A PR photo for Sarah Murray's book, Making an Exit seemed appropriate for Halloween. This is from a Capuchin Monastery in Palermo where in the 1800s, noticing that bodies preserve particularly well in the dry air of their basement, they began hanging dead clergy from the walls. National Geographic has a number of photos from the crypt on its website. One in Sarah's book is particularly startling for the snarl on its face, but you'll have to buy the book to see that.
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