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Walks Through Hell: Exploring Dark Tourism's Most Transformative Places
Walks Through Exploring Dark Tourism’s Most Transformative Places
By Dr. Chad Scott – psychotherapist, critically acclaimed author, and #1 bestselling writer in travel and memoir
Step into history’s darkest places—and discover what they reveal about grief, trauma, and the resilience buried beneath it all.
Auschwitz. Ground Zero. The Paris Catacombs. These aren’t just historical footnotes—they’re emotional pressure points. In Walks Through Hell, Dr. Chad Scott takes you deep into the heart of dark tourism, not to gawk, but to understand. What do we find when we stand where others suffered? And why are we drawn to these places in the first place?
Blending lived experience, trauma therapy, and immersive travel writing, Scott cuts through the noise and gets to the raw facing the darkness of history can help us process our own.
This concise edition is a distilled, high-impact journey drawn from the upcoming full-length book, Beyond the Darkness (May 2025).
Inside, you’ll
A therapist’s unfiltered perspective on history, healing, and human endurance
Reflections on inherited trauma, grief, and post-traumatic growth
A front-row seat to the world’s most emotionally charged historical sites
A fast, thought-provoking read that doesn’t waste a single word
Not a travel guide. Not a history lecture. This is a reckoning.
If you’re ready to stop skimming the surface and start digging deep, this is your first step.
By Dr. Chad Scott – psychotherapist, critically acclaimed author, and #1 bestselling writer in travel and memoir
Step into history’s darkest places—and discover what they reveal about grief, trauma, and the resilience buried beneath it all.
Auschwitz. Ground Zero. The Paris Catacombs. These aren’t just historical footnotes—they’re emotional pressure points. In Walks Through Hell, Dr. Chad Scott takes you deep into the heart of dark tourism, not to gawk, but to understand. What do we find when we stand where others suffered? And why are we drawn to these places in the first place?
Blending lived experience, trauma therapy, and immersive travel writing, Scott cuts through the noise and gets to the raw facing the darkness of history can help us process our own.
This concise edition is a distilled, high-impact journey drawn from the upcoming full-length book, Beyond the Darkness (May 2025).
Inside, you’ll
A therapist’s unfiltered perspective on history, healing, and human endurance
Reflections on inherited trauma, grief, and post-traumatic growth
A front-row seat to the world’s most emotionally charged historical sites
A fast, thought-provoking read that doesn’t waste a single word
Not a travel guide. Not a history lecture. This is a reckoning.
If you’re ready to stop skimming the surface and start digging deep, this is your first step.
79 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 27, 2024
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About the author
Chad Scott
2 booksDr. Chad Scott is a #1 best-selling travel author, seasoned explorer, and licensed psychotherapist with 25 years of experience. He holds a Ph.D. in counseling and has taught psychology at Bemidji State University and Mesabi Range College. As the author of two impactful nonfiction books, Dr. Scott has been a frequent guest columnist in regional publications and a featured speaker at numerous conferences and seminars.
A passionate adventurer, Dr. Scott explores the world’s most transformative and evocative places through the lens of dark tourism, a field that delves into historically tragic and often overlooked sites. His visits to profound locations such as Auschwitz, Alcatraz, and the Great Pyramids have shaped his unique perspective on human resilience and personal growth.
In his highly anticipated book, set for release in early 2025, Dr. Scott takes readers on a journey through some of the world’s most haunting and impactful destinations, blending psychological insight with rich historical context. From the eerie depths of the Paris Catacombs to the chilling reminders of nuclear devastation in Hiroshima, his writing offers a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of history, trauma, and the human spirit.
When not writing or traveling, Dr. Scott enjoys aviation, outdoor adventures, cheering on local sports teams, and spending time with his beloved Boston Terrier, Duke.
A passionate adventurer, Dr. Scott explores the world’s most transformative and evocative places through the lens of dark tourism, a field that delves into historically tragic and often overlooked sites. His visits to profound locations such as Auschwitz, Alcatraz, and the Great Pyramids have shaped his unique perspective on human resilience and personal growth.
In his highly anticipated book, set for release in early 2025, Dr. Scott takes readers on a journey through some of the world’s most haunting and impactful destinations, blending psychological insight with rich historical context. From the eerie depths of the Paris Catacombs to the chilling reminders of nuclear devastation in Hiroshima, his writing offers a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of history, trauma, and the human spirit.
When not writing or traveling, Dr. Scott enjoys aviation, outdoor adventures, cheering on local sports teams, and spending time with his beloved Boston Terrier, Duke.
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March 25, 2025
I’ve met this Author in person and I wanted to support his writing journey! So I went into this book completely blind with no idea what to expect from it. This genre is out of my comfort zone but I enjoyed it so much! The author discussed so many people I grew up learning about and loving! As well as people and places I’ve never heard of and now have knowledge about. There’s so much deep and meaningful things to learn from this book and I can’t wait to read the full version coming in May!
February 11, 2025
Apparently this short book is a preview of a longer book exploring dark tourism. The author is a therapist and he highlights psychological insights that can be gained at these tourist sites. If you are not familiar with dark tourism, this would be a good introduction.
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