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Inside 'the most haunted city in America': Take a tour of Savannah's spooky Historic District... in the back of a hearse

05/10/16 07:15

There are more dead people buried under the pavements of Savannah than there are living people walking on top. For all its pretty cobblestoned squares and antebellum townhouses, the exquisite seafood and Southern generosity, this small port on the frontier of Georgia and South Carolina has a dark underbelly: grisly tales of sordid murder, haunted houses and a colonial-era graveyard (inset) decorated with the lingering entrails of Spanish moss. Savannah could well claim to be America’s most haunted city. That’s why, this Thursday evening, I’m being driven round its deserted squares in the back of a hearse....read

Up all night at the end of the world: Caught in the glow of the midnight sun on a journey into the myths and legends of upper Iceland
26/08/14 05:28
It is a country that comes cloaked in mystique. But to see Iceland at its most ethereal, go in high summer, when the midnight sun holds sway, says Chris Lawrence.
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Wispy-haired trolls, counter-culture and freakshows: New York's quirkiest museums
31/10/13 04:07
New Yorkers can turn almost anything into a museum, which means there's a whole seam of lesser known exhibitions that are worth exploring when you've ticked off the big-hitters. Chris Lawrence is your guide.
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Yorkshire's heart of darkness: Exploring the marvel that is Britain's largest cave
10/10/13 11:22
Just twice a year, the public is allowed to explore the vast cave known as Gaping Gill. Chris Lawrence straps into the winch and descends deep into the earth.
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The soul of a country: Ancient temples and mischievous spirits in the Burmese interior
28/05/13 02:12
Long hidden from international view, Burma is a country of surprises. Nowhere more so than the ancient city of Bagan, where 4000 temples sing of the country's past. Chris Lawrence explores.
How modernity is beckoning Burma, a magical country on the cusp of a new dawn
28/03/13 04:37
Chris Lawrence finds Burma ethereal with a sense of the undiscovered that the British colonialists must have experienced when they first arrived. But given the extreme changes it has undergone, will it last, he asks?
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Painting the town Tomatina: Doing battle with 150,000 red ones in Spain's Buñol
18/09/12 09:03
Every year, thousands of revellers cram themselves into the narrow streets of Buñol in Spain ready to roll in the juices of 150,000 rotten tomatoes. Critics say the fiesta is senseless - but that is what makes it so appealing, says Chris Lawrence.
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Walking with witches four centuries on in Lancashire's landscape of lost souls
30/07/12 03:04
Chris Lawrence has long been fascinated by the 17th century tale of the Pendle witches, Lancashire locals who allegedly danced with the devil. Four centuries on, he finds their sinister story still very much alive.
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Queen Victoria! Mists and majesty on a flight above Africa's most breathtaking waterfall
20/06/12 09:23
The local name for it is hugely apt - 'Mosi-oa-Tunya', The Smoke That Thunders. But the glory of Victoria Falls, is truly best appreciated via a microlight flight, says an astonished Chris Lawrence.
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Does the Sun shine? Stepping into Sun City, South Africa's mega-hotel of dark memories
14/06/12 08:57
In the Eighties, it was one of the world's most notorious hotels. But 18 years after the end of apartheid, does Sun City fit in with the new South Africa? Chris Lawrence finds out.
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Step into San Juan: Seeking the real Puerto Rico on Hunter S. Thompson's maligned isle
01/03/12 10:45
Puerto Rico has not always enjoyed the most fragrant of reputations. Hunter S Thompson's novel The Rum Diary portrays the island as a corrupt hellhole. Chris Lawrence goes in search of the truth.
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Fire bulls, fireworks and giants at San Sebastian's 'Semana Grande' party
09/09/11 02:20
Mad, chaotic and eardrum-bursting, San Sebastian's Big Week is a carnival unique to northern Spain's Basque Country. Add in some of the best food on the Iberian Peninsula and picturesque beaches and it's just about perfect, says Chris Lawrence.
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A city of Titanic appeal: Reclaiming the world's most famous ship in brilliant Belfast
21/06/11 02:10
She is best known for her tragic demise. But in Belfast, people have a different view of the Titanic. Chris Lawrence traces the ghost of this lost soul in the dockyards that crafted her 100 years ago.
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Review: SBK 2011 (X-Box 360)
16/06/11 09:58
Milestone have delivered a professional game of broad appeal - one that will satisfy, if not enthral.
