The Scariest Places On Earth: Voodoo Market

Chances are if you’ve traveled all the way to the West African nation of Togo, it’s because you’re looking for a type of cultural experience you won’t get on a guided tour of European hotspots. And that cultural experience will likely include a trip to capital city Lome’s Akodessewa market.

While it’s labeled as a voodoo fetish market, locals think of Akodessewa as a place to cure what ails you -- a voodoo pharmacy if you will. And their brand of medicine is likely to induce vomiting among tourists. Animal sacrifice plays heavily into their medical practice. It’s a safe bet your doctor never prescribed that you grind up elephant feet and human heads into a fine powder and rub them into open wounds on your chest as an effective cure for... well, anything. Such amazing rituals are commonplace in Lome, the birthplace of voodoo. The stench of death permeates the air thanks to the rotting corpses of countless beasts -- dogs, snakes, leopards, humans -- and local healers confer directly with the gods to determine your sickness and its cure.

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