Tending to plague patients paid well but was risky business. Of 18 plague doctors who worked in Venice during the Black Death of the 14th century, five died and 12 fled.

So, if you see someone wearing a plague doctor costume this Halloween and their history isn’t quite up to snuff, make sure they share their candy with you first, before gently correcting them ...

Cops in the English village of Hellesdon are hunting for an unidentified individual who's been creeping out locals by lurking around town while dressed as a 17th Century plague doctor.

The plague doctor ensemble dates back to 17th-century Europe when physicians wore the mask filled with perfume in a mistaken belief the fumes would protect them. Since October, Wood has worn her ...

Police called on teen standing outside Malden school dressed as plague doctor No weapons were found on the 14-year-old, but school officials issued a no trespass order after the incident.

Jody Shields’s new novel, “The Winter Station,” takes place in 1910 Kharbin, a bleak Russian-controlled outpost in Manchuria. People are dying; their bodies are disappearing mysteriously ...

A person who was "terrifying kids" by walking around a village dressed as a 17th Century plague doctor has been identified by police. The individual, dressed in a black cloak, hat and pointed beak ...

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Plague doctors in the 17th Century believed the beak-like masks filled with perfume and herbs protected them. One person wrote: "Scared the life out of my missus. Terrifying for kids." ...

Major Grom and the Plague Doctor is based on the Major Grom comic books, a highly-popular Russian series that ran from 2012 to 2015. The book follows a police detective named Major Igor Grom, who ...

Although plague doctors are thought to have been around in Europe from the 14th century, the harrowing, beaked uniform originated at some point in the 17th century, with plague doctors often ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A man is facing charges after records show he dressed like a plague doctor, went to a bar and scared people. It happened Saturday at Boyd's Jig and Reel on Central Street.