Hello, and welcome to the Season 1, Episode 3 of the Bones & Bobbins Podcast!
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The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 3: What Remains Can Be Seen
S01E03: Death Masks, the Unknown Woman of the Seine, and the Paris Catacombs.
Throughout history, death has always been the topic of SO MUCH art. But, in this episode, that art actually IS death itself. Settle in while Haley and Natali discuss the art and craft of death masks (complete with a tangent on rockstar naughty bits), and the never-ending endeavour of turning centuries of bones into architecture in the Paris Catacombs.
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Here are links to the sources and resources we used while researching this episode:
Death Masks
- CNN Article https://www.cnn.com/style/article/death-masks/index.html
- Biography Article https://www.biography.com/news/famous-death-masks
- Mashable Article https://mashable.com/2016/10/15/death-masks/
- Science Alert Article https://www.sciencealert.com/how-dead-girl-paris-ended-up-most-kissed-lips-in-history-l-inconnue-de-la-seine-resusci-anne-cpr-annie-death-mask
- BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24534069
- Death Masks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_mask
- How Death Masks Work: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/afterlife/death-mask3.htm
Paris Catacombs
- Cities of the Underworld: Catacombs of Death (History Channel)
- Catacombes de Paris: http://catacombes.paris.fr/en/history/site-history
- Catacombs of Paris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacombs_of_Paris
- Mines of Paris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mines_of_Paris
- Beneath Paris: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/paris-catacombs-180950160/
- Holy Innocents’ Cemetery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Innocents%27_Cemetery
- Soap made from Human corpses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_made_from_human_corpses
- The Ossuary: http://catacombes.paris.fr/en/history/ossuary
- Architecture: http://catacombes.paris.fr/en/history/architecture
- Parisian awe-ssuary: https://strangeremains.com/2013/08/29/paris-awe-ssuary-the-bone-filled-catacombs-underneath-the-city-of-lights/
- Urban Legends & Black Masses https://www.thejournal.ie/paris-catacombs-1824046-Dec2014/
- The Tour Guy https://thetourguy.com/travel-blog/most-bone-chilling-paris-catacombs-legends-and-stories/
- Lost Catacombs Video Legend http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/12/19/the-creepy-story-behind-the-infamous-lost-in-the-catacombs-video/
- Going Underground https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/going-underground-exploring-the-paris-catacombs-2117011.html
- Daily Mail UK https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3165070/The-secret-swimming-pools-Paris-catacombs-Intrepid-explorers-risk-arrest-provide-rare-glimpse-French-capital-s-underworld.html
- The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/08/filmnews.france
- Les UX Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_UX