Hidden Killers of the Victorian Era

30 Morbid Minutes

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Sometimes the most dangerous place to be in the Victorian Era was inside your own home, thanks to the overwhelming number of chemicals and toxins that were in everyday use and objects. We unravel how substances like gas, lead, arsenic, formaldehyde and mercury, infiltrated and poisoned the nineteenth century home, and could be found en masse in products like children’s toys, beauty products, wallpaper, and even food. Go to http://rothys.com/30MM to get $20 off your first purchase. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code 30MM for 50% OFF 2+ pairs of polarized sunglasses. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.3	Sometimes the most dangerous place to be in the Victorian era was in your own home. Welcome to 30 Morbin minutes.
1:02.1	This is the podcast where we cover topics, people, places, history, and events of a morbid macab, dark, and downright grisly nature.
1:05.2	I'm Elise Willems.
1:06.2	And I'm Jessica Vasami.
1:07.5	Carrie Poppy, writer, host of Ono Ross and fellow morbid enthusiast was living in an ADU in
1:13.7	Sherman Oaks, a suburb of Los Angeles, when she began to experience strange feelings and sensations in her home.
1:21.2	ADU stands for additional dwelling unit and is like a backhouse or a smaller guest house that
1:26.6	somebody might build on their own
1:27.8	property for family members or rent out. So yeah, things started to get a little bit weird for
1:33.1	Carrie. She was hearing voices and felt as if an unseen force was in her home with her
1:39.2	watching her waiting. Soon, this feeling transformed into physical pain. She went home and cried every night.
1:47.3	Carrie turned to therapy and other alternatives, but it was no use. Quickly, paranoia set in,
1:52.9	and Carrie's imagination ran wild. I do not blame her. She could not shake the feeling of this
1:59.2	general overwhelming dread, so much so that it started
2:02.6	to consume her. And she wondered if perhaps what she was actually experiencing was something
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