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A is for Arsenic : Deadly Household Items in the Victorian Era

Macabre : Dark History
Macabre : Dark History
Episode • Mar 7, 2023 • 43m

In the Victorian Era no one was safe, not even in their own home. Houses were ticking time bombs. Eating food was its own game of roulette. Not to mention, the fashion was absolutely to die for! Join the Ladies of Macabre as they talk Murder Bottles, exploding toilets, and much more!

 

***Oopsie. I say camera "film" when referring to photographers...but they did not have "film" back then. But my brain just went there. Sorry. Please forgive me. The actual word is 'daguerreotype'. But I couldn't pronounce that if I tried. 

-Halley

 

Music: Intro: The Worms Crawl In by JackHunterMusic & Outro : Epidemic Sound Ghosted SOOP Send your Hometown Macabre stories for a future listener episode! Send your "Hometown Macabre" stories to us at www.macabrepod.com Email us at thatssomacabre@gmail.com Join our Patreon : Macabre Patreon Join our Facebook Group at : MacabrePodcast 

Episode Sources:

Murder Bottle Information Resources: Victorian baby bottle • Museum of Health Care at Kingston (andornot.com) 

Deadly Wallpaper Image and Information Resource: Arsenic and Old Tastes Made Victorian Wallpaper Deadly | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

Killer Fashion Image and Information Resource: 7 Ways Victorian Fashion Could Kill You | Mental Floss

Ghastly Grocery List Information Resource: 9 Dangerous Things in Homes of Victorian England ... (allwomenstalk.com) , Alum Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

Horrifying Housing Information Resource: 9 Dangerous Things in Homes of Victorian England ... (allwomenstalk.com)

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1901): The Yellow Wall Paper - Google Books



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