Like the London Dungeon, it was designed as a live action interactive horror show loosely based on factual events throughout history.

As part of a £3.5 million investment across both Dungeons, a new feature opened in 1997 showcasing tales of the 'Lost Roman legion' in York.

The Dungeon has been subject to severe flooding numerous times, due to its close proximity to the River Ouse.

In these tours visitors are led around a sequence of shows and exhibitions which are loosely based on historical events and practices.

During the tour actors playing plague doctors' assistants, innkeepers, night watches, torturers, judges, executioners, stage coach guards and witch-burners tell visitors gruesome stories.

York Dungeon offered free entry to people subject to anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) for the weekend of the 26 May and 27 May 2007.

The public needs protection from anti-social behaviour and York Dungeon shouldn't be rewarding people who have been sentenced to an ASBO by the courts.