Starting in the late eighteenth century a concern swept the city of Paris. King Louie decided to dig huge tunnels to move the masses of overcrowded bodies piling up. In 1785 they started to transfer the bodies at night to avoid hostile reactions from citizens. This task wasn’t completed until 1814 when all of the 6 million bodies were moved. The people of Paris continued transferring bodies from overcrowded cemeteries after the French Revolution. They finished their configuration of the catacombs themselves in the 1860s. The catacombs were open to the public much earlier than when they finished transporting the bodies. In 1809 you could book an appointment and go on a tour. In 1860 Napoleon the 3rd took his son into the depths. A maze of bones and tombs underneath a city lends itself to macabre and paranormal. What is going on in the catacombs under Paris? Are there conspiracies or anything bizarre going on there? Check out this weeks episode to find out about the bizarre that lurks underneath Paris. #pariscatacombs #believingthebizarre #paranormal #paranormalpodcast