Maison des Pécheurs
Introduction
The Maison des Pécheurs or the "House of Sinners" is the newest waxwork in Paris. Although the waxwork isn't due to officially open until the 21st of December in the year of 1904, a number of fortunate guests were invited to view the exibit as a advanced show to help advertise the new house of waxworks. The advanced guests were randonly selected and were admitted without fees, and recieved complimemtary beverages with a buffet.
Location
This small waxwork in Paris' Left Bank is located at 23 Rue de la Huchette in the 5th arrondissement.
Nearest Intersection
Rue Xavier Privas and Rue de la Huchette
Nearby Metro Stations
Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame
Employees
- -- Le Nain --
-- Grand Homme
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-- Le Bavard
-- The man now known as Le Bavard is a thief, swindler and a cutthroat. Or rather he was all of those things until he set his sights on a travelling waxwork in French controlled Vietnam. The owner was a beautiful young widow whose husband had died of Malaria leaving her stranded in a tropical foreign colony rather than her native Paris. He was only too happy to take over the day-to-day business affairs of the waxwork and at night to enjoy the feminine wiles of the new widow. His plan was simple: seduce the woman, steal her money and eventually sell the widow into a local bordello. But on the night Le Bavard attempted to carryout all his villainy he discovered that the Widow was not a widow, nor a woman, nor even human and it was he who was to become a slave. Now he services the Fabricator in other ways, primarily as her chief of security, but he still runs her daylight operation and from time-to-time he satisfies her other needs. While he still retains his memories and reasoning ability his will is completely subservient to the sorcerous enchantment of the Fabricator. For reasons unknown on every seventh day Le Bavard gains freedom for a few hours and during these hours he seduces local women and then kills them in grewsome fashion as an outlet for his pent up rage at his enslavement. He has even run away several times, but inevitably he comes crawling back to serve her...
Tableau
- La Tour Sombre -- Demesne of Bluebeard
- Cabane dans les Bois --
- Salon de la Sorcière -- Demesne of La Voisin
- La Boutique du Tisserand --
- Paroisse du Gévaudan --
- Couvent de Loudun --
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- [[]] -- Catherine Peyretone --
- [[]] -- Adrienne d'Heur --
- [[]] -- Bertrand Guilladot --
Books
Visitors
-- Moira Rose -- Scotish Kiasyd Scholar (Paris)
-- Pablo Picasso --
-- Henry Matisse --
-- Arsène Bélanger -- Young Law Student
-- Axelle Renard -- Shop Girl and Lady Love of Arsène Bélanger
-- Hugues Soucy -- Wealthy landed nobleman
-- Béatrice Soucy -- The Nobleman's Wife
-- Jordan Bourreau -- Undercover Policeman
Ownership
- The Fabricator -- Master of the Maison des Pécheurs
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_museum
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-marie-tussaud-created-wax-empire-180967356/
https://victoriansecrets.co.uk/madame-tussaud-and-the-history-of-waxworks/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gr%C3%A9vin
https://www.parisinsidersguide.com/grevin-wax-museum.html
https://www.leftfordread.com/post/history-of-the-mystery-of-wax-museums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_Mask
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Voisin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:17th-century_French_criminals
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_for_witchcraft
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_witchcraft
https://www.sciencia.cat/temes/medieval-necromancy-art-controlling-demons
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Waxwork Research
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wax_sculpture&wprov=rarw1
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_Gr%C3%A9vin