The Victorian Variety Show
By marisa d
The Victorian Variety ShowSep 18, 2021
TVVS is going on hiatus until December
2 Sides of Sir William Crookes, Part 2: The Spiritualist
2 Sides of Sir William Crookes, Part 1: The Scientist
Lifting the Lid of the Fisk Patent Air-Tight Metallic Burial Case
Figure Skating, Victorian-Style: A Conversation with Ryan Stevens
Mrs. Beeton and Victorian-Era Household Management, Part 2
Introducing Mrs. Beeton and Victorian-Era Household Management, Part 1
“X” Marks the Spot: Exposing the Late Victorian Fascination with X-Rays
A Journey Into the Life and Works of Edith Nesbit
To Laugh, or Not to Laugh? A Brief Overview of Victorian-Era Humor
If Books Could Kill (um, actually, they can…): Robert C. Kedzie and Shadows from the Walls of Death
In the Victorian-Era Kitchen, with Charles Elmé Francatelli!
Getting “Physical” with the Victorians (Part 2): What Was “Muscular Christianity”?
Getting “Physical” with the Victorians: 19th Century Physical Fitness, Part 1
Knocking on the Door of the Victorian “Haunted” House
Getting Our Hands Dirty with Pteridomania (Victorian-Era “Fern Fever”)
An Exploration of Victorian-Era “Fainting Culture”
“Don’t Be Mine!” Victorian Valentines With a Splash of Vinegar
A Taste of Victorian-Era Fairy Tales from “Rays of Sunshine” (Minisode)
More Than a “Toy”: The Zoetrope (Minisode)
“Here We Come A-Wassailing”: A Look at Some Lesser-Known Victorian Christmas Traditions
A Stroll Through the Cemetery, with Traci Muller Rylands!
Here’s the Scoop on A.B. Marshall, the Victorian Era’s “Queen of Ices”
An Overview of Victorian-Era Occultism, with Stephen from Dark Stories from the Campfire!
From “Dismal” to “Liminal:” An Intro to Lafcadio Hearn & His Ghost Stories
I close out October with a brief summary of the life of Greek/Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904). I examine ways in which his rather unique life may have influenced the ghost stories he is perhaps best known for, and read one of his stories (“The Corpse-Rider”).
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References
Codrescu, Andrei. “The Many Lives of Lafcadio Hearn.” https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/02/the-many-lives-of-lafcadio-hearn/
Dee, Jonathan. “Why Lafcadio Hearn’s Ghost Stories Still Haunt Us.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/16/why-lafcadio-hearns-ghost-stories-still-haunt-us
Hearn, Lafcadio. “At Yaidzu.” In Ghostly Japan. Public Domain eBook.
Hearn, Lafcadio. “The Corpse-Rider.” Shadowings. Public Domain eBook.
Jusdanis, Gregory. “Lafcadio Hearn: Global Before Globalization.” https://shc.stanford.edu/arcade/interventions/lafcadio-hearn-global-globalization
Wikipedia. “Edo period.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period
Wikipedia. “Lafcadio Hearn.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn
Wikipedia. “Meiji era.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_era
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Rearing Their (Horse-Like?) Heads: A Brief Overview of 19th-Century “Sea Serpent” Sightings
Getting to Know Spring-Heeled Jack, with Lindsay Valenty!
Arthur O’Shaughnessy: Victorian-Era Renaissance Man?
Western Representations of the “Magical East” in Stage Magic During the Victorian Era (& Beyond!)
And Now, for My Next Trick… Victorian-Era Stage Magic & Illusion, Part 2
Presto! Victorian-Era Stage Magic & Illusion, Part 1
“Good Mourning”? A Look at Victorian Women’s Mourning Etiquette
The Roles of Dolls and Death Kits in The Victorian Mourning Process
The Evolution and Portrayal of Prosthetic Limbs During the Victorian Era
“The City in the Sea” and “The Haunted Palace” by Edgar Allan Poe
A Look Under the Skin of Victorian Taxidermy
Peering Inside the Pages of Punch Magazine
The Aesthetic Movement: An Introduction
Tuberculosis as a Victorian-Era Aesthetic
A Crash Course on Victorian-Era Imperialism & Colonialism
Getting Inked, Victorian-Style
Inside the Walls of a Victorian-Era Mental Asylum, Part 2: (The U.S.)
Inside the Walls of a Victorian-Era Mental Asylum, Part 1 (The U.K.)
Taking a Stab at Victorian-Era Surgery
The Ubiquity of Arsenic During the Victorian Era
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References
Barrell, Helen. “Poison Panic.” www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Poison-Panic/
Feldkamp, Katherine. “Death on the Doorstep: Arsenic in Victorian Wallpaper.” www.slam.org/blog/arsenic-in-victorian-wallpaper/
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “The Yellow Wallpaper.” www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/theliteratureofprescription/exhibitionAssets/digitalDocs/The-Yellow-Wall-Paper.pdf
Haslam, Jessica Charlotte. “Deadly décor: a short history of arsenic poisoning in the nineteenth century.” journals.ed.ac.uk/resmedica/article/download/182/799/0
Hickey, Andrea. “Victorians Were Obsessed With A Shade Of Green That Killed Them.” www.buzzfeed.com/agh/green-fashion-arsenic-victorian-1800s-killer-dye
“History of nicotine marketing.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nicotine_marketing#:~:text=The%20first%20known%20nicotine%20advertisement%20in%20the%20United,quality%2C%20not%20brand%20name%2C%20until%20after%20the%201840s.
Lindley, Robin. “Victorians' secret.” crosscut.com/2010/09/arsenic-victorians-secret
“The Facts on Arsenic.” sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/arsenic/the-facts-on-arsenic/
Wood, DeeDee. “The Poison of Arsenic in Victorian Era.” shorehomeandgarden.com/2021/11/01/the-poison-of-arsenic-in-victorian-era/
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Victorian Postmortem Photography: There’s More Than Meets the Eye
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References
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. “Outline and Shadow.” www.laphamsquarterly.org/arts-letters/outline-and-shadow
Carlton, Genevieve. “27 Victorian Death Photos — And The Disturbing History Behind Them.” allthatsinteresting.com/victorian-death-photos
DeVelvis, Melissa. “Death, Immortalized: Victorian Post-Mortem Photography.” www.clarabartonmuseum.org/post-mortem-photography/
Heichelbech, Rose. “The Truth about Victorian Post-Mortem Photographs.” liveplayeat.com/victorian-post-mortem-photographs/
Sontag, Susan, quoted by Leslie Camhi. “Memento Mori.” www.villagevoice.com/2006/06/13/memento-mori/
Sussex Photo History. “The Daguerreotype Process.” photohistory-sussex.co.uk/dagprocess.htm
Vatomