Comments on: Haunted Catacombs of Paris http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/ Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eileenk http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-54489 eileenk Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:45:11 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-54489 Actually if you read alot about paranormal phenomena disturbing a grave often more distrubance...so it makes sense these bodies/spirits would not be at rest. Also if you read Echo Bodines' book "It's Only a Ghost" she clearly points to hauntings where the spirit did NOT die in the house it haunted, but rather nearby and wandered into the house because they were panicked and lost. Actually if you read alot about paranormal phenomena disturbing a grave often more distrubance…so it makes sense these bodies/spirits would not be at rest.

Also if you read Echo Bodines’ book “It’s Only a Ghost” she clearly points to hauntings where the spirit did NOT die in the house it haunted, but rather nearby and wandered into the house because they were panicked and lost.

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]]> By: Caretaker http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-54482 Caretaker Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:01:21 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-54482 1,. Why do you call others stupid? 2. How do you know that a ghost stays where the person died? It really makes me mad when people like you come here and call others stupid or whatever insult people like you enjoy giving out. How about you try to post your opinions and ideas without the insults OK? 1,. Why do you call others stupid?
2. How do you know that a ghost stays where the person died?
It really makes me mad when people like you come here and call others stupid or whatever insult people like you enjoy giving out. How about you try to post your opinions and ideas without the insults OK?

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]]> By: cacalips http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-54478 cacalips Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:39:49 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-54478 You are all so stupid. "Oh look, bones, obviously haunted". Any of you that did history would have learned that this place is actually a second burial. They all were buried else where, then MOVED here to make space, and if they were directly put here, they died elsewhere like in a hospital (where the "ghost" would be). I have been here. Nothing is scary about it except the tourist gift shop where they try and sell 1$ items for 5$ You are all so stupid. “Oh look, bones, obviously haunted”. Any of you that did history would have learned that this place is actually a second burial. They all were buried else where, then MOVED here to make space, and if they were directly put here, they died elsewhere like in a hospital (where the “ghost” would be). I have been here. Nothing is scary about it except the tourist gift shop where they try and sell 1$ items for 5$

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-49696 Anonymous Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:23:44 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-49696 Wow someone likes Karen Wow someone likes Karen

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]]> By: Emily http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-49060 Emily Tue, 17 May 2011 18:21:50 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-49060 i have been searching the internet for that place!! years ago i saw a man on tv....he jumped under a bridge when no one was around, walked down a grassy hill to an undergroud tunnel. yes, the pile of bones as the entry way to hell. he could stand on the pile and not sink, that is how full it is. they found a camera and it shows the owner of the camera dropping the camera and running away....no one believes me when i tell this story and i cant find any website talking about it i have been searching the internet for that place!! years ago i saw a man on tv….he jumped under a bridge when no one was around, walked down a grassy hill to an undergroud tunnel. yes, the pile of bones as the entry way to hell. he could stand on the pile and not sink, that is how full it is. they found a camera and it shows the owner of the camera dropping the camera and running away….no one believes me when i tell this story and i cant find any website talking about it

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]]> By: rocopaso http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-45262 rocopaso Sun, 03 Apr 2011 06:04:28 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-45262 I try to look after the 50 most haunted places in France! If you can help me,!! I try to look after the 50 most haunted places in France!
If you can help me,!!

