The plague doctor costume looks like a cross between a steampunk crow and the Grim Reaper, and has come to represent both the terrors of the Black Death and the foreignness of medieval medicine.

One of the newest cosmetics added to Back 4 Blood is the Plague Doctor outfit. It’s designed specifically for Doc. With that being said, it does make her look like a plague doctor, mask and all.

It’s not as a doctor plying noble trade that has given the costume its staying power. Plague equaled death, and when you have black garbed doctors roaming around with giant protruding mask noses ...

The Plague Doctor's costume was designed to protect you from what was thought of as "evil" smells or bad air which was seen as the cause of infection at the time. This is now known as the ...

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.

Though plague doctors across Europe wore these outfits, the look was so iconic in Italy that the "plague doctor" became a staple of Italian commedia dell’arte and carnival celebrations—and is ...

Pranksters dressing up as 'plague doctors' have returned once again as police in Gloucester confirmed they are investigating a sinister figure seen scaring children near a duck pond. Officers said ...

Plague doctors, or at least images of plague doctors, are having a bit of a cultural moment again, roughly 300 years after their actual heyday. They’ve become popular motifs for stickers, pins ...

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." ...

Police have said they are keen to trace a person who has been walking around a village dressed as a 17th Century plague doctor. Residents of Hellesdon, near Norwich, have been both "terrified" and ...