Lost in the "Empire of the Dead" | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

This short documentary covers the history of the Catacombs - a winding network on tunnels that runs under the city of Paris, and which contain the bones of more than six million people... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! LINKS: 🔗 ► My other channel:    / @fascinatinghistoric   ► Support this channel:   / fascinatinghorror   |    / @fascinatinghorror   ► Follow me:   / truehorrortales   |   / fascinatinghorror   |   / horrorfascinating   ► Get in touch: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 01:02 - The History of the Catacombs ► 07:01 - The Catacombs Today ► 08:51 - Lost in the Catacombs MUSIC: 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: 📑 ► "Après 3 jours dans les catacombes de Paris, deux adolescents retrouvés par les pompiers" by Victor Fortunato and Céline Carez, published by The Parisien, June 2017. Link: https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/pa... ► "Paris's new slant on underground movies" by Jon Henley, published by The Guardian, September 2004. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/200... Paris Catacombs Visitor Website, published by Paris Musées. Link: https://www.catacombes.paris.fr/en/visit ► "Les Catacombes: Histoire du Paris souterrain" by Gilles Thomas, published by Le Passage, 2015. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio... ► "‘Bodies were dropped down quarry shafts’: secrets of millions buried in Paris catacombs come to light" by Kim Willsher, published by The Guardian, October 2024. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/202... ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​ #catacombs #paris