Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) with Erin-Marie Legacey

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 7:45 a.m.

b'Let\\u2019s get spooky. Venture below Parisian streets and into the catacombs: hundreds of miles of subterranean tunnels housing millions of human skeletons, some fashioned into sculpture. Alie tracked down Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey \\u2013 author of \\u201cMaking Space for the Dead,\\u201d professor of French history and one of the world\\u2019s foremost experts on this eerie place. We chat about everything from miasmas to sinkholes, boggling cemetery history, smells, skulls, hidden chambers, (very) underground parties, and how we view our bodies post-life. Also: Alie takes a trip to see them herself.'