Victorian Mourning Rituals with Chris Woodyard

Conversations on Death

May 15 2024 • 43 mins

Chris Woodyard is a writer and historian based in Ohio. She studies death and the supernatural.  In addition to nine books on Ohio ghost-lore, as well as three volumes of historical ghost stories, she is the author of The Victorian Book of the Dead, on the popular and material culture of Victorian mourning and death, as well as A is for Arsenic: A Little Book of Victorian Death, a guide to the basics of Victorian mourning traditions and artifacts.

This episode is alllll about Victorian era mourning rituals (and there was a lot to discuss). Freaking fascinating! Enjoy!

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Podcast - Boggart and Banshee: A Supernatural Podcast (with Dr Simon Young)
Facebook Group - Haunted Ohio by Chris Woodyard
Facebook Group - A Victorian Book of the Dead
Facebook Group - Mrs Daffodil
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Book - A is For Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death
Book - The Victorian Book of the Dead

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