The Unsettling Catacombs of Paris - The Empire of The Dead

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Paris is the city of love, the city of lights death is on display
A parallel city, a labirinth, stop tis is the empire of the dwead. passageways for their future role as an underground sepulchre
2 km of catacombs, open to the public built in the 18 th century. Ossuary.
A vast network of cavers, tunnels chambers and old quarries shred in darkness. 200 miles 321-mostly un mapped. kilometer possibly 7 million people. this largely uncharted territory. 12 years.
Underground, there are plaques echoing the street names above etched into the walls, helping the cataphiles navigate.mine inspection service jurisdiction of the police prefect
Often equipped only with head lamps and homemade maps,
If you have no source of light, you will get lost as you get engulfed by complete pitch darkness.
Although the Paris Catacombs have been a popular space in Paris since opening to the public in 1809
Tunnelling in Greece dates back at least to 2000 B.C. when many tunnels were excavated for the exploitation of the minerals of Lavrion and Sifnos and Thassos Islands. Innovative methods of tunnelling were applied for the construction of many other tunnels of the prehistoric, classical, hellinistic and roman era.
Roman architecture and the survival of the local architectural and cultural practices contributed to the creation of an idiosyncratic provincial identity
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Access points and pathways
Lime stone quarry tunnels possibly even since Roman times.
Loius the xvi hired an explorer to map and stabilize the quarries due to collapses
The catacombs of Paris began as tunnels for stone mining
7 to 6 milions of bodies
illigal in 1955
1980 police patrolling the tunnels
began to spread became one giant tomb
nearby cemeteries overflow 17 th century
accros 200 miles of catacombs
almost all unmapped
no one knows the full size
only a small section is open to the public
much is deemed unsafe
illegal to enter the rest of the tunnels Lime stone
Limestone is a popular building material for its versatility and durability. It’s moldable and used for flooring, cladding, fireplaces, steps, and columns. Plus, it’s resistant to weathering and erosion. Ancient buildings made of limestone still stand today! Limestone is also fire-resistant and can withstand insect damage.
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Comprised of calcium carbonate, limestone can stand up to weathering and erosion, remaining strong and stable over hundreds of years. With minimal maintenance required, versatility in types and applications.
whenever it rains the catacombs actually gets really flooded very very fast. Meaning the water can sometimes even go up to waist-length during this downtime. When this happens, explorers are encouraged to run as fast as they can to the nearest exit ladder to safety, however because the Catacombs is practically a maze this is a bit of a challenge
#catacombs #paris #mystery

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

Illegal access to the catacombs? Come on, it's not like there's necromancers trying to raise an army there, right? 😂 Right? 😰

[@sebastiansilverfox6912]

Oh come now, you can be far more imaginative than that! It's not like there are secret government labs conducting profane occult necromantic experiments because of the declining birth rate? ...there. I fixed it for you haha

[@MonkehMike]

STOP! You’ve violated the law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence.

[@vysheslavuzumati1269]

I genuinely wonder if there is or has been some kind of cult who meets down there.

[@craigquann]

You know there has to be. But what kind of cult/organization?

[@vysheslavuzumati1269]

@@craigquann probably like some kind of death cult who knows lol

[@azahel542]

Oh, a video about where I live! No, I don't live in the catacombs, but it's always an option if everything goes wrong....

[@azahel542]

btw, most buildings here have a basement , and some of those do reach parts of the catacombs which some people do use as an extension of their house. Quite rare, but still.

[@metatronyt]

That cracked me up I’m not gonna lie.

[@TCC-q4e]

....you go first and come back and tell me about it....

[@azahel542]

@@metatronyt I'm glad you liked it lol although, considering the spooky nature of the video, I'm surprised you didn't mention how they made candles and soaps from the corpse wax during the time when they were moving the bodies.

[@infinitesimotel]

Idk, house prices in Europe are going mental, so they might be the only option...

[@georgepatton93]

I wonder if, somewhere in the walls of this aincent catacomb, lies the skeleton of an unfortunate gentleman named Fortunato

[@lonelystrategos]

Perhaps. Let us raise a glass of Amontillado in his memory.

[@66sinead]

As an overly imaginative child, I was eleven when I went into the catacombs under Paris. I was part of an American institute for foreign studies trip (1978). I was the youngest child (by a couple years, I tested well and was chosen anyway). I had night terrors for years after going there.

