October 8, 2017
A Woman Scorned When Laura Fair went on trial in 1871for murdering her double-crossing married lover, a morality play was acted out in a San Francisco courtroom that made headlines across the United States and became a national Read more…
October 2, 2017
The Victorian craze that sparked a mini-sexual revolution By Justin Parkinson A Victorian Valentine’s card refers to Cupid wearing ‘the nimble wheel’ going ‘a-RINKING’ Rollerskating is a long-established hobby, allowing for exercise and Read more…
September 25, 2017
Ghost Photography The Victorians were huge fans of the paranormal and loved to combine it with their newest technology – Photography. THE VERY FIRST GHOST PHOTOGRAPHS The first ‘ghost’ photographs were produced by accident and were a result of the long Read more…
September 17, 2017
Spinach Ice Cream And 5 Other Weird Victorian Recipes Laurence Scales The Victorian cookery writer Agnes Marshall (1855-1905) has faded from memory despite running a cookery school in Mortimer Street and, like Jamie Oliver, putting her name on every Read more…
September 10, 2017
Unwritten Laws of the Past and the Freedom to Kill Dan Sickles, congressman from New York, was married to the most beautiful woman in Washington but his other interests, including his mistresses, often kept him away from home. His lonely Read more…
September 4, 2017
NICOTINE AND THE CHEMISTRY OF MURDER DEBORAH BLUM The 1850 murder of Gustave Fougnies in Belgium is not famous because of the cleverness of his killers. Not at all. They – his sister and brother-in-law – practically set off signal Read more…
August 28, 2017
The Strange Victorian Fashion Of Self-Electrification In the 19th Century, a titillating electric shock was said to cure many diseases. Now neuroscientists are coming to reinvestigate the techniques – but do they work? Jolts Read more…
August 14, 2017
Female Soldiers of the American Civil War BY MESSYNESSY Today’s subject choice originated by stumbling across a photograph of Albert D.J. Cashier, born Jennie Hodgers in 1843. He served for a full 3 year term after enlisting in the Union Read more…
August 7, 2017
SUCKING THE MONKEY Marston’s coopers posing with their casks in 19th century by Richard Jones Did you know that it used to Read more…
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