Two centuries ago, Paris drew tourists not for its grandeur, but to witness morbid displays of decomposing corpses-shocking visitors with its macabre fascination. This unsettling chapter reveals early, controversial forms of sensational tourism, highlighting humanity’s curiosity with mortality and the city’s darker history. A vivid glimpse into how fear and fascination intertwined, this narrative underscores Paris’s complex cultural past and its enduring allure as a center of intrigue and spectacle.