Dark Tourism and what it's all about

This week join Courtney and Jay as they explore dark tourism. Jay struggles to understand that it isn't a "goth kid drinking apple juice out of a plastic skull" situation while Courtney explains over and over that dark tourism isn't just about going places because someone died there. It is however about visiting places associated with death and other dark events from history have unfolded.

We discuss some of the reasons people go to dark tourism sites and Jay has a hard time comprehending that many people are interested in dark tourism because they are there to learn, or to try and understand why something so awful may have happened. Some are trying to come to terms with what did happen, and others are trying to expand on history they already understand.

Jay apologizes to Norway and Montana for saying no one lives there or does anything there because it's cold, and Courtney tries not to get too annoyed at the way Jay says "tourism" and his lack of research for this episode. Learn more about Dark Tourism on our extended show notes at coiesquestions.com/darktourism