... Capuchin Catacombs The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? ---Edgar Allan Poe The Emperor Picturesque Palermo, Sicily-- with its beautiful beaches full of glamorous sunbathers and its city streets lined with breathtakingly sculpted architecture-- hides a dark secret beneath the floors of its monastery.... ****START CREEPY MOVIE MUSIC NOW**** Brother Silvestro Da Gubbio Sometime during the 16th century, the Palermo monastery outgrew its original cemetery. Shortly afterwards, the monks began excavation of a crypt beneath the monastery where in 1599, the monks mummified and interred one of their own, Brother Silvestro Da Gubbio. Thus began a long history of preserving Palermo monks, lining the walls with friars dressed in their finest clerical vestments and sometimes even the ropes they had worn for penance. As the centuries passed, it became somet...