Prague and one of the only ghosts in the world to have a monument built for him! The name of the Iron Man in question is Jáchym Berka, a man in ghost form that has been waiting for his freedom from his ghostly servitude for over four hundread years! The story goes a little something like this: Jáchym Berka was engaged to be married to his sweetheart when he left to defend his country. Upon his return he heard evil rumors regarding his betrothed’s fidelity and without an explanatio ...

The mythical founder of the city of Prague and the Czech people as a whole, Libuše belonged to the Přemyslid dynasty. Libuše founded Prague in the 8th century when she stood at the mighty fortress of Vysehrad from Libušín castle and envisioned the foundation of a mighty and magnificent city title Praha, which in the Czech language means ‘threshold’. Mythical Libuše was the youngest daughter of the Czech ruler Krok whose other daughters were Kazi (the healer) and Teta (the magician). Libuše was chosen by her father as his successor and proved to be wise and just but was still none ...

If you so happen to be wandering about the environs of St. Agnes Convent in Josefov during the dark hours of a magical evening be sure to watch out for the Murdered Nun! She appears to be quite moody, one evening she might be covered in blood and weeping bitterly and other evenings one may find her smiling tenderly at unhappy lovers. The child of a wealthy nobleman, this child tragically fell in love outside of her class with a poor knight. Her noble father of course refused to give his consent for marriage and as her payment for her unforgivable sin she was to be sent to live in St. Agnes co ...

Located in the magnificent Prague Castle complex is the Daliborka Tower (part of the castle’s late Gothic fortifications), one of Prague’s most famous sites concerning myths and ghosts. Daliborka Tower was originally used as a prison until the end of the 18th century. Initially the prison was designed to hold only noble prisoners but towards the end it became a prison for commoners as well. The tower is named after its first prisoner, a man called Dalibor from the village of Kozojedy. Dalibor, a young and brave knight was sentenced to death and kept in the dungeon of the tower for ...

If you so happen to wander into the Church of St. James in the center of Prague’s Old Town, make sure to look up and to the right when you enter the holy church. You will find yourself staring at a petrified arm bone. The arm bone in question once belonged to the aptly named One Armed Thief, a man who purposely hid inside the church and waited until the verger locked the doors. After he was safely locked in he proceeded to steal the jewels, gold and precious items in front of the church’s statue of the Virgin Mary until the statue grasped the thief’s hand. In the morning the ...

If you just so happen to be walking down Karlova Street in the dark hours of night be sure to watch out for the Mad Barber, a mild mannered ghost seeking his freedom from his ghastly servitude to a creepy eternity of wandering the streets of Prague’s Old Town. The Mad Barber lived during the reign of Rudolph II and was by profession a successful barber and lived in a sort of middle class affluence. His profession however didn’t provide enough cold hard cash to keep him happy so the Mad Barber tried his luck elsewhere with the help of magical alchemy. He practiced old rituals in his ...

In the beautiful district of Old Town in the gorgeous city of Prague there sits a most lovely building titled the House at the Golden Well. This particular house, with one of Old Town’s most splendidly decorated facades was and still is surrounded by an air of mystery. A most colorful rumor once circulated the neighborhood pubs that in the courtyard of said house there was a well full of priceless treasures. One night Lubomíra, a maid from the house was full of curiosity and decided to have a look at the well with no intention of descending into the murky depths of the cold abyss. After ...

In the haunted fortress of Vysehrad, where the prophetess Libuse bathed with men before tossing them to their untimely deaths off the rock cliffs is one of Prague’s once most feared and bloodthirsty ghosts, the Ghost of the French Major. The major was the commander of the French troops who invaded Prague in 1741 during the War of the Austrian Succession and was killed by a bullet shortly before the victorious end; it is rumored he screamed ‘sacrebleu’ while sinking to the ground. After his untimely death the French Major went off the ghostly deep end so to speak and started ...

