I invited a guest on the podcast to talk about something I find super interesting, which is cemeteries and gravestone conservation.

We talked about what a grave conservator does, how to get in to the line of work, things you should and should not do as an aspiring grave conservator, views on cemeteries and mourning then and now, mourning traditions we think should come back, has she ever encountered anything spooky? And, bonus stones!

This is my conversation with Rachel from Epoch Preservation.

This is a bonus content episode available exclusively on Patreon. To accompany episode 44 about The Radium Girls, I am going to tell you about another landmark story of women banning together to fight for workplace rights.

This is the story of the matchstick girls.

Tonight’s story comes to us from the US in the 1920s and 30s. It’s one of the stories that actually inspired me to start the podcast in the first place, and one I think a lot of you will be familiar with. So I hope I do it justice, and more importantly treat the victims with the respect and grace they deserve.

This is the story of the Radium Girls.

This is a special bonus episode to celebrate the best night of the year, Halloween!

This is the legend of Stingy Jack.

This is a bonus content episode available exclusively for our Housekeeper and Butler tier Patrons. Thank you so much for supporting the podcast! My name is Kim, and to accompany episode 43 about Blanche Monnier, I am going to tell you about some more messy situations Victorians found themselves in when they wanted to marry the “wrong” person.

These are four Victorian marriage and divorce scandals.

One of the topics that generates the most discussion any time I talk about it on social media, is Victorian funeral customs. In particular, a lot of people relate to the covering of mirrors in the house when someone dies. Many comment that this is still a thing in many communities and cultures today. The reasons Victorians did this was so the soul of the deceased didn’t get confused and trapped in the mirror. But this barely scratches the surface of beliefs about mirrors. That’s why I’ve decided to dedicate tonight’s Good Night Snack episode to mirror lore and superstitions.

By the 1830s, an obsession with Egypt had raced across most of Europe and much of the US. The trend became known as Egyptomania, and as one source put it, “A craze for things Egyptian had taken Europeans by storm. Diplomats and tourists, merchants and dukes, all vied with one another to assemble spectacular collections of mummies and other antiquities.”

This episode revisited Victorian Society Tips from season 1 with reactions from host, Kim and guest, Hayley. This post includes links to where you can listen to the full episodes associated with each tip discussed in this compilation episode.

This episode was initially created only for Housekeeper and Butler tier Patreon subscribers as the bonus content for the Cassie Chadwick episode. I am adding it to the regular feed as a preview of the type of content posted for Patreon subscribers.

This episode revisited Victorian Society Tips from season 1 with reactions from host, Kim and guest, Hayley. This post includes links to where you can listen to the full episodes associated with each tip discussed in this compilation episode.

This is a special bonus episode to celebrate Pride Month! As a show that focuses exclusively on the Victorian era and crime, we cannot gloss over the fact that many facets of LGBTQ+ lifestyles were, in fact, considered criminal during the time period.