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Croatia by kayak: Hidden coves and historic cities on the Dalmatian Coast
13/04/11 07:40
Croatia's Dalmatian Coast is famed as an idyllic area of quiet islands and seaside beauty. But it looks a little different if - like Chris Lawrence - you are exploring it by sea-faring kayak.
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The party to end all parties: Indians take to the streets to celebrate nation's cricket World Cup triumph
03/04/11 12:34
The nation of more than one billion people has an obsession for the sport like no other and for the last five weeks has prayed for victory with passionate anticipation.
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Shaming the St George's Cross: Vile EDL thugs in 2,000-strong hate protest wear flag-coloured burkas to confront Muslims
02/04/11 06:44
Locals deserted Blackburn centre as EDL demonstrators descended on the town and far-right extremists began fighting among themselves.
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How are you feeling today? Let the Government know in £2m 'well-being' survey
25/02/11 09:35
David Cameron has previously conceded the scheme will be seen as 'airy-fairy and impractical’.
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Neon nightmares: Artist creates eerie landscape of skeletons using light painting photography
04/02/11 04:49
Deep in snowy forests near Helsinki, Finnish artist Janne Parviainen has capture these eerie skeletons.
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'I heard the REAL King's Speech': Former Royal police officer, 94, tells how he overheard George VI rehearse his speech ‘over and over again’
04/02/11 01:07
Larry Lamb, now 94, was on duty at Sandringham Palace in 1939, when he heard King George VI struggling to master his Christmas Day speech.
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Surf's up: Thrill-seekers ride waves for FIVE MILES as tidal bore creates huge wall of water
15/01/11 08:39
Surfers might be trading their traditional golden beaches for the chillier waters of Alaska if these pictures are anything to go by.
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Review: Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
17/12/10 12:14
Designer Yoshiki Okamoto has created a game of some depth and charm that goes beyond superficial Zelda pastiche.
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Brian Blessed to drive road users to distraction... as the new voice of TomTom
06/08/10 05:54
The Shakesperean actor has agreed to the demands of a Facebook campaign by recording a voice-over for sat nav firm, TomTom.
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Police consider device to help female officers caught short on the beat
06/08/10 05:39
WPCs from Cambridgeshire would be able to respond to calls of nature while on patrol if the 'Shewees' are given the go ahead by police chiefs.
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WORLD CUP 2010: Spectators injured in ANOTHER fan park crush
11/06/10 06:15
Fans broke through a security fence at a Johannesburg fan park where the opening match between South Africa and Mexico was being shown on a giant screen.
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Police granted more time to interrogate Muslims arrested over plot to kill Swedish cartoonist
14/03/10 01:05
The men were arrested on Tuesday over an alleged plot to kill Lars Vilks, who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog.
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'Give ministers more power'... Top civil servants slam Gordon Brown over 'weak' government strategy
Sixty senior Whitehall figures have shed light on an incoherent regime, which cannot 'set government priorities and 'translate them into action.'
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Picasso masterpiece among the £1mn of paintings stolen from French villa
Thieves launched a daring raid on a private art collection and made off with one million euros worth of paintings, including a work by Spanish master Pablo Picasso.
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'Facial cancer' breakthrough may save Tasmanian devils from extinction
The marsupials spread a fast-killing cancer when they bite each other's faces. Since the disease's discovery in 1996, their numbers have plummeted by 70 per cent.
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Mystery of Steve Fossett's death is solved: Experts unlock the key to the 'Nevada Triangle'
The maverick aviator died in September 2007 when his private plane inexplicably crashed in the Nevada desert.
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Tom Felton learns his lesson: Harry Potter star spends another day on the beach...but this time he's covered up
Earlier in the week he announced he was wearing factor 50 sun cream - to avoid returning to the film set with a tan. And yesterday he went one better by covering up completely.
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Times Square evacuated following bomb scare
Workers were evacuated from the Nasdaq building as disposal experts used a robot-based camera to approach an abandoned van.
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