How Victorians Quieted Babies With Opium (Politely)
In proper Victorian fashion the remedy for a crying infant was often a spoonful of opium; the etiquette was ghastly and impeccably dreary.Read More 
Phossy Jaw: When Matches Ate Faces
Victorian match factories used white phosphorus and the result was a ghastly jaw-rot that glowed faintly in the dark and took a very long time for polite officials to notice.Read More 
Victorians Took Dead Selfies And Called Them Keepsakes
They posed corpses like sleepy roommates, propped eyes open with paint and wire, and kept the photos on the mantel like it was no big deal.Read More 
Victorians Bought Coffins With Alarm Bells
In top hat days they built coffins with air tubes, glass windows and panic bells for anyone regretting the whole dying business.Read More 