115. Charnel

Get ready for some spooky scary skeleton action, because this week Emily and Kyle have a bone to pick with the word charnel.

Our hosts discuss why the average grave in a Medieval graveyard might not be as old as you’d assume, and explore what happens when a church has more skulls and bones than they know what to do with.

Kyle might be shocked and appalled at this space efficient alternative to burial, but Emily finds a macabre beauty in the ossuary decor theme. Alas, this style of crypt was not to last… but that doesn’t mean the dead aren’t still kicking around under London.