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]]> By: Ernest Grimmer http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-43283 Ernest Grimmer Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:02:07 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-43283 I visited the catacombs with my friend the day before yesterday. We were both intrigued and a little scared but determined to experience the sensation of being twenty feet below the city with the remains of six million Parisiens. After walking down a very long spiral staircase we faced an equally long trek through a series of dimly lit tunnels in order to reach the entrance to the ossuary itself. A carved lintel greeted us with the inscription 'Stop, Here Is the Empire of Death.' With trepidation we passed through the doorway and into a long tunnel whose walls were lined completely with bones and skills. The sight was like nothing I had ever seen before, or will again. For a couple of seconds the shock rendered me speechless and I wondered whether I would be able to take a step further into Death's Empire. I took a deep breath and followed my friend further down the tunnel and any fear seemed to melt away almost immediately. I was overcome by a sense of tranquility and I was astonished not to feel the presence of any souls at all. There was nothing, no sense of good or bad, no feelings of being watched or followed. If death is complete oblivion, I felt death, in terms of feeling nothing whatsoever. Being winter in Paris, there were very few tourists so we were virtually alone in the ossuary. This didn't perturb us at all. We wandered around sometimes together and sometimes going off alone to investigate small alcoves or side rooms. I felt entirely happy and although it still surprises me to see this in writing, I think I could quite happily have spent some time down there alone without feeling scared or nervous. Both my friend and I agreed that our visit to the catacombs had been quite life affirming in that there was a real sense that those six million Parisiens had long moved onto somewhere else and that the remain left on earth were merely their shells. On chatting to the man who runs the cafe opposite the exit we were told that a stream of ghost hunters have visited the catacombs looking for some proof of spirits or pyschic activity but none of them have ever found anything which entirely mirrors our experience. I cannot recommend a visit to the catacombs highly enough, an amazing sight and a terrific feat of engineering well worth appreciating, in addition to being a unique and compelling experience. I visited the catacombs with my friend the day before yesterday. We were both intrigued and a little scared but determined to experience the sensation of being twenty feet below the city with the remains of six million Parisiens.
After walking down a very long spiral staircase we faced an equally long trek through a series of dimly lit tunnels in order to reach the entrance to the ossuary itself. A carved lintel greeted us with the inscription ‘Stop, Here Is the Empire of Death.’ With trepidation we passed through the doorway and into a long tunnel whose walls were lined completely with bones and skills. The sight was like nothing I had ever seen before, or will again. For a couple of seconds the shock rendered me speechless and I wondered whether I would be able to take a step further into Death’s Empire. I took a deep breath and followed my friend further down the tunnel and any fear seemed to melt away almost immediately. I was overcome by a sense of tranquility and I was astonished not to feel the presence of any souls at all. There was nothing, no sense of good or bad, no feelings of being watched or followed. If death is complete oblivion, I felt death, in terms of feeling nothing whatsoever.
Being winter in Paris, there were very few tourists so we were virtually alone in the ossuary. This didn’t perturb us at all. We wandered around sometimes together and sometimes going off alone to investigate small alcoves or side rooms. I felt entirely happy and although it still surprises me to see this in writing, I think I could quite happily have spent some time down there alone without feeling scared or nervous.
Both my friend and I agreed that our visit to the catacombs had been quite life affirming in that there was a real sense that those six million Parisiens had long moved onto somewhere else and that the remain left on earth were merely their shells.
On chatting to the man who runs the cafe opposite the exit we were told that a stream of ghost hunters have visited the catacombs looking for some proof of spirits or pyschic activity but none of them have ever found anything which entirely mirrors our experience. I cannot recommend a visit to the catacombs highly enough, an amazing sight and a terrific feat of engineering well worth appreciating, in addition to being a unique and compelling experience.

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]]> By: AnNa bites back http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-39297 AnNa bites back Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:27:07 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-39297 were in canada are you from? were in canada are you from?

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]]> By: eileen http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-39290 eileen Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:56:20 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-39290 Speaking of stealing bones....I was reading a normal international travelor blog written by a young guy who had lots of tips about world travel, how not to get ripped off, etc....NOTHING paranormal...BUT he did mention that he and his buddy stole some bones from the Paris catacombs...and the incredibly bad streak of luck they had .... until finally they snuck into a cemetary and buried them...robbery, friends dying suddenly from freak things, etc, etc.... Speaking of stealing bones….I was reading a normal international travelor blog written by a young guy who had lots of tips about world travel, how not to get ripped off, etc….NOTHING paranormal…BUT he did mention that he and his buddy stole some bones from the Paris catacombs…and the incredibly bad streak of luck they had …. until finally they snuck into a cemetary and buried them…robbery, friends dying suddenly from freak things, etc, etc….

