Tuileries Garden and the "Red" Man
This is the story of the reign of Catherine de Medici, who was jealous of her power and willing to do anything to preserve it.
At that time, among the secret police agents carrying out the queen's insidious plans, there was Jean the flayer, who was distinguished by particular cruelty and who hunted near the Tuileries garden. When the queen sent mercenaries to get rid of Jean, who knew too much, before his death, he threw a curse about his soon return.
A few days after his death, the royal astrologer Cosimo Ruggeri saw in a dream a red man with blood dripping, which became a prediction of the queen's death. Since then, the appearance of this phantom has heralded the worst disasters in French history.
Marie Antoinette claimed to have seen the "red man" in her room shortly before her execution. Napoleon noticed the shadow of the "red man" on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo.
Luxembourg ghosts
The Luxembourg Gardens is an equally popular setting for urban legends. From the next story the blood will freeze
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One fine day in 1925, medical student Jean Romier was sitting on a bench in the garden. A man in a tailcoat approached him. Then you could still meet a passerby in a similar wardrobe. During the conversation, the student learned that the stranger had been invited to a festive evening and was heading to his younger brother on the Rue Vaugirard.
The man invited the guy to go with him. During the evening, the student had a pleasant time despite the strange old-fashioned dress and retro furniture in the apartment.
At the end of the party, Romier said goodbye to the stranger from the park and went to his dorm room. On the way, he remembered that he had left his lighter there and decided to return. Imagine his surprise when there was no one in the apartment.
Moreover, the neighbors claimed that no one had lived there for several decades, and the former tenants described by the student had died twenty years ago. After the door was broken open, the guy saw a terrible picture: everything was covered in a thick layer of dust, including his lighter, which was left on the fireplace.
Black Masses of Montespan
The next myth is associated with the Rue Moulins, namely the Belles Poules, the famous brothel of those times. Rumor has it that the sun king's mistress Françoise-Athenais de Montespan held black masses there.
Curse of the Templars
Many people know the famous story associated with the curse of the Templars. It happened in the place where the Ver-Galan square is now. By order of King Philip the Fair, who decided to seize the wealth of the Templars, the knights of the order were accused of heresy. They were imprisoned and tortured. On March 18, 1314, the leadership of the order was burned at the stake on the island of Jews, now Ver-Gallan Square.
During the execution, the Grand Master of the Order, Jacques de Molay, cursed the entire royal family up to the 13th tribe. Philip himself resisted six months after the execution, And then 13 generations after Philip the Beautiful were pursued by misfortunes, as a result of which they did not die "their own" death.
Grim monk
Those wandering around Paris on the night before Christmas need to be especially careful. On Temple Street, the traveler may be trapped by one of the capital's oldest spirits, an unfriendly monk.
According to medieval belief, a lost soul, an evil monk, wanders the streets in his dress and sprinkles insults at passers-by, and especially curious passers-by who poke their nose into someone else's window can even turn their necks. Victor Hugo dedicated an entire chapter of his masterpiece Notre Dame de Paris to the gloomy monk.
Cagliostro and his suppers from the grave
The eighteenth century and its phantom are associated with the rue Saint-Claude. According to Cagliostro's beliefs, a certain likeness of Rasputin, once a brilliant robber and magician, after his death in the form of a ghost traded the elixir of eternal youth and organized dinners from the grave in mansion No. 1, which was attended by the souls of such celebrities as Voltaire, Montesquieu and Diderot.
The spirit from the street Noye
Tourists can find the embodiment of Dickens' story or the film "Poltergeist" on Rue Noye. The ghost is called the Sage (Le Sage).
The legend of a former economist who worked at the Palace of Justice says that the latter was insane. This fact was attested by a bailiff who used charcoal to dry the ink on his detention.
Since then, charred logs and lumps of coal have strangely appeared at the economist's house. It is rare for anyone to walk past the ill-fated house without stumbling.
Allan Kardek and conversations with ghosts, the townspeople associate with Martyrs Street, 8. Leon Rival, who was engaged in occultism and chose the pseudonym Allan Kardek for this, was carried away by the new American trend. Through the Book of Spirits, he helped meet the souls of the most famous people. Today, mediums from all over the world bring flowers to the grave of Allan Kardek at the Père Lachaise cemetery.
Sylvie Vartan and the ghost of Avenue Fronshaud
The mansion built in the Gothic style has a frightening history here. Everyone who lived here died a strange death.
The first resident, composer Victor Masse, died of multiple sclerosis. Then the maid of the family of the director of the Foley Bergère variety was brutally murdered here. After the murder, the house stood sealed for thirty years until singer Sylvie Vartan took over.
However, the new inhabitant of the strange house did not live here for a week and hastily sold the mansion. Its last owner, theater critic Mathieu Gale, as well as its first resident, died of multiple sclerosis.
Etienne Robertson
The last urban legend is associated with the name of Etienne Robertson. Belgian by birth, Etienne was the abbot of the monastery. Like many believers at the end of the 18th century, he was subject to the influences of the occult.
Not far from Place Vendome, for a gullible audience, he conducted phantasmagoria sessions, during which the impression of the presence of deceased relatives and friends was created. According to rumors, once Robertson "revived" Marat and Robespierre.
However, "Robertson's phantascope" did not manage to fool people for too long, as a result of which the abbot was killed by his own clients. Today, Robertson's grave can be found in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.