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Hello, everyone. I'm Olympia.

Thank you for being here with me in this wonderful place called Lights Out Library,

and I have a great story to tell you.

Tonight I'm taking you to Paris in the 19th century.

For historical mysteries or curious stories that happen there in the city of lights,

we will then discover the tragic and bizarre story of the Countess of Castiglion, a woman once called the most beautiful of the century,

and the lover of the Emperor Napoleon III, that she couldn't cope with the loss of her influence

and her youth and beauty and started to live in seclusion for decades, chasing her image

and desperately trying to stop time by taking and collecting thousands of photographs of herself.

Also in the 19th century, we will pay a visit to the tomb of the founder of spiritism and explore the craze of the time for the occult, for seance and

turning tables. We will see how all the foreclore of spiritism formed in this period between

Paris, London, and America. We will also try to unravel the curious and strange story of the theft of the Mona Lisa.

It is a mystery of sorts, as you will see.

But first, I'd like to take a few seconds of your time to thank those who have supported us on

patron. It really keeps us motivated to continue creating and developing Lights Out Library,

which we enjoy so much and hope to continue doing for a long time.

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