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Criminals Hall of Fame 
Official Criminals Hall of Fame logoEstablished 1977 Location Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Type Wax museum Collection size 40 statues Visitor figures 10000+ per year Public transit access Niagara Falls Transit Website Official web page The Criminals Hall of Fame Wax Museum is a wax museum on 5751 Victoria Avenue in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. One of many wax museums in the region, it is located at the top of Clifton Hill.[1] The museum features forty wax statues of notorious criminals, from mobsters to serial killers. The museum was created in 1977 and has been open ever since.[2]
In 2002, columnist Gene Collier of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette characterized it as "a cheesy little monument to brutality,"[3] while in 2005 the same paper's Dennis Roddy called it "a garish little exhibit."[4] In 2003, the Boston Herald dubbed it "tacky."[5] In 2010, Doug Kirby's roadsideamerica.com noted in its review that the museum had "more gore than most horror wax museums and better lighting, too," which it took as "a good indication that this attraction is drawing enough of a crowd to pay its electric bill."[6]
Statues
Among the featured criminals of the museum are contemporary serial killers such as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and Charles Manson, which are interspersed with infamous historical figures like Billy the Kid, Pretty Boy Floyd, Clyde Chestnut Barrow, Lucky Luciano, Jesse James, Al Capone and Elizabeth Báthory.[6][7] Surprisingly missing was the Canadian couple Karla Homolka and her ex-husband Paul Bernardo. [1] In 1999, the figure of Adolf Hitler was stolen from its glass case.[8][9]
References
- ^ Farra, Harry (2 November 1980). "Wax Museums:Niagara's Other Wonder". Beaver County Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cFkuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1dkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1528,283042&dq=criminals-hall-of-fame+wax&hl=en. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ http://www.criminalshalloffame.com/about.php About the Criminals Hall of Fame Museum
- ^ Collier, Gene (3 July 2002). "Road to redemption can't erase that night drive". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/columnists/20020703gene6.asp. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ Roddy, Dennis (10 July 2005). "Canadian-born killers". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05191/535304-156.stm. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ Kramer, Lauren (13 February 2003). "Step by step, you too will embrace thrilling Niagara Falls". Boston Herald. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/289096651.html?dids=289096651:289096651&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+13%2C+2003&author=Lauren+Kramer&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=Step+by+step%2C+you+too+will+embrace+thrilling+Niagara+Falls&pqatl=google. Retrieved 6 August 2010. "...few come for the city itself which is cheesy beyond belief replete with motels advertising red heartshaped hot tubs and tacky attractions such as the Criminals Hall of Fame Wax Museum."
- ^ a b "Criminals Hall Of Fame Wax Museum". roadsideamerica.com. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/4493. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "The Criminals". Criminals Hall of Fame Wax Museum. http://www.criminalshalloffame.com/criminals.php. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Wax figure of Hitler disappears". Toronto Star: p. 1. 7 April 1999. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427434141.html?dids=427434141:427434141&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+07%2C+1999&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Wax+figure+of+Hitler+disappears&pqatl=google. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ "Wax Hitler Stolen from Hall of Criminals". roadsideamerica.com. 18 April 1999. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/news/5472. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
Coordinates: 43°05′31″N 79°04′35″W / 43.091879°N 79.076516°W
Categories:- Museums established in 1977
- Museums in Niagara Falls, Ontario
- Wax museums
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