The Paris Catacombs are Deeply Misunderstood

For centuries, the catacombs beneath Paris have shocked and terrified people, with gruesome tales of murder, ghosts, and people getting lost forever. But what is the TRUE history behind this spooky labyrinth? Come learn with me! ~~~~~~~~~~ Care for Gaza: https://x.com/careforgaza?lang=en Donate to the PCRF: https://www.pcrf.net/ Buy my graphic novel, Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun: https://www.kazrowe.com/comics/cahun https://shop.getty.edu/products/liberated-the-radical-art-and-life-of-claude-cahun-978-1947440074 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sources The Paris Catacombs: A Secret History of Underground Paris by Fabrizio De Gennaro Anthropocene Under Paris? Rethinking the Quarries and Catacombs by Andrea Goulet Visitors at risk and heritage in peril? A case-study of Paris forbidden “catacombs” by Charlotte Fafet Making Space for the Dead. Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780–1830 by Erin-Marie Legacey City of Light, City of Dark: Exploring Paris Below by Valerie Broadwell Catacombs Folklore: Ghosts, Vampires & the Holy Grail By Icy Sedgwick The Catacombs of Paris: The History of the City’s Underground Ossuaries and Burial Network by Charles River Editors “A Visit to the Paris Catacombs,” Arthur's Home Magazine, Volume 55, 1887 The Diary of an Invalid: Being the Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819, Volume 2, by Henry Matthews, 1822 “Le Livre des Cent-et-Un,” The Catacombs at Paris, The Athenaeum, 1832 A Year in Europe. Comprising a Journal of Observations in England, Scotland ... in 1818 and 1819, Volume 2 by John Griscom, 1823 “Account of the Catacombs of Paris,” The Newry Magazine; Or, Literary & Political Register, Volume 1, 1815 Galignani's New Paris Guide: Or, Stranger's Companion Through the French Metropolis, 1839 “Quarries,” Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature; Enlarged and Improved · Volume 17, 1810 Second American Edition of the New Edinburgh Encyclopædia Volume 9, Part 1, 1813 Historical Eulogium on James Watt by M. Arago, 1833 The Second Book of History: Including the Modern History of Europe, Africa, and Asia by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, 1832 The Parlor Book: Or, Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ... Ornamented with Fine Colored Engravings by John Lauris Blake, 1835 The Six Travels of John Baptista Tavernier, Baron of Aubonne, Through Turky and Persia to the Indies, During the Space of Forty Years By Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, 1684