Episode 10: Death in the Victorian Era (Part 2)

Poppy-sode Part 2!  Grab your mourning veil and prepare to be spooked, because in this episode, we’re diving headfirst into the weird and wonderful world of the Victorian Era—a time when death was just a little extra. We’re talking about bizarre deaths, over-the-top funeral rituals, and ghosts that love to.....undulate? 

This week, Poppy tells us some curious tales from the time that highlight the wacky beliefs and practices that the death obsessed Victorians reveled in. Prepare to giggle, gasp, and fall back on your fainting couch!

General content warning for discussion of the death of children, spouses, and other loved ones, suicide, funerals, mourning, cannibalism, and graphic depictions of death and dead bodies.


Sources:

• The Victorian Book of the Dead selected and edited by Chris Woodyard
• Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life by Haider Warraich