The Ghosts of the Catacombs of London

For centuries, hikers and travelers have seen strange beings at the top of the Santa Lucia Mountains.Witnesses describe them the same way: tall men, wearing capes or cloaks, with a walking stick by its side, and wide a wide-brimmed hat. In fact, the Spanish colonizers also saw th ...  Show more

This is a lesser-known, short eerie legend of Ketell, as found on Chronicon Anglicanum by Radulphi de Coggeshall. You might recognize the chronicle's name because it's the same one where the story of the Green Children of Woolpit appears.In this story, an innocent teenager that w ...  Show more

In the mid-19th century, London was literally filling with corpses. When the city was in the grips of a cholera epidemic, the already-overfilled cemetaries couldn't handle the extra bodies. So when there's literally no room in the soil for another dead body, what's a city to do? ...  Show more

Catacombs of Paris - in Paris France an extensive network of underground tunnels and chambers beneath the streets of Paris with are macabre display of bones and skulls lining the walls, creating a haunting and unsettling environment. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://e ...  Show more

As London grew throughout the 1800s, it became clear that there wasn't enough real estate for its deceased citizens. Learn how the London Necropolis Railway took the funerary show on the road in this classic episode of BrainStuff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio ...  Show more

Many people don’t know that Paris sits directly on top of a mass grave. Thousands lie interred in the Catacombs, but they do not rest in peace. The maze-like tunnels attract explorers, but not all explorers come home alive. And those who do have seen something terrifying. Learn m ...  Show more