[@totobeni]

how far in did you go?

[@Seeker09-er3sc]

Ooh, that sounds awful :((

[@yoeyyoey8937]

What caused the night terrors?

[@totobeni]

@@Seeker09-er3sc he didn't go in no tunnels

[@jamestorrence9340]

Night terrors? When I was a child of 3 or 4 there was a hollow log in the forest outside my bedroom window. My brother and sister told me that bears lived there. I had nightmares for decades about the "bear log". I also watched too many Godzilla and scary dinosaur movies when I was young. Late at night when alone and I hear strange sounds, I still for a moment imagine dinosaurs are outside, looking for people to eat. Too much imagination, right?

[@2024OUSE]

I get a vibe that this dude is one of the most authentic people on KZbin. Facts and only being recorded as the one true history of the world, no matter who's feels get hurt seems to be his mission and I love it. Thank you Metatron, the world desperately needs more educators and influencers such as yourself.

[@malik_alharb]

What's with the terrible grammar on this comment section 😂

[@gstvntt]

This is THE ONE KZbinr I truly hope and believe never gets "exposed" for horrible behavior such as we see happen on an almost daily basis nowadays, the respect and integrity you show both on your content and in the way you speak is remarkable and I hope you continue this way and grow even further. Have a good one and keep on spreading those wings.

[@Samulisami]

The thing the catacomb explorer ran away from was METATRON wielding his medieval swords! EXPOSED!

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

I honestly wouldn't be upset if he turned out to be gun loving anarchist. Maybe I'm just projecting...

[@theViewer221]

Metatron EXPOSED! He said Olive Garden isn't real Italian food then said something in Italian and left the restaurant without taking the bread sticks. Lol 😂

[@Seeker09-er3sc]

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[@ethanswimmer1287]

the problem is the gullible masses that immediately believe accusations to be facts with no due process and that simp so hard for woman so hard that when any women accuses a man of "sexual misconduct", everyone immediately hates him with no proof. If he continues exposing the woke mind virus and gets big enough like Russel brand, be sure they gonna come after him with this exact "accusation"..

[@gwotaku01]

This is going to show my age but back in the 90's, as a kid, I was obsessed with the catacombs because of The Highlander TV series. They filmed a couple episodes there and as someone from the Caribbean, the catacombs were super fascinating.

[@rob_over_9000]

It’s such a goofy show but I have such fond memories of both that and the first movie. I don’t know what they were thinking after the first movie though, it got really weird

[@keithkannenberg7414]

@@rob_over_9000 They were thinking "how do we make a sequel to a story that clearly ended? Oh who cares, make it anyway. It'll make money!"

[@ailouros24]

That show was amazing and ahead of its time. It is the reason i like swords.

[@expertizer]

lol, actually this show was my first contact with the catacombs of paris(i was like... 7 or 8 at that time) time flies...

[@appelflapdrol]

Never been beneath Paris but the catacombs and crypts near Rome were pretty insane, complete skeletons dressed in their original monestary clothing, surrounded by hundreds of human skulls... When you visit your home country, please do arrange a tour and vlog it for us! You might even get some special access thru the channel

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

I’ve been to the Catacomb of Paris. Frankly, there’s not much to see. Just an endless pile of Skulls through underneath

[@weiSane]

The catacombs can be fully mapped using modern day technology. I wonder if they have done that already. Fascinating

[@CrimsonSlytherin]

Id love to see that!!! 200 miles of catacombs is hard to fathom!

[@bodlouk7011]

Precise maps exist but they are really hard to find because the catacombs people gatekeep this knowledge. Also you don't have gps down there, so mapping is not that easy. I went down there twice with people that know the place, and it's a very unique experience if you don't have claustrophobia.

[@sussudioharvey9458]

It was alleged 1993… but no one is sure. Remember that it was in 1999 that the Blair Witch Project came out. A lot of amateur film makers tried to copy that style of filming. And was that camcorder actually sitting there in a wet environment for many years without the film being destroyed by the conditions or picked up right afterwards just in time to be part of a Show? Again a time when the “ Paranormal reality “ tv shows very popular.

[@SquirrelArmyStudios2015]

It’s very easy to pick up a 90s camera so the footage can be created on the authentic medium. It’s also highly coincidental that he gets lost in a very recognisable part of the off limit area of the catacombs.

[@Xegethra]

Yeah, found footage and the related ARG stuff is very popular still. Cheesy horror is the very in thing.

