Episode 141: Stains (ad-free) (Patreon)

Humanity has always been very good at making the best of a bad situation. Either by burying the past, or at least by building distractions that take the focus off of it. But no matter how beautiful those distractions are, our past always leaves a mark.

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Further Reading

1. “The Day a Crocodile Was Found in the Sewers,” CNews, September 2014, https://www.cnews.fr/animaux/2014-09-13/le-jour-ou-un-crocodile-ete-retrouve-dans-les-egouts-691210.
2. “Halloween Haunts: Pére Lachaise Cemetery in Paris,” Aesu, October 29, 2015, https://www.aesu.com/blog/halloween-haunts-pere-lachaise-cemetery-paris/.
3. “Grave of Philibert Aspairt,” Atlas Obscura, date unknown, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-of-philibert-aspairt.
4.  Guy Breton and Louis Pauwels, Histoires magiques de l’histoire de France, tome 1 (Albin Michel, 1977). 
5. “History of Paris,” Civitatis, date unknown, https://www.introducingparis.com/history.
6. Kimberly Daul, “Père-Lachaise Cemetery,” Encyclopedia Britannica, date unknown, https://www.britannica.com/place/Pere-Lachaise-Cemetery.
7. Amédée de Ponthieu, Légendes du vieux Paris (Paris: Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1867).
8. Kerry Flint, “The Catacombs of Paris: Underneath the city of light lies a chamber of darkness and death,” CityMetric, October 2015, https://www.citymetric.com/skylines/catacombs-paris-underneath-city-light-lies-chamber-darkness-and-death-1541.
9. Patrick Hemmler, Énigmes, légendes et mystères du vieux Paris (Gisserot, 2008) pp. 21-24.
10. Louis-Marie Prudhomme, Miroir historique, politique et critique de l'ancien et du nouveau Paris, et du département de la Seine (Prudhomme fils, 1807) pp. 106-107.
11. “Rue des Marmousets, 1865,” Vergue, date unknown, http://vergue.com/post/155/Rue-des-Marmousets-Perpignan.
12. Hugh Noel Williams, Queens of the French Stage (Harper & Brothers, 1905) pp. 347-351.