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 Glorified Vision of Julia To whet your appetite for The Victorian Book of the Dead, an excerpt from that book about a strange Marian-type apparition seen by multiple witnesses at a wake.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 9, 2014
in Death , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Mourning Customs and History , News , religion , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Glorified Vision of Julia , ghosts , Julia Murray , Marian apparitions , The Victorian Book of the Dead , wakes , waking the dead