[@malik_alharb]

The grammar of this comment reads like you are having a stroke

[@scottneil1187]

​@@malik_alharbWelcome to the Internet, home of the illiterate.

[@pedrocpontes8961]

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[@keithkannenberg7414]

I've visited the Paris Catacombs. Only the part that you can visit and tour legally, of course. Walking through underground tunnels that are lined with skulls and bones is an experience. It was actually somewhat overwhelming when I stopped to think about it. This wasn't some Halloween display but actual human remains. Not something that one sees every day. Definitely a worthwhile thing to visit in Paris.

[@DucaCremisi]

Small add on the Catacombs, Catacombs were used mostly as refuge or as a religious place, many were built during the persecutions of Christians. Some Catacombs are still visitable and well maintained, but many times, a lot is uncharted or extremely sparsly uncovered. So it's extremely dangerous, and many times happened to people to simply get lost. And it's mainly for that reason that people aren't allowed. Many times for preservation and archeological reasons. And some are considered holy places, so are limited. There are still a lot of subterranean catacombs and "cities", that get uncovered pretty often. There are some that were used until recently and some still to this day. One good example, are the galleries in Naples, used even in WW2. Just a small add-on, great video as always compaensano!

[@teeprice7499]

I went to a rave down there back in 1996. I have no idea how long it took them to get the generators, lights and so on down there; I was told they actually moved all that stuff around from time to time, to avoid the patrols. They also threw the raves on different levels. When I went, it was two levels down and the chambers were a mix of bones and skulls, and bare stone walls with wonderfully old stairs. There are a LOT of stories about people who live down there, including a small tribe of cannibals descended from people who were around during or before the Roman times. Wandering around down there was interesting, but after a while I got a bit claustrophobic and really wanted out of there.

[@patrickverlinden71]

There are people spending lots of leisure time down there, they are called the Cataphiles. They don't like outsiders to explore the tunnels, unless these outsiders came with a cataphile guide. They even built a movie theatre underground (and illegaly tapping electricity from a public building above) Also keep in mind that the ossuarium is only a part of the tunnel system. The entrance of the unofficial labyrinth can be a sewer lid, a disused train tunnel, or an abandonned building.

[@MrCoconut132]

spooky season videos are always a welcome

[@ninavale.]

In Poland, in one of the cities we have a chapel decorated entirely with bones. Aptly names Skull Chapel..and it's like a thirty years war victims, Prussian-Austrian war and all the cholerą epidemics back in the olden days. I've only been there once as a child, and yeah it's not something you easily forget.

[@appelflapdrol]

@@ninavale. What's the chapel called in Polish ?

[@ninavale.]

@@appelflapdrol Kaplica Czaszek

[@appelflapdrol]

@@ninavale. Thankss ✌️

[@lonelystrategos]

There's also the Sedlec Ossuary in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic.

[@chrissermoon4156]

Love that there are vids every day this week!

[@metatronyt]

Daily is planned to continue indefinitely as long as I can maintain quality while increasing quantity 😄

[@abradolflincler726]

#dreamcometrue

[@moneygrowslikegrass]

@@metatronyt please make sure that you dont overwork yourself 🙏🙏take care

[@KuronoCthulhu]

@@metatronyt I love the increase in content, but make sure to take care of you and your own first. God bless.

[@jmgonzales7701]

@@metatronyt metatron you should definetly make a holloween special

[@timhefty504]

Id also like to add that darkness itself can play tricks on your mind, as well as lights casting shadows

[@02sparklestars02]

I’ve been to catacombs. They don’t bother me. I like that when they had to dig up and relocate the bones of the dead they respected them enough to make the “walls” neatly, even creating patterns. Behind the walls might simply be a mixed pile but at least what visitors saw that care was taken.

[@animegaming4057]

Here’s a question given the timeline, is there any reports from police that they were chasing a suspect and lost this person? If there are constant patrols, and I know of stories of people going down there as a secret hang out spots, could be possible that the person got spooked due to the nature of the area, and the police either couldn’t keep up with the person, or also took a wrong turn and the steps are just echoing throughout the catacombs. As a side note, a police bust did happen in 2004 where an entire cinema was founded. Found in an uncharted area of the tombs.

[@gaia7240]

I don't want to know what they were doing in that cinema

[@Resenderrr]

​@@gaia7240 probably watching a film

[@rogergriffin9893]

Supposedly the theater was used for movies, and shows.

