Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) with Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey
The study of PARIS CATACOMBS
Episode Info
- Guest: Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey
- Date: Oct 20
- Topics: History
- Listen: Original Episode
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About This Episode
Let’s 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 – author of “Making Space for the Dead,” professor of French history and one of the world’s 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.