chamber of horrors

English

Noun

chamber of horrors (plural chambers of horrors)

  1. An exhibition which displays horrific items, such as instruments of torture, frightful crimes being committed, etc.
    • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 126:
      “Screaming headlines in every paper in the country—damn all journalists, I say! Do you know there was a whole crowd staring in at the lodge gates this morning. Sort of Madame Tussaud’s chamber of horrors business that can be seen for nothing.”
  2. Any place in which horrific things take place or have taken place.
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