[@kev3d]

I visited the Catacombs years ago. Pretty interesting! Smelled like an old basement, but not like "death" or rotting anything.

[@cernunnos8344]

Cause it's not used anymore, and remember, it was mostly bodies being relocated, meaning it was mostly skeletons, meaning no smell

[@MsxAlRox22]

Ready for a good quality content as always

[@metatronyt]

Hope you enjoy thanks

[@MsxAlRox22]

​​​@@metatronytwell, I found your video interesting and informative, as always. It would be cool to make a series about strange (and even eerie) historical sites like this one.

[@crusader547]

I have been watching metatron for awhile now, and it really helps with the passing of a loved one and I can not thank you enough keep making content

[@metatronyt]

I'm glad I could help provide some distraction as I am well aware how thoughts can accumulate in your head in those situatations. Keep yourself busy with all the things you love and when you need it, come back here everyday. There will be a new video waiting.

[@crusader547]

@@metatronyt thank you very much can't wait for new videos to arrive

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

I think all those dangers and legal prohibitions is PRESISELY what makes Paris catacombs so alluring to so many people.

[@Kepi_Kei]

When I was 13 my family visited the catacombs in Rome. Damp, chilly, dark even with the lighting. I couldn't get out of there fast enough! As for the explorer, he was probably being chased by the Crypt Keeper.

[@abradolflincler726]

I don't believe in the paranormal, but this video gave me chills, and you definitely don't want to watch it at night. However, I would like to visit the legal parts of the catacombs one day. I wonder why no one has ever mapped the whole thing.

[@fibanocci314]

To keep the mystery alive?

[@abradolflincler726]

@@fibanocci314 Most likely it's because it would be too difficult/dangerous to do, or they believe mapping it would encourage people to go down there.

[@MonkehMike]

I’m watching the video outside during a full moon at night :)

[@bodlouk7011]

Thorough maps exist, you just need to know the right people

[@Etymon-jt3zw]

Because many that have tried to map the catacombs never come back.

[@joeledj]

Been on the official tour, not sure I'd want to explore without someone who really knows what they're doing, as I imagine it would pretty easy to get lost real quick.

[@ryantannar5301]

they found a movie theater down there at one point. it was some kind of improvised setup but was done well with seating for several people. I like to imagine it was a group of horror film buffs

[@balghair1]

Sacrificial rituals most likely. Kinda similar to the theater under a certain cottage on Jekyll Island in the US..

[@Pepe-pq3om]

​@@balghair1Why would they make movie theater to do sacrificial rituals?

[@balghair1]

@Pepe-pq3om not a movie theater but a stage like you would see at an opera with ground seating and upper level box seats all on a smaller scale.. I've seen video of it twice.. it is entered by a hidden staircase.. do you know the history of jekyll island or that cottage? Very interesting and dark but what happened in that cottage still effects the US till this day..

[@Leftyotism]

October is coming early I see. I like!

[@SussyB1]

I’ll never forget seeing that ancient KZbin video of “something” stalking someone exploring the catacombs and being super creeped out as a young kid. More excellence, Meta bro thank you for helping enthuse my Halloween spirit 🎃

[@Ronirvan]

That's a necromancer heaven. Just imagine the armies of undead skeletons you could raise in there.

[@erichinkle7347]

Unfortunately, being French skeletons, they are more interested in romancing lovely women than in conquering the world.

[@Aaronian99]

Its not even a labyrinth. In a labyrinth you cant get lost, theres 1 route. Its an absolute maze.

[@iDEATH]

Vampires. It's obvious. Right from the start it was some Parisian vampires (or maybe one really powerful and influential one) orchestrated the move of the deceased into the catacombs as a way to tidy them up so they could move around the city during the day! Or maybe I just like vampires a lot? I can never decide if I want such things to be true or not...cool, but terrifying, or good old fashioned boring, but safe, disappointment. It's fun to think about it, though. Man, I want that video game! Why can't we have a vampire RPG as good as the classic Bloodlines but set in Paris (and not "for modern audiences")?

[@libertycowboy2495]

Metatron: I suspect this was real just because in the 90s video cameras (digital and tape was being used, film had become rare) were on the pricy side. Really hard to imagine someone leaving one to be found as a prank.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

The prank is “finding” one

[@lordvlygar2963]

Went to the catacombs a few years ago. I was surprised to see that all the bones were only part of it. Part of it is a museum describing various rocks and creatures found in the area.

