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Catacombs of Paris
Six million skeletons line the tunnels beneath Paris. The bones were moved when cemeteries overflowed. Explorers vanish in the 200 miles of unmapped passages. The dead whisper warnings.
1786 - Present
Paris, France
50000+ witnesses
Paris sits atop a city of bones.
The Crisis
Cemeteries overflowing:
- Saints-Innocents burst
- Corpses in basements
- Disease spreading
- Solution needed
- Move the dead
The Transfer
Millions moved:
- 1786-1860
- Night processions
- Bones blessed
- Artistically arranged
- Walls of skulls
The Tunnels
Vast network:
- 200+ miles
- Mostly unmapped
- Quarried for centuries
- Easy to get lost
- People disappear
The Cataphiles
Urban explorers:
- Illegal entry
- Know the passages
- Strange encounters
- Rituals performed
- Community exists
The Vanishings
Lost explorers:
- Video camera found
- Man running panicked
- Never found
- Others disappear
- Recovery impossible
The Whispers
Visitor experiences:
- Voices heard
- Cold spots
- Followed feeling
- Shadows move
- Six million watching