The Murdered Monks and Dame Blanche (White-Clad Lady) of Mortemer Abbey, Normandy The Abbaye de Mortemer in Normandy is reputed to be one of France’s most haunted places, and is allegedly stalked by several French ghosts. Image: Public domain

But wait, there’s more. Remember Marie Antoinette. and her famous line, “Let them eat cake?” (though she never really said that). Well, you’ll actually go into her prison cell at the Conciergerie. She moved to the chateau after her marriage to Jacques de Brézé. Upon discovering her in bed with a lover, Pierre de Lavergne, in 1477, de Brézé murdered his wife with his own sword. She was only around 30. Bedroom at the Chateau de Brissac What You'll Do:• Skip long lines to enter the Paris Catacombs and explore the realm of death that long remained secret.Our nocturnal ghost and legends tour takes you down dark, winding alleyways – the better to soak up the atmosphere of mystery and imagine Paris in very different times. At the beautiful, romantic Square du Vert-Galant - created in honor of Henry IV and his mistresses and recently declared an “Espace vert ecologique” (an ecological green space) – your guide will describe a different scene, when the last Knights’ Templar was burned at the stake here. Today, it’s owned by a professor of medicine who has reported no supernatural sightings or events. That hasn’t stopped the Avenue Frochot from attracting every ghost tour guide in town, of course. Brittany’s Haunted Lighthouse at Tevennec Tevennec lighthouse in Brittany is reputed to be haunted or cursed. Accounts claim that the first lighthouse operator, Henri Guezennec, was driven to madness after ghostly voices told him (in the Bréton tongue) to leave the place. Many of his replacements reportedly had similar experiences. In The Ghosts of Paris, the gutsy Billie Walker walks toward danger, finding answers aplenty and new invigorating doorways to future puzzling mysteries and compelling personal adventures.

From the Latin Quarter’s twisting alleys to the iconic Pont-Neuf, you’ll see Paris in an entirely new light – or, should I say, shadow? By the end, you might just believe Paris is more the “ City of Frights ” than the “ City of Lights. “

Of course, what the Communards endured is a whole different matter,” he says. “But there’s no doubt social movements have faced increasing levels of repression in recent years. It’s been the case with the Yellow Vests, and with other protest movements too.” Since the expansion of line 1 to Pont de Neuilly in 1937, the future expansion to La Défense had already been considered. Outside of the flagstone pedestrian walks, which include a number of platforms and underground parking from the 1960s and 1970s, the Établissement public pour l'aménagement de la région de la Défense (EPAD) reserved two areas destined to hold two future Métro stations on the axis intended to be served by the line. La Défense – Michelet and Élysées – La Défense are situated under the neighbourhood of Michelet and the apartment building Élysée Défense, respectively. [4]

By nightfall, the romantic charm of Paris subtly shifts, revealin g tales of restless spirits, long-held secrets, and ancient mysteries. The streets echo with stories of spectral appearances, such as the ghostly figures said to wander the winding lanes of Montmartre. Lamming, Clive (2001). Métro insolite[ Unusual Métro] (in French). Paris: Parigramme. ISBN 2-84096-190-3. Solve riddles, puzzles, and quizzes as you uncover the most haunted places in Paris together with the real-life stories of their current eternal residents.Relive the lives and deaths of some of the most fascinating characters in world history, art, music and culture as you explore this truly mesmerizing cemetery with an expert guide, on our famous graves of Paris tour. Spooky Tales from the City's Past Other Paris ghost stories abound, involving the Eiffel Tower, or Notre Dame – the latter of which is explored in my April 2023 Patreon exclusive episode of Fabulous Folklore.

But, never fear, not all shadows are enemies… And, earlier this month Tara Moss announced a two-book deal for two more Billie Walker novels! If you’re still hankering for dark and strange stories from France, start by reading the following (true) ones: First, learn how Paris City Hall’s cheerful square was once the place of choice for gruesome executions. As Billie’s search for her client’s husband takes her to both the swanky bars at Paris’s famous Ritz hotel and to the dank basements of the infamous Paris morgue, she’ll need to keep her gun at the ready, because something even more terrible than a few painful memories might be following her around the city of lights …Either way, she had an ulterior motive for taking this less-than-appealing lover. This brave woman sweet-talked secrets out of him to pass to her husband, who was a member of the Resistance. I can only imagine her terror that she might one day be discovered. Long banished from school textbooks, the Commune holds a peculiar place in French history, that of a civil war within an interstate conflict, triggered by France’s crushing defeat at the hands of Prussia. It was also a radical revolutionary episode within a process of regime change, as the collapse of Napoleon III’s empire paved the way for a tentative transition to a republican regime – albeit one dominated by monarchists. In the same 2012 interview, she claims to have held a long conversation with a certain Alice, who died at 22 in the house during the 1920s. In other instances, she said, she observed faces in the windows, vague figures floating by, and unexplained loud noises. A sitting room at the Chateau de Fougeret shows a Ouija board on one of the tables. It was fascinating to learn about life after the war, not only in Sydney but in Paris and London. Things that we take for granted these days were just not options in 1947. For Billie, as a woman it was even harder. Being a woman who worked and didn't take no for an answer.