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

When you are lost in the woods, the rule is to stay in the same place and let the search and rescue party find you. I suppose it applies to catacombs too.

[@Pepe-pq3om]

If there's anyone looking for you, that is.

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

@@Pepe-pq3om They are. Parisians are quite aware of the rogue catacomb explorers. So they have special search and rescue units.

[@jacqueschouette7474]

I've been on the catacomb tour in Paris. I've also been on the sewer tour, so they are basically equal. Not a must-see attraction, but if you're in Paris and kind of bored, it's something to do.

[@lxyacht]

I think what makes sense to me is that the explorer knew about the danger of the tunnels flooding and started booking it when he saw the water not because the tunnel had yet flooded, but because he thought it might flood soon.

[@MysticZeal]

I visited France in 2019 with a college photo group one month before Notre-Dame caught fire (and the yellow vest riots in full swing). I was the only student interested in going to the Catacombs, and we weren't allowed to go anywhere without someone with us. I was able to round up 2 other students and it was the most amazing part of our whole trip. Yes, we took many photos and hope to return one day.

[@SockieTheSockPuppet]

"Caught fire". Yeah............

[@MysticZeal]

@@SockieTheSockPuppet agreed....

[@laaplaaplaap]

I love the catacombes! I grew up in the suburbs of Paris and there was an entrance to the main catacombs close to my high school, it ended up collapsing a few years ago. Kind of sad you didn't touch on the very interesting group Urban eXperiment, who navigated the catacombs to break into museums and restore artworks!

[@rowantorisade3223]

I have always found Paris Catacomb's to be absolutely fascinating! I think it'd be genuinely super cool to explore a bit of them. If only it weren't for that pesky little detail of them being off limits to the public.

[@slp8093]

That 14:50 music freaked me out xD

[@lisapop5219]

❤ that chapter

[@13thcentury]

Brilliant channel.

[@Aylasuki]

Went there on school trip, easily the scariest time of my life, I just remember walking through tunnels so dark you couldn't see the walls, too scared to look sideways, just follow the next light and keep going till finally you come to the exit.

[@loganxd117]

This is is it metatron. More like this. PLEASE IT'S SPOOKY SEASON

[@ManiacalForeigner]

Imagine if someone hid a speaker in there blasting the Diablo II soundtrack on loop

[@lonelystrategos]

The skeleton noises from Daggerfall would be a good thing to play every now and then.

[@emeraldcrusade5016]

F*ck Diablo 2. Diablo 3 is much better than your precious neckbeard darling game.

[@howardhavardramberg333]

Love the movie As Above So Below, in the setting of this place!

[@kazthon]

When it comes to catacombs it always brings me back to Bard's Tale on PC back in the 80's - gaming with graph paper, ah, the memories :)

[@Ninnjette-]

Scary! I love it!!

[@almitrahopkins1873]

That footage is likely a hoax. Found footage horror was a big seller when that footage was “discovered”.

[@JR-ld2xx]

I enjoy this segment. I know that from being there a long ago, there were people, who would take you down into the catacombs. I didn't trust them. I know in Italy there are catacombs as well. I went on a legal Italian catacombs tour. That was really well done. Not scary. That Chapter is someone I watch as well. Thank you!

[@ladykay6823]

After watching the That Chapter video, the footage being a hoax seems more likely than not to me. (IIRC, Mike said the video was revealed in 2000, which is right after Blair Witch Project was released and spawned an entire generation of “found footage” dupes). If it’s not, a dude dropping his only source of light down there seems like extreme panic…which could be the result of a physiological or psychological stressors rather than some paranormal or malicious catalyst.

[@aistisnarmontas4515]

But the feeling itself when you are lost somewhere underground, where you can meet any other psycho. That holds Crowbar or a Knife and you know that you can get killed and won't get found and in the end you will be declared just missing. I do not know how you feel, but I feel uneasy when Im somewhere out in a wild very far from civilization and meet some other person.

[@TheIronShieldmaiden]

Hey, most noble one! Please consider doing a follow-up exploring the Catacombs of Rome. They're probably not so scary as the ones in Paris, but the History there is so rich I can only imagine!!!

