The Paris Catacombs: A Labyrinth of Death
30 Morbid Minutes
30 Morbid Minutes
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🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:30.5 | This is a rooster teeth production. Beneath the streets of Paris are tunnels upon tunnels filled and decorated with bones of 6 million bodies. |
| 0:43.3 | Welcome to 30 Morbid Minutes. This is the podcast where we explore topics of a morbid, macab, dark, and downright grisly nature. |
| 1:05.2 | I'm Elise Willems. |
| 1:06.4 | And I'm Jessica Vasami. |
| 1:07.9 | In 1793, Filippert Asper, a dormant at Valdegris hospital in Paris, |
| 1:12.9 | wandered into one of the hospital's courtyards underground tunnels. Some accounts claim that |
| 1:18.5 | Aspert was searching for a wine cellar, while others suggest he was trying to enter the basement |
| 1:23.3 | of a nearby brewery. Whatever the case, Fillebert found himself completely alone in the dark |
| 1:29.3 | and vast tunnels that night. And these tunnels weren't just any tunnels. They were a stretch of the Paris |
| 1:35.2 | catacombs, a complex and vast network of ossuaries, passageways, and chambers containing the bones and |
| 1:42.7 | remains of millions and millions of people. |
| 1:45.6 | And so, Filippe and his wanderings entered into this labyrinth of bones, carrying a single |
| 1:51.2 | candle to light his way. And when that candle gave its last light, he became lost, enveloped in |
| 1:57.2 | darkness. Unable to find his way back out, Fillebert died in the catacombs. His body was |
| 2:03.1 | eventually recovered in 1804, 11 years after his disappearance, and tragically, so close to an |
| 2:09.5 | escape, just a few steps away from a staircase. Authorities and those who knew him were able to |
| 2:15.3 | identify the former dormant by the buttons on his jacket and a key ring. |
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