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30 Morbid Minutes

The Victorian Obsession with Death and Superstition

30 Morbid Minutes

30 Morbid Minutes

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8731 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Mortality skyrocketed during the Victorian Era, creating a culture obsessed with death and mourning. We explore the causes and the creepy customs and superstitions that developed during this period, plus the concept of a “good death.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7

This is a roosterteeth production.

0:34.8

Is there such a thing as a good way to die?

0:37.6

The Victorians seem to think so.

0:39.7

Welcome to 30 Morbin Minutes.

0:42.5

This is the podcast where we spend around 30 minutes, give or take, on a deep dive into various topics, places, people, and things of a morbid, macab, dark, and downright grisly nature.

1:08.2

I'm one of your hosts, Elise Willems.

1:10.4

And I'm the other host,

1:11.9

Jessica Vasami. And today we're exploring the Victorian obsession with death, mourning, and

1:17.6

superstition. Right. So this is probably going to get pretty heavy, right, Jess? It's definitely

1:21.9

going to get heavy, but it's nothing that we can't handle. Nothing we can't handle. We're talking about

1:25.6

death. We're talking about child mortality rates. We are talking about some heavy topics, but we're going to approach it

1:33.6

in a respectful but lightweight, I think. Absolutely. And we'll have a little chat at the end,

1:38.9

too, maybe as a pallet cleanser, light in the mood a bit. Lord knows I need it. You know that I have

1:43.8

bad dreams a night, Elise. I can it. You know that I have bad dreams

1:44.3

a night, Elise. I can't. I have to watch the Disney channel before I go to sleep by night.

1:48.0

So I'm going to need just some calm, relaxing chatter at the end of this.

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