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By: K8 the GR8 » Bend over and show me your dark side

K8 the GR8 » Bend over and show me your dark side — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:56:26 +0000

[...] The first time I stumbled across the show, they were running a documentary-type story about the crypts of Paris’ underground. They made a big deal out of a video-tape they’d allegedly found in a camcorder five levels [...]

By: K8

K8 — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:23:39 +0000

Those are some excellent photos! Just imagine what the off-limited tunnels must have looked like. Bleurgh!

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:51:35 +0000

I was just THERE!

It’s wild. Takes a lot of walking, and a LOT of arguing with the guys at the gate to convince them that your wheelchair-bound sister can indeed get up and walk all those steps, down and back up again. (It’s not like she would SLEEP there!)

Photos here: http://takingonparis.blogspot.com a little ways down)

Tres cool.

By: K8

K8 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:27:25 +0000

Sixty, for a dead guy, Victor sure is popular! I wonder if he saw that much action when he was alive?!

Brian, I sure did! I pimped her out to the locals and made a mint.

By: Brianf

Brianf — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:31:17 +0000

You HAD a student from Paris!?!?!????

chuckle, snorf!, gufaw.snorkle….snorf…choke….
Ahem,….yea, I know what you mean.
hehehehehehehehehehehe!!!!
I am so not good at lieing!

By: GoingLikeSixty

GoingLikeSixty — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:43:06 +0000

Been in Paris twice for a total of 10 days, and never made it to the Catacombs. Found ourselves near there late one night, but, golly-gee we sure were tired, and we could always come back.
Ha!
But surprisingly we did wander around the cemetaries. They are so different than U.S. Much more creative in their tombstone design.

@Deborah: when we were there, one could still rub the dead guys penis for fertility. Didja? (look it up… Victor Noir)

By: K8

K8 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:21:02 +0000

I thought you might, Grannymar!

Larry, did you know that the french phrase for an orgasm is translated as ‘the litte death’? How morbid is that?!

B3n, I had no idea.. it amazes me what us humans are capable of. I’m pretty glad I was born when I was. More stuff to add to my ‘creepy places to visit’ list :)

Baino :) You’ve a better excuse not to go, I mean you’re gazillions of miles away! All I’ve to do is drive for 3 days. Had a french student from Paris once though. Does that count?

Brian I’m picturing a bunch of kids on the verge of a right of passage just like the Stand By Me kids! Worth writing about!!

Conor, you’ve no idea. You should’ve seen that S.P.O.E. programme. Imagination’s your worst enemy.

Deborah, the state of that chandelier!!!! Seriously, that is some weird art.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:36:24 +0000

That is very cool. I went to Paris and all I cared to see was Jim Morrison’s grave. Too bad I didn’t know about this. I’ve been quite fascinated with ossuaries since reading John Connolly’s The Black Angel although this is of a more practical and secular nature than ossuaries. http://www.kostnice.cz/ has some amazing pictures!

By: Conortje

Conortje — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:02:07 +0000

Jeez I can see myself having nightmares after just reading your post. I still want to go and see for myself now though :-)

By: Brianf

Brianf — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:29:50 +0000

In St. Germaine en Laye, a suburb of Paris, there were once open entrances to these catacombs. All they did was put up wooden planks at the entrances. The wood was easyly removed. We were young and didn’t have the ‘cojones’ to actually venture down in there.