About this episode

The episode explores the haunted stories of Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, focusing on figures like Molière and Oscar Wilde.

Paris in Mourning, Part Two — and the gate is open again. The Grim returns to Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France for the season two finale, and the dead still have stories left to tell. We walk the haunted avenues of one of the world's most famous cemeteries to meet the figures history left unfinished. We begin with Molière, whose monument may rest over bones that were never truly his. We visit Oscar Wilde, imprisoned and destroyed for loving openly, now the recipient of unending devotio...

People in this episode

Host: Kristin Lopes

Topics covered

• haunted cemeteries
• ghost stories
• historical figures
• Paris
• Père Lachaise
• Molière
• Oscar Wilde

Keywords

• Père Lachaise
• Molière
• Oscar Wilde
• ghosts
• cemetery
• Paris
• haunted
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Paris in Mourning

Places: Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

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