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A bizarre legend is associated with a tomb in Paris's Pere La Chaise Cemetery. In a mausoleum decorated with occult numbers and strange symbols, a 19th-century Russian aristocrat is said to lie in a glass coffin. A clause in her will apparently stated that anyone who could live alongside her in the tomb for a year would receive a payout of up to five million francs ($1 million in modern money). The contender was allowed to leave their gloomy lodgings just once a day 'to stroll among the tombs for an hour'. All who attempted the challenge were soon begging to be let out, claiming the 'vampire princess' was sucking away their lifeforce. My article: https://www.davidcastleton.net/baroness-demidoff-pere-lachaise-cemetery-paris-glass-coffin-vampire-russian-princess-will/ #Gothic #Halloween #Folklore #graveyard #death #vampires #Paris #weird #paranormal