1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Supplemental log four. These will be out of order. If you can't tell, I'm recording this from inside the hotel safe, along with the broach from Zurich. I can feel it next to me. 2 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:36,000 I am conflicted. On one hand, this speaker scares me. His plan scares me. I don't know what it is or what it means. But on the other hand, my time in Prague has been incredible. 3 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:54,000 He has taken me to all the places I've wanted to visit. And while I can't see, I can feel. I have experienced the city I've always wanted to. It has been a wonderful way to spend my last time. 4 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:06,000 Part of my reason to come to Prague was to visit Katna Hora. I'm sure the speaker will tell you all about that when he gets back from the day. Oh, I've recorded to calling him the speaker. 5 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:17,000 I still haven't found any examples of his name. The reason is concerning because of what it might mean. I have thought of three possible options. 6 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:27,000 One, it's a coincidence. People just haven't said his name very often or while the recorder is around and I just haven't heard it. 7 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Two, it's some sort of privacy secret. He wants to keep his identity out of whatever this project is and he wants to remain anonymous, which I can understand. 8 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Or three, the speaker's name is an illusion. Everyone thinks they know it, but they do not. That would mean he's not human. He's something else. 9 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:07,000 I hope it's not option three. Now, time to move on from all that. Let's talk about the brooch of Exuberantius or the brooch the speaker has been calling his key. 10 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Odd. It's seemingly extremely important to his plan or project or whatever. I still don't know much about it. Rather frustrating. 11 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:28,000 The only thing I've learned is that after it's completed, it seems the speaker won't ever be the same. Whenever he refers to it, he talks about himself as if he won't be there. 12 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:41,000 I wonder what that means. Maybe part of the plan is a sacrifice? Himself or someone or something? I'm not quite sure. If that's the case, this plan can't mean anything good. 13 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:55,000 In regards to mythology or the paranormal or all other systems that lie beyond everyday reality, absence by sacrifice rarely means anything good. 14 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,000 End of supplemental log four. 15 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:15,000 The Czech Republic. More specifically, Prague. The city bears a second name. The city of a hundred spires. Lots of gothic architecture here. It's beautiful. 16 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:32,000 However, arguably the most beautiful thing in the entire Republic lies outside of the city borders. The city Cutna Hora lies about 90 kilometers away or around 55 miles from my American idiots. 17 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Aren't you American? Yes, but I can acknowledge the stupidity of my own country. 18 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:46,000 As I was saying, Cutna Hora. A beautiful city. A dead city. 19 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Back in the 13th century, Cutna Hora rivaled Prague politically, economically, and culturally. It was a bustling city, rich with vast, sprawling silver mines. 20 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Unfortunately, after several run-ins with the plague, the Thirty Years War, and the loss of their silver mines, the city of Cutna Hora died. It died quietly. It was not attacked, not taken over, just forgotten. 21 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:25,000 It makes me think of my time with Annie back in London. God, that feels like forever ago. 22 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Time flies when you're saving the world. No, saving. 23 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:43,000 The city died slowly. With a whimper. Not a bang. It was forgotten. But not by us. Not by you. 24 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:56,000 I now understand your wish to be laid there. I did some research. Cutna Hora is home to the Sedlik Ossuary. The Bone Church. It's world famous. 25 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:03,000 How do you plan on getting us there? It just so happens as part of the tour group we're visiting the city. 26 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Supplemental Log 5. That's bullshit. End of Supplemental Log 5. 27 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:20,000 E.S. Gapier has arranged for a bus to drive us all up to Cutna Hora. I'll slip away and take you to the Sedlik Ossuary when we get the chance. 28 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Good. Thank you. Well, of course. My end of the bargain, right? Right. 29 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:39,000 I had a question for you. Speak quieter. There's no one sitting around me, but they might still over here. What is your question? 30 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:44,000 What connects you so much to the paranormal? What do you mean? 31 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:55,000 You have knowledge no human should have. You speak of your experience, but nothing of specifics. All this time, through all these adventures, you've done amazing things. Terrifying things. 32 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:05,000 You've faced spirit guardians, run from anomalies, made deals with haunts, and killed a vampire. I don't know all the details, because you won't share them with me. 33 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:18,000 All this time, I thought we were becoming closer. I shared my story with you. You know of my life and my death. My name is Philibert Espert. It was my story that I told to you back when we first met. 34 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:32,000 What is your name? Why do you ask me this? Because I wonder. You should not ask me this. I am to learn of you and your world. You should not have done that. You are not to know of my- 35 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Who are you talking to? Nothing. My recorder. Just talking out loud. Uh, recording my thoughts. Oh cool. Like a podcast? Sure. 36 00:06:45,000 --> 00:07:01,000 So, are we going to talk about what happened back on the bus? No. I told you from the beginning I value privacy. With the importance of my mission and the danger of the world I'm stepping in, I don't want my name anywhere near this. I have to stay anonymous. 