Comment by [deleted] on 25/02/2022 at 16:49 UTC

Those are on the guided tours. There are tons and tons of catacombs that aren't for tourists. Only so much you can see on a tour. Paris has a huge community of people who crawl through them and use them as secret hide outs.

Just like the states there is a huge liability problem if you are doing construction and find human remains. So they accidentally find old burials and catacomb extensions all the time.

Not really all that surprising that you could find a skull in a city of 8 million.

Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 19:29 UTC

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There is always one tuckwit per group

Comment by forestman11 at 25/02/2022 at 19:39 UTC

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Well you know why they're checking bags now lol

Comment by randompersonx at 25/02/2022 at 21:18 UTC

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When I was there, I saw them searching many people but they waved me and my wife past … I asked the guy how often they actually find stuff … he then picked up a plastic bin behind his desk with a bunch of bones. He said that was just from today.

Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 21:27 UTC

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Bro, here in Mexico someone recently stole a baby corpse which ended up in a jail trash can. And supposedly it was for “black magic” rituals, although the first thought was that the baby was used to drug smuggling. People is messed up.

Link[1] to one of the news

1: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/19-arrested-in-mexico-in-connection-with-body-of-infant-found-in-prison/2484540

Comment by ladyoftheridge at 25/02/2022 at 21:30 UTC

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In the 1800s doctors and scientists used to dig up and steal corpses because it was one of the only reliable ways to get bodies for their research

I don’t know if it’s true but I’ve heard that Frankenstein was actually somewhat inspired by stories of that happening potentially supplied by Shelley’s fellow author Polidori who was also a physician and had dissected grave-robbed corpses

Comment by SecondTalon at 25/02/2022 at 21:46 UTC

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I'm like 95% certain one of the workers there was suggesting my spouse and I give'em a bribe and he'd ignore us taking some bones.

We declined.

Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 23:03 UTC

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NGL, I wouldn't do it because I'm not that kind of asshole but I would want to. But i'm also a cringey weirdo obsessed with dark shit.

Comment by kingpinkatya at 25/02/2022 at 22:18 UTC

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You clearly missed the era of tumblr/Twitter wiccans and witches getting flamed online for stealing bones from flooded graves in the US lol

Comment by VerticalTwo08 at 26/02/2022 at 05:33 UTC

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A lot of people would steal human remains.

Comment by People_tend_to_snore at 25/02/2022 at 19:36 UTC

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I'd be tempted

Comment by buddboy at 25/02/2022 at 19:54 UTC

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I would totally steal a skull. I've always wanted a skull so badly. I love macabre shit and I always wanted my house to looking the Adam's family house. Plus my house is definitely haunted and its getting annoying so I want to use the Mexican strategy during Dia de los Mortes and scare the ghosts away with shit thats even scarier. No ghosts, this isn't a chill place to spend retirement, I'm a psycho that collects skulls so fuck off and bother someone else

Comment by TheJesusGuy at 25/02/2022 at 20:20 UTC

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There are lots of secret ways in and out

Comment by SkalitzSurvivor at 25/02/2022 at 21:06 UTC

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There's a lot more to the catacombs, and far more entrances than just the tourist part.

Comment by thedoucher at 26/02/2022 at 01:04 UTC

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Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition

Comment by [deleted] at 26/02/2022 at 05:40 UTC

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It was supposedly a tradition at one of the schools I went to to break into the crypt beneath one of the older buildings and take some old priest bones

Comment by LinkMom37 at 26/02/2022 at 06:21 UTC

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And this guy: https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wp49/human-organs-placenta-hand-brazil-singapore-arnold-putra

Comment by mjz321 at 26/02/2022 at 07:41 UTC

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Skulls cost hundreds to thousands of dollars, I have a couple human bones but can't afford a skull :(