Pickled to Death Deaths from embalming fluid poisoning, often mistaken for alcohol.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 28, 2018
in Death , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged drinking embalming fluid , embalmer , embalming , embalming fluid accidents , embalming fluid poisonings , embalming fluid suicide , Pickled to Death , poisoned by embalming fluid , undertaker suicide , undertakers , wakes
A Stiff Drink Some vintage fizz about stiff drinks with plenty of ice.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 28, 2016
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Victorian
and tagged A Stiff Drink , ice for preserving corpses , icing the corpse , preserving corpses with ice , undertakers
Weekend Compendium: 13 January 2016 Valentine Edition Featuring an 18th century “Missed Connection” ad, 19th century hints for photographic sitters. The Angel of Lourdes, monkey ghosts, Valentines for Undertakers and Spiritualist Mediums.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
February 13, 2016
in 18th century , Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Mourning Customs and History , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Spiritualism , Victorian , Weekend Compendium , Witches
and tagged angels , Lourdes , missed connections ad , monkey ghosts , undertakers , Valentine's Day , Vauxhall , Victorian photography , Victorian valentines , Vinegar Valentines , Violet Tweedale , Weekend Compendium: 13 January 2016 Valentine Edition
The Seven Babies in No. 77 Appalled by articles about the horrific discovery of infant corpses at two mortuaries in Detroit, I bring you a grim and grewsome story about a Victorian London undertaker similarly neglectful of his duties.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 31, 2015
in Crime , Death , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged Amelia Dyer , baby-farming , decomposing corpses , Dismal Trade , infanticide , The Seven Babies in No. 77 , undertakers , Victorian infanticide , Victorian undertakers
A peculiar incident involving an undertaker, Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley, and a locked room mystery.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 18, 2014
in Death , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Spiritualism , Strange Deaths
and tagged ghosts , Hoosier poet , Indiana , James Whitcomb Riley , locked room mystery , Senator Harry Stewart New , undertakers
Fiends for a Funeral: The Amateur Mourners The bizarre, pseudo-sympathetic world of the Edwardian funeral fancier.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 3, 2014
in Ephemera , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Strange Lives
and tagged 1910 funeral , Fiends for a Funeral: The Amateur Mourners , funeral rites , mourners , mourning customs , professional mourners , undertakers , Victorian mourning
