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Criminals Hall of Fame

1977 establishments in Ontario2014 disestablishments in OntarioCrime in OntarioDefunct museums in CanadaFormer education in Ontario
Halls of fame in CanadaMuseums disestablished in 2014Museums established in 1977Museums in Niagara Falls, OntarioWax museums

The Criminals Hall of Fame Wax Museum was a wax museum on 5751 Victoria Avenue in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. One of many wax museums in the region, it was located at the top of Clifton Hill. The museum featured forty wax statues of notorious criminals, from mobsters to serial killers. The museum was created in 1977 and closed late 2014. In 2002, columnist Gene Collier of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette characterized the museum as "a cheesy little monument to brutality," while in 2005, the same paper's Dennis Roddy called it "a garish little exhibit." In 2003, the Boston Herald dubbed it "tacky." 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."

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Criminals Hall of Fame
Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls

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