The Clothed Skeletons Of 16th Century Sicilian Catacombs | After Dark
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal
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Deep beneath the sunny streets of Palermo, Sicily, the Capuchin Catacombs are home to over a thousand people, most of them still standing in their Sunday best.
Warning: this episode contains discussions of child death
Why did the residents of the catacombs want to be buried standing up? And how have their remains survived centuries?
Joining Anthony today as a special guest co-host is Cat Irving, Human Remains Conservator at Surgeons’ Hall in Edinburgh, to take us back through this fascinating history.
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