Secrets of the Paris Catacombs

The Paris Catacombs hold the remains of over six million people — but what schools don’t tell

you is that entire sections are filled with the bones of children. During the 1700s,

Paris moved bodies from overflowing cemeteries into the tunnels, but many of those

children didn’t die peacefully. Records show disease, child labor, starvation,

and even infanticide contributed to these mass graves. The city sealed the truth under

the streets — and turned it into a tourist attraction.