Paris Used To Be Downright Creepy!

monsters244 Published 06/30/2014

These pictures are from the Paris nightlife in the 1890's

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The Cabaret de lEnfer, "The Cabaret of Hell", next to the Cabaret du Ciel, "The Cabaret of Heaven".
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The inside of the hellish cabaret didn't disappoint.
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You would have to be brave to enter this club at night.
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Crevices in the walls of this room ran with streams of molten gold and silver, and here and there were caverns lit up by smoldering fires from which thick smoke came, and vapors emitting the odors of a volcano.
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Flames would suddenly burst from clefts in the rocks, and thunder rolled through the caverns. Red imps were everywhere, darting about noiselessly, some carrying beverages for the thirsty lost souls, others stirring the fires or turning somersaults. Everything was in a high state of motion. This must have been after heavy drinking
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During this time period, these kinds of clubs were highly popular.
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It was a mixture of drinking, cabaret, magic and fun unlike you've seen before.
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And it makes modern-day clubs seem a little boring.
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1.
The Cabaret de lEnfer, "The Cabaret of Hell", next to the Cabaret du Ciel, "The Cabaret of Heaven".
2.
The inside of the hellish cabaret didn't disappoint.
3.
4.
You would have to be brave to enter this club at night.
5.
Crevices in the walls of this room ran with streams of molten gold and silver, and here and there were caverns lit up by smoldering fires from which thick smoke came, and vapors emitting the odors of a volcano.
6.
7.
8.
Flames would suddenly burst from clefts in the rocks, and thunder rolled through the caverns. Red imps were everywhere, darting about noiselessly, some carrying beverages for the thirsty lost souls, others stirring the fires or turning somersaults. Everything was in a high state of motion. This must have been after heavy drinking
9.
10.
11.
During this time period, these kinds of clubs were highly popular.
12.
It was a mixture of drinking, cabaret, magic and fun unlike you've seen before.
13.
14.
And it makes modern-day clubs seem a little boring.
15.
16.