Public night watchman tour in Mannheim: 'Hark, ye folks, and let me tell you…': this is how the night watchman roamed the city centuries ago. In the light of the lantern, Marie, the female night watchwoman, knows how to tell curious and gruesome stories from bygone times. Full of anecdotes about the “dishonest professions,” Elector Carl Theodor's Musenhof, the lightning rod, the horseless carriage (automobile), “stinking air,” and of course, the troubled life of a night watchman. With her halberd, Marie maintains peace and order and protects her companions from thieves and drunken rabble. The tour through the alleys of the former Old Town is a mixture of humorous anecdotes, the life of a night watchman, and events from our city's history.