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Each year, New York's Thompkins Square Park hosts a Halloween Dog Parade, with more than 400 dogs in attendance._ by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Oct 14, 2015 7:07 AM UTC  Skulls and bones are stacked at the Catacombs of Paris on October 14, 2014 Skulls and bones are stacked at the Catacombs of Paris on October 14, 2014 Patrick Kovarick—AFP/Getty Images by [Joanna Plucinska](https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Oct 14, 2015 7:07 AM UTC Airbnb is offering up its most ghoulish accommodation yet — the underground catacombs of Paris, where the skulls and skeletons of over 6 million dead are entombed. And you can now [vie for the chance](https://www.airbnb.com/night-at/paris-catacombs?locale=en) to sleep spend Halloween night there. All you need to do is explain, before Oct. 20, why you would be courageous enough to complete the overnight stay. “Before bedtime, a storyteller will have you spellbound with fascinating tales from the catacombs, guaranteed to produce nightmares. Finally, enjoy dawn with the dead, as you become the only living person ever to wake up in the Paris catacombs,” Airbnb says. Guests will also get a private concert and a “a dazzling culinary experience” in the mass tomb. The underground tunnels were first built in the 1780s after more conventional cemeteries, filled to overflowing, became a public health hazard. Over time, they became a curiosity and today are visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists annually. ## Transcript [ SOUND ] I'm Richard. I'm Lindsay, and this is Bagel. She's a Puerto Rican rescue dog and we named her Bagel because she's a mutt so she's an everything bagel. And she has the coloring of bagel and cream cheese. Well, she's a New York bagel isn't she? Yes. Yeah she's a New York bagel. There you go yup. [ MUSIC ] So, this is Kenny. He's corky who just recently celebrated his first birthday. One day I went to shakeshack cuz they have these little, onesies for babies, and they have little, little one that said small fry on it and I was like oh my gosh shakeshack McDonald's small fry. [ MUSIC ] And this Otis, he's five years old, he's an English bulldog, and he's a triceratops today. I mean, it's better for me. I don't think he really understands what's going on. He's kind of miserable. [ LAUGH ] [ MUSIC ] You know, the important thing is that she's comfortable. So, we have her bed in here. We wouldn't do anything that would make her uncomfortable. So, this is Maggie, and she's a lobster. And then we have assorted vegetables and produce. She's our baby. 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