Black Plaques London for iOS

The definitive guide to Londons dark side.'Imagine a grown up version of Horrible Histories' The Sunday Times.Ever felt youre not being told the whole story? Black Plaques lift the carefully-placed rug and discover a big stain: Torture at Westminster Abbey Underwear looted from Buckingham Palace Putrid gas pumped up Big Ben Nazis in Kensington Murder in St Pauls... Retrospectively rubberneck on Londons least celebrated tales - ones that many might hope were best forgotten. With augmented reality at each site and no skimping on important details, discover where '**it happened'.But its not all misery and gore. Black Plaques immortalise any episode where mankind was not enjoying its finest hour - heroic failures, lewd antics and tragic misfortunes mix with the mysterious, farcical and misguided, topped with a dollop of the downright peculiar. Over 300 virtual plaques give a compendium of colourful vignettes - little-known to locals let alone visitors, exposing foibles and failings that DON'T get proudly mounted on a wall. Original content of over 75,000 words and 600 images Stories interconnect for armchair browsing Check-in on Foursquare, share on Facebook and Twitter Data connection needed only for map and social media No need to be in London to enjoy this app.