A 'Hantu Galah' photo and picture of Old Changi Hospital walking tour
What's different? It's focus on shared storytelling rather than the experiential supernatural or historical tour.about dark tourism in Singapore and whether it can stand the test of time with rapid urbanisation.Dark tourism is the visiting of places where human tragedies have occurred. Historical events such as genocides, murders, war or disaster - either natural or accidental - qualify as such tragedies.
The tricky thing for a horror-genre tour is making it accessible to the public. Too much information and only history buffs will be interested. Too many supernatural elements and it could turn off the disbelieving public."Lore-gic is making the lore make sense. It's not scientific logic, but logic according to what we know in the folk lore," he explained.
"Once a person holds a belief in the supernatural, there may be a tendency to seek out information that confirms or supports the beliefs, thereby strengthening these beliefs," said Santoso. "Singapore is not full of spooky places like the streets of London or an old town in Perth. We don't have castles and dark alleyways. It is rare to find a location worth going where the stories can be densely trusted," shared Lim.
"Therefore, the horror is slowly receding. We suspect that by next year, this tour might not be feasible because all the spooky bits may not be spooky anymore."With a limited number of spooky places to conduct tours, Lim's initial idea of conducting a horror bus tour had to be aborted due to logistics.