How Do We Get Down Catacombs?

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Scarlett Marlow: 370 feet beneath this point is a hidden chamber that might contain a critical missing piece of our history how are we supposed to get down catacombs apparently the 2014 thriller as above so below was actually filmed on location in the catacombs. One actor Ben Feldman apparently kept having to take breaks just to cope with the claustrophobia can you imagine booking that gig like you hey you got the part also it's a living nightmare anyway I have not watched the movie but I looked up the trailer and I braced myself for it to be pretty cheesy but it legit freaked me out.

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.

Dr. Legacy’s book, “Making Space for the Dead: Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830” on Bookshop.org and Amazon

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