Step into the shadowy side of Kraków on a chilling guided walk through the historic district of Kazimierz. Beneath its familiar streets lies the storey of one of Poland’s most unsettling criminals. Follow the trail of Karol Kot, infamously known as the “Vampire of Kraków,” whose brutal crimes in the 1960s spread fear across the city.

This tour leads you through the very places where Kot lived, planned, and carried out his attacks. Set against the bleak backdrop of post-war, communist-era Kraków—marked by social tension, decay, and moral contradictions—you’ll see how such an environment became the stage for senseless violence.

Kazimierz – Introduction
Begin in the heart of Kazimierz, where your guide outlines the district’s turbulent 20th-century history and introduces the disturbing background of Karol Kot.

The Poisoned Beer
Learn about Kot’s early experiments with death, including arsenic-laced beer bottles left in public places, and his obsession with violence, slaughterhouses, and self-harm in communist-era Kraków.

The Skilled Marksman
Discover Kot’s double life as a disciplined member of a youth paramilitary shooting organisation, and how his fascination with weapons and knives intensified behind a façade of control.

The First Serious Attack
Stand at the location of Kot’s early knife attack that shocked the community. Learn how police began to recognise a disturbing pattern and the absence of any robbery motive.

The First Murder
Visit the area near where Kot committed his first fatal stabbing. Hear how fear spread through the city, leading elderly residents to wear pots on their heads for protection.

Escalation of Violence
Trace the moment Kot crossed the point of no return—from the murder of a child to another near-fatal attack just weeks later—revealing the cold precision of his actions.

The Police Investigation
Follow the city-wide manhunt involving school inspections, student interrogations, and testimonies that slowly narrowed in on the killer.

The Breakthrough
Learn about the courageous student who reported Kot’s threats, leading to his arrest. Examine the forensic evidence and eyewitness accounts that sealed his fate.

Karol Kot’s Home and Final Fate
Conclude the tour outside Kot’s former residence. Explore his psychological profile, trial, execution, and the unsettling stories later told by residents of his allegedly haunted apartment.

More than a recounting of disturbing events, the experience explores the psychology of a killer, the escalation of his crimes, and the police investigation that ultimately brought them to an end. It is a gripping, fact-based journey into one of the darkest chapters of Kraków’s recent past.