

The Sicilian Catacombs of the Living Dead
*Warning: this episode contains discussions of child death* 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. Why did the residents of the catacombs want to be buried standing up? And how have their remains…
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