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]]> By: SomeoneUno http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-39214 SomeoneUno Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:01:03 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-39214 Hi, thanks for posting this. I have been to the catacombes, and it is very scary but fun. i went in summer 2010. You are allowed to take pictures. They check your bag at the end for bones, people steal them. :( it is very cool, you should go! there are A LOT of stairs so if you cant do stairs, then be aware of this. I (sadly) have not seen a apparation there but had suddenly felt cold afterwards, when i got out, dispite the hot air. But be dressed warmly, it is REALLY cold and sometimes wet down there, and it is VERY big. also be prepared for a REALLLY long line. Hi, thanks for posting this.
I have been to the catacombes, and it is very scary but fun. i went in summer 2010.
You are allowed to take pictures.
They check your bag at the end for bones, people steal them. :(
it is very cool, you should go!
there are A LOT of stairs so if you cant do stairs, then be aware of this.
I (sadly) have not seen a apparation there but had suddenly felt cold afterwards, when i got out, dispite the hot air.
But be dressed warmly, it is REALLY cold and sometimes wet down there, and it is VERY big. also be prepared for a REALLLY long line.

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]]> By: Danielle Blair http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-30778 Danielle Blair Fri, 28 May 2010 17:13:00 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-30778 i am so interested in the catacombs of france. i would be more then excited to take a trip down there. i live in canada, we dont have many interesting sites here. i think once i get the money im going to visit, and maybe see some activity! i am so interested in the catacombs of france. i would be more then excited to take a trip down there. i live in canada, we dont have many interesting sites here. i think once i get the money im going to visit, and maybe see some activity!

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]]> By: Naomi http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-25744 Naomi Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:28:11 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-25744 Funny how you are not allowed to take photos with a flash of decaying bones, i mean is it really going to hurt them considering they are in a damp cold tunnel? I did when i went down there and i was completly alone, apart from a couple of gaurds further down the track, it wasnt really that scary and im spooked easily the first part of the walk is nothing then boom you are surrounded by bones, Now ive never seen anything really freaky or unexplainable before in my life, but as i was looking around trying to take a good picture i noticed a blue neon ball or orb around the size of an orange floating around through the walls and then back out into the tunnel, back and forth etc, so i took a picture of it (i would have uploaded but i cant) the funny thing about it was that i couldnt see it with my naked eye only through my camera, it was kinda blocking my exit and i didnt want to walk past it or through it so i just stood there alone and waited for it to move, but i didnt feel threatened i was just like WOW check this out, my picture wasnt so good cos of the dark but you can still see what i saw, it happened around halfway through the tunnel walk, i would definitly go back their, becos there are not many places like that left in the world today, and i would say to anyone to go down and check it out you wont get lost all of the other tunnels to that tunnel are locked and there are lights, mind you the lights did go out when i was down there so take a tourch i just followed the lighting cables along the wall until they came back on it wasnt long. all i can really say about the place is that it is odd and you will feel alittle on edge about being ther. Funny how you are not allowed to take photos with a flash of decaying bones, i mean is it really going to hurt them considering they are in a damp cold tunnel? I did when i went down there and i was completly alone, apart from a couple of gaurds further down the track, it wasnt really that scary and im spooked easily the first part of the walk is nothing then boom you are surrounded by bones, Now ive never seen anything really freaky or unexplainable before in my life, but as i was looking around trying to take a good picture i noticed a blue neon ball or orb around the size of an orange floating around through the walls and then back out into the tunnel, back and forth etc, so i took a picture of it (i would have uploaded but i cant) the funny thing about it was that i couldnt see it with my naked eye only through my camera, it was kinda blocking my exit and i didnt want to walk past it or through it so i just stood there alone and waited for it to move, but i didnt feel threatened i was just like WOW check this out, my picture wasnt so good cos of the dark but you can still see what i saw, it happened around halfway through the tunnel walk, i would definitly go back their, becos there are not many places like that left in the world today, and i would say to anyone to go down and check it out you wont get lost all of the other tunnels to that tunnel are locked and there are lights, mind you the lights did go out when i was down there so take a tourch i just followed the lighting cables along the wall until they came back on it wasnt long. all i can really say about the place is that it is odd and you will feel alittle on edge about being ther.

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]]> By: Chris http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-25329 Chris Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:34:37 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-25329 I visited the Catacombs in 2007. They did not prohibit cameras, but they did not allow picture taking. There were people in the tour group that took pictures anyway. I visited the Catacombs in 2007. They did not prohibit cameras, but they did not allow picture taking. There were people in the tour group that took pictures anyway.