[@danielmalinen6337]

National Geographic once published a large and comprehensive article about the catacombs of Paris, their origin and history, and how they also cause difficulties for the future of Paris due to the risk of collapse. I still own that 2011 issue of the magazine and I have it stored somewhere. But the way how the catacombs have been digged in several stages for different purposes and used for new purposes when situations change is interesting.

[@InimitaPaul]

As Above So Below, a pretty decent horror based in the Paris catacombs.

[@vaporama_vision]

I entered the illegal catacombs network back in 2006, I was 18. We went in via an abandoned railway line on the edge of Paris. At that time I wasn't afraid of much but I must admit that it was creepy af. Funilly enough, I've never been in the paid catacombs (Denfert-Rochereau neighborhood).

[@ffguy91]

I've had an obsessioln with the Catacombs for so long, and too bad I've never had any other real desire to go to Paris, lol. I did get the chance to visit a Necropolis in Roman, and loved it.

[@Edweird1066]

I've been down into them via a paid tour that began more or less in a bookshop. An experience to say the least

[@LarryGarfieldCrell]

I've visited the catacombs (legally, the guided tour). It's interesting and kinda creepy. There is no semblance of logic or order to the place. They just put a huge pile of skulls in this room because reasons, and got fancy with it because they got bored. I don't have any pictures, because IIRC you're or allows to take pictures oitnod respect for the dead.

[@almitrahopkins1873]

Cooking limestone is a source of white pigment for plastered walls necessary for those frescoes you see everywhere and for making concrete. Even poor quality limestone is good for both of those uses. Chalk provides better quality and quantity, but limestone is easier to break down because of the porous nature of it. Making quicklime is as easy as dumping limestone gravel into boiling water and waiting.

[@TheOnlyToblin]

I appreciate the daily uploads, even though my schedule prevents me from watching all of it, but please be careful to not let quality slip (such as the accidentally left-in music stinger during quiet talking at 14:54). That said, loving the content mate :)

[@sonjanordahl3158]

Weather not only can affect the water levels it can also affect the quality of the air. When caving or doing a catacomb crawl you need to be aware of methane build up and oxygen deprivation. Changes in air quality, silence, isolation, the absence of light, and the mind itself can all play tricks on a person underground. If the video was not a hoax that person probably died an awful, slow, death.

[@LeonidasSparta-Fun-History]

Really well made Metatron! Love the atmosphere of this one! Super interesting

[@rob_over_9000]

I’ve never been so creeped out by a Metatron video before.

[@weggman1984]

I once dropped my handicam and got murdered by zombies while lost in an ossuary, and then I got found-footaged'd'd by KZbinrs because, just in case you were wondering, tragedy=ad revenue. It's a real thing. It happens.

[@ChrisSmith-tb4wr]

It's worth mentioning that they allowed access to the catacombs for a movie to be made. It's actually pretty good if you haven't yet seen it

[@jamesnewcomer4939]

We don't want to assume what that last stone type was...but we will take it for granite!

[@jeffsmith5436]

It could be just a pile of schist😂

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

I'm a sucker for this concept of "civilizations built on top of another." Like in Dark Souls, how Lordran is built on a swamp and ancient demon ruins, or Forgotten City going from Greek to Egyptian to Sumerian. So likewise, when this happens in real life to any degree, it's fascinating!

[@mds_main]

Oh man I really liked this video. I love scary stuff and especially the internet scary stuff and the Paris catacombs video is so famous. Even if I think it is probably a hoax, it is still fascinating. I remember when the Backroom craze started on YT there was also a content creator that tried to spin the genre towards the Paris catacombs and it's a shame it never truly took off. Also, to learn more of this place from a historical point of view was also very pleasing. It reminded me of the catacombs in Rome, which are very near to where I live actually and some tunnels are still unexplored and unmapped and some entrances to those tunnels were opened by WW2 bombs and nowadays there is kind of a fence to keep people out but some people I know went in there for a while. I hope that, with October coming, we'll see more "horror" themed videos.

[@ainikih9532]

Could echoes perhaps have played tricks on the explorer, making him hear footsteps behind him that seemingly kept pace when his own increased? In an already frightened state, when vulnerable and alone in such a place, I believe that would terrify most beyond the safety of reasoning 🤔 Just a thought that struck me 😅

[@ramboturkey1926]

the footages just looks so perfectly cinematic

[@MelaniePhoenix]

Metatron is spoiling us with daily quality content 😍

[@beefwellington480]

If i ever go to europe this is first place i want to explore. Awesome vid!