Beware of the tall Begging Skeleton! One of Prague’s tallest and friendliest ghosts just so happens to be a staggeringly tall skeleton! He haunts the area surrounding the Karolinum after dusk. He is not dangerous and is not interested in sober people, only those who are intoxicated, those of which he will beg money from. The sad story goes something like this: In the olden days the Karolinum was used as a medical faculty where a very tall very elegant young man named Vincenc worked. One old anatomy professor was enthralled with the young man’s body and told him that he would make a ...

Karbourek the Water Sprite is a friendly ghost part of local folklore; he is best described as affectionate, peace loving and kind hearted. He lives in the Čertovka stream, which in the English language translates to the Devil’s Stream, and can be found occasionally coming up from the shallow stream and begging passersby to bring him a mug of beer from the local pubs. In the olden days he used to visit the local pubs to drink with the regulars, during which friendly bartenders would bring him a bucket of water to rest his feet in so he would feel at home. In modern times, bartenders s ...

Ask anyone where the loveliest place in Prague is and they will more than likely answer Petřín Hill. This lush garden and public park is the place to stroll with your loved one on sunny days or moonlit romantic evenings. But a warning should be extended to you if you so wish to wander about the hill at night. There once was a pagan grove on Petřín Hill surrouned by tall lime trees and in the center of said grove a sacrificial altar stood were pagan priests would burn young beautiful virgins to the great delight of their gods. During the reign of Prince Boleslav local pagans were radically deal ...

If you happen to find yourself on romantic Kampa Island in the middle of a magical night in whimsical Prague close to a water mill, you may end up spotting the Fiery Turkey! The Fiery Turkey is an interesting ghost at that and is only available for ghost sighting and photo opts on Good Friday of each year. Beware, the Fiery Turkey is indeed on fire and hot to touch! The story goes a little something like this: The water mill owner was a man quite fond of his food especially of a roasted turkey. Turkey was his favorite meat and he happily feasted on a massive bird every holiday. On one such ...

There once was a very beautiful girl who was the daughter of Lesser Town’s richest Miller. She had everything she could possibly want except she was never really satisfied. What she wished for the most was to be accepted into higher society, something very difficult for a daughter of a Miller. She realized quite soon in her life that she would never receive a title or coat of arms through marriage as she was born into a poor family so she simplified her wish and sought out attendance to the Gentlewomen’s Ball at Lichtenštejn Palace. Her father tried to find connections to somehow ...

If you so happen to be unlucky enough to be wandering about the environs of the former convent of St. Mary Magdalene around the witching hour be sure to watch out for the Headless Lady! The Headless Lady was once a beautiful actress named Laura who performed at the Nostic Theater in Prague. She had many admirers, as she was very charming and very beautiful. Of course, her husband had a mean streak of jealousy. And so it was her beauty and his jealousy that in the end killed her. She was very much in love with a rich count that wished to win her hand and her heart away from her husband. One ...

If you happen to be wandering about the tree filled Stromovka Park on moonlit nights you must beware of the Fish Eater of Stomovka Park! An extremely dangerous ghost this Fish Eater used to be in his living days the aide of General Windischgratz who bombarded the city of Prague in 1848. The Fish Eater in life was a mysterious man from an aristocratic Carpathian family and was also said to be related distantly to the one and only Count Dracula. This mysterious man used to bathe in the moonlit nights in the ponds of Stromovka Park and often stated that he was captain of the pond fish as he was a ...

If you so happen to be in Lesser Town and spot a very large, round man - do not fret for it is only Prague’s friendly Obese Merchant ghost! In life the Merchant was an extremely gluttonous man who ate until his heart’s content even when his fellow countrymen were starving around him during difficult times. His appearance in life was very unattractive as he had the largest belly ever seen in the land of Bohemia, however the Obese Mechant did not care. He loved only food, not gold nor priceless treasures, only food. One evening he rolled into his favorite pub, the Valdštejnská pub ( ...