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]]> By: Eileen http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-25314 Eileen Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:35:45 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-25314 I read somewhere that a whole school group got "lost' permanently down there, I think it was in the book "The Biggest Secret"...creepy. I read somewhere that a whole school group got “lost’ permanently down there, I think it was in the book “The Biggest Secret”…creepy.

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]]> By: Fancy http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-25274 Fancy Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:59:40 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-25274 The catacombs are still open to the public, they are not closed due to vandalism or anything else. You are allowed to take pictures, but you are not allowed to use a flash around the bones. If you haven't been there, you should go! The catacombs are still open to the public, they are not closed due to vandalism or anything else. You are allowed to take pictures, but you are not allowed to use a flash around the bones. If you haven’t been there, you should go!

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]]> By: Vzy4kat6387 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-25025 Vzy4kat6387 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:45:59 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-25025 I would assume that they let you go into the place with cameras. I mean what harm could it do? And people don't know how to leave things well enough alone. There's vandalism all over the place sadly. People just don't know how to show respect for something that isn't theres. I've seen people do it to. It makes things look so trashy. They must not lock the place up if people are getting in to spray paint a bunch of crap all over the walls. I would assume that they let you go into the place with cameras. I mean what harm could it do?

And people don’t know how to leave things well enough alone. There’s vandalism all over the place sadly. People just don’t know how to show respect for something that isn’t theres.

I’ve seen people do it to. It makes things look so trashy. They must not lock the place up if people are getting in to spray paint a bunch of crap all over the walls.

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]]> By: Joe http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-24195 Joe Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:33:51 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-24195 I've been there. You can't really get lost. They have blocked off all the different ways you can go so basically you start at one end and walk to the other. No chance of getting lost or anything. It's well lit and there are usually plenty of people as it's a popular tourist site. It's pretty eerie even still. I walked a bit of it alone and I definitely spooked myself. As for "doors to hell" I didn't see any but you're welcome to look for yourself. It's really quite amazing just how many are down there, just when you think you've come to the end you turn a corner and there are more, all laid out in neat stacks just like the pictures. Many of the interesting sculptures made from the bones have been damaged by vandalism, which is a shame. You aren't "allowed" to take pictures but everyone was and if you ask the guard nicely he'll probably take one for you. I’ve been there. You can’t really get lost. They have blocked off all the different ways you can go so basically you start at one end and walk to the other. No chance of getting lost or anything. It’s well lit and there are usually plenty of people as it’s a popular tourist site. It’s pretty eerie even still. I walked a bit of it alone and I definitely spooked myself. As for “doors to hell” I didn’t see any but you’re welcome to look for yourself. It’s really quite amazing just how many are down there, just when you think you’ve come to the end you turn a corner and there are more, all laid out in neat stacks just like the pictures. Many of the interesting sculptures made from the bones have been damaged by vandalism, which is a shame. You aren’t “allowed” to take pictures but everyone was and if you ask the guard nicely he’ll probably take one for you.

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]]> By: mama's chick http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-23596 mama's chick Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:15:49 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-23596 Interesting article Karen! I'm not surprised that it would have activity.. so sad to see all the deceased treated like that.. all stacked together.. on top of one another.. like a wall of stone.. no distinction between them.. And for vandals to destroy it.. with no thought whatsoever.. no respect.. they should be ashamed of themselves!. Thanks for sharing with us hun! Mama's chick Interesting article Karen!
I’m not surprised that it would have activity.. so sad to see all the deceased treated like that.. all stacked together.. on top of one another.. like a wall of stone.. no distinction between them..
And for vandals to destroy it.. with no thought whatsoever.. no respect.. they should be ashamed of themselves!.
Thanks for sharing with us hun!

Mama’s chick

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]]> By: Jae http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-23413 Jae Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:48:09 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-23413 How is it living out there? I would like to take a trip out there one day... I'm tired of where I'm living now LoL... I also want to travel to a few other places.... How is it living out there? I would like to take a trip out there one day… I’m tired of where I’m living now LoL… I also want to travel to a few other places….

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]]> By: Karen M. http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/haunted-catacombs-of-paris/#comment-23382 Karen M. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:40:24 +0000 http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/?p=2069#comment-23382 Thank-you Jae. I live not far from Paris, there are alot of haunted places especially the palace of Versailles! Thank-you Jae. I live not far from Paris, there are alot of haunted places especially the palace of Versailles!

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