Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) with Erin-Marie Legacey
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Paris Exhumations of 1852
The Paris exhumations at the time left behind mounds of fatty wax. Scientists coined this stuff a dipposir which means fat wax in Latin and an article was published in Scientific America on October 30th 1852 1852 that says there were corpses 20 meters deep turned to wax. The French are a people of fine sentiment and they certainly carried the quality to a charming point of reflection in receiving light from candles made out of the bodies of their fathers ah so if you feel like you can't hold a candle to your forefathers well this is one way to get out of their shadow let's lighten things up by talking about peril people had caving curiosities such as
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