The Modern Myths

Paris doesn't just preserve old ghosts—it generates new ones adapted to contemporary fears and fascinations.

The Métro Vampire

Since the 1990s, reports describe a figure haunting late-night Metro trains: - Impeccably dressed in styles from various decades - Approaches single passengers in empty cars - Engages in philosophical conversations about immortality - Most tellingly, reflections that don't match movements

Victims report no attacks but profound exhaustion after encounters, and some claim to age rapidly in following days. The vampire seems less interested in blood than in time—stealing years rather than lives.

The Louvre Pyramid Conspiracy

I.M. Pei's pyramid generates its own mythology: - 666 glass panes (actually 673, but facts don't stop legends) - Illuminati symbolism in the architecture - Most persistently, that it channels energy to something beneath

Security reports phenomena: - Figures in the pyramid after closing that don't appear on cameras - Electronics malfunctioning in specific patterns - Most strangely, visitors experiencing visions of an inverted Paris where the pyramid points down into an underground city

The Data Ghosts

As Paris digitizes, new hauntings emerge: - Dating app matches with people who died years ago - Social media accounts that post after their owners' deaths - Most unnervingly, AI chatbots that claim to be digital consciousness uploads of historical Parisians

These digital ghosts seem playful rather than malevolent, but their existence raises questions: If consciousness can haunt stone and air, why not silicon and code?