37 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:17,000 I understand that. I'm sorry I pushed you. I forgive you. Just do not bring it up again. I was aware it was your story. But thank you for telling me, Philibert. 38 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Supplemental log seven. He's lying. I can feel it. That outburst on the bus was not out of fear. Not for his own safety at least. I still can't quite grasp the wider plan here. But I know one thing for certain. The speaker is hiding his true intentions. 39 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:55,000 I wish I had more time to investigate. Maybe even stop him if it comes to that. Could it come to that? I don't know. I may never know. We're approaching my final resting place. End of supplemental log seven. I better bury these deep. 40 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Oh, there we go. The recorder wouldn't turn on. Everything alright in there? Yes. Well, mostly. I'm tired. You know this. I'm reaching the end of my existence. It's becoming harder for me to operate the machine. 41 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Perfect timing then. We're here. 42 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:32,000 This place is impressive. There must be thousands of bodies here. I can feel it. Why don't you do your thing and summon the story of this place? I don't have a thing. I don't summon stories. I'm well researched. 43 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Disease. Plague. And war. Around the mid-fourteenth century, death was busy on Earth. The plague was ripping through Europe. A few things happened around this time that led to the creation of the Bone Church. 44 00:08:52,000 --> 00:09:03,000 One. Millions had already died from the plague and many more were dying from the Bohemian Wars, which started as the plague was losing its deadliness. 45 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Two. Henry, the abbot of the Cistercian monastery, traveled to the Holy Land on the orders of the King of Bohemia. Henry returned with some of said land. Literally. He sprinkled the dirt over the Abbey Cemetery, which in turn caused the Abbey Cemetery to become a sort of fashionable resting place. 46 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:44,000 All throughout Central Europe, word of this desirable burial site in Katna Hora became commonplace. The Abbey Cemetery soon became overflowing with bodies and required expansion. A Gothic chapel was built to accommodate this. 47 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:53,000 The first chapel wasn't quite the famous Bone Church widely known today. It was rebuilt several times and redesigned even more. 48 00:09:53,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Three. According to the local legend, the task of exhuming skeletons and stacking their bones was given to a half-blind monk. However, the more macabre, unsettling decorations are a gift of another. 49 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:24,000 These include the chandelier that contains at least one of every bone in the body and built of more than a hundred different bodies. 50 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:32,000 And the giant coat of arms of the Schwarzenberg family, also made entirely of human bones. 51 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:49,000 The artist behind these was a woodcarver hired by the Schwarzenberg family named Frantisek Rint. His signature can also be found on the wall. It too is made from bone. 52 00:10:49,000 --> 00:11:09,000 The desire to be included, plus the morbidly fascinating talent of the woodcarver, birthed the Sedlick Ossuary of the Cemetery Church of All Saints. The Bone Church. Home to more than 40,000 bodies. 53 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:18,000 It's beautiful. I can feel it even from outside the ground. It's a bustling highway of souls. 54 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,000 I hope you're not an introvert. Ready? 55 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Let's see this church. 56 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Supplementary Log 8. See what I mean? All of that information off the top of his head? I don't think so. 57 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,000 End of Supplementary Log 8. 58 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Not as many people in here as I would have thought. Well, alive ones, that is. A few tourists walking around, nothing else. But the souls. They are so loud. Where do you wish to lay? 59 00:11:54,000 --> 00:12:07,000 I will leave the recorder and freely enter the ossuary, where I will remain and drift off to join the countless others. Please, if you would, light a candle for me. 60 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 I can do that. 61 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,000 So, what will happen once you leave? 62 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:30,000 The recorder will function all the same. And I will learn the names and stories of my fellow souls here, reminiscing and sharing until our time is up. 63 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,000 That sounds peaceful. 64 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Yes, yes it does. After so long with no one else, this is all I could ask for. Thank you for bringing me here. Thank you for finding me. 65 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:54,000 I'm glad I did. Goodbye, Philipette. It was a true pleasure to know you. 66 00:12:54,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Yes, Speaker. I wish I could have gotten to know you more. 67 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Um, Philipette? Are you still here? 68 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,000 I'm still here. 69 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Would you consider us friends? 70 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 I do. 71 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Hello? 72 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Philipette? 73 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Goodbye, friend.