[@FeralMess]

It's all sounds very familiar. My native city of Odessa was originally built out of material, excavated from right beneath the city. Also there a lot of natural caverns. So we have nobody knows how many kilometers of tunnels under the city. People getting lost there on regular basis.

[@andreavyas7480]

I visited the catacombs in 2007. It was very unsettling.

[@13thcentury]

Yay 👍 Mike 👍 That Chapter is a fantastic channel. Good shout out to a good storyteller 👍 Certainly recommend it. This videos is also flipping good. Love it.

[@sarahzerar8115]

I've visited the catacombs in Paris, I love hearing about its f fascinating story. Thanks for your output. PEACE ;]

[@Sklarecrow]

Great video. I loved your don’t go down there psa. Haha. Made me giggle. Thank you!

[@RuneBrsj-zm7vi]

Skulls for the Skull Throne...

[@jandeiification]

It scares me just thinking how many might got lost in there... and their bodies...

[@mermaliade6631]

It's like a real life dungeon crawler.😮 Talk about dead, buried, and beyond!

[@LaineyBug2020]

Wow, French sounds amazing with an Italian accent!

[@OlafVonBarto]

Came here for my daily Metatron fix and boy, it was a particularly cool one. Keep up the good work, brother!

[@metatronyt]

Thanks for coming! See you tomorrow

[@Xaxares]

For the dnd nerds, you have basically the Mad Wizard's dungeon from under Waterdeep here. Seems to have a mega-dungeon hidden underneath a major city isn't all that far fetched of an idea.

[@monica.1119]

Thank you for this very interesting video, Metatron! I was curious to see the entire video of your source for the footage, and I found something interesting and very easy to overlook at the end of second 32, from it...I watched it slow motion repeatedly. I even managed to take a print screen of it, as well as I could, because it passes by so fast...It's...interesting...

[@ZackRekeSkjell]

Great video! I find this to be a very fascinating subject. I’ve heard some people even live down there.

[@atimidbirb]

So, when you are reeeeally high strung, then any random ass noise is going to scare you. Once I was out with my cousin alone, at dusk, and someone´s dog growled at us from behind. WE RAN LIKE HELL. It´s quite possible whoever took the footage thought he was alone, in silence, for hours, and then a stone fell or an animal made a noise somewhere behind him and he just fuckin BOOKED it because he thought he was going to die

[@stevenfoster5217]

Loved this video. I like anything creepy.

[@dethbyhashi]

Thanks you for doing some more spooky history.

[@user58541]

This is basically hell on Earth.

[@tylerpatterson3857]

Every time I watch your vids I think of the chubby nerd angel from supernatural and y’all would get along very well I think.

[@NicholasproclaimerofMessiah]

He gave miles first; give this man his citizenship.

[@varanid9]

Super incredibly AWESOMMMMMMMMMMME!!!!

[@nasunabi]

They still add new skeletons to this day, the additions never stopped. Thousands of years under vampire rule will do that.

[@monolith1859]

I think most people wouldn't have had the camera still pointed forward in a sudden panic while running away like that. Hard to say if it's real or not. Interesting stuff nonetheless. Anyway, there's a movie about these catacombs as well, named As Above so Below. Not too bad, but not the greatest of all time either. Worth a watch depending on your standards

[@potandpoliticswithmr.broph1420]

Didn't we all learn from Greek myth that whenever you go into a labyrinth you tie a string to your entrypoint so you can always trace your way back? Even if you lose your light you have the string in your hand to follow back. Poor bastard if it's real.

[@melinaouzouni6151]

I loved this video!!! It was spooky and informative! Amazing combination! Thank you Metatron ♥️

[@ZachBlackforest]

I'm going in the catacombs. You can't stop me Metatron! Also... Can we call the catacombs " the bone zone"?

[@BlackQback]

Every city with rich history and/or Christians has to have its own catacombs - Rome had/has hers, Egypt's Alexandria too, then San Genaro in Naples, and many more... surely Paris felt the pressure to keep up. Church of All Saints near Prague goes up and down. I've been to Cappadocia and what a town the early Christians built inside of limestone mountain (hill) going several storeys up, but also 9 storeys down is something to behold - and crawl down to. BTW, @metatronyt - take a look at Catacomb X in Rome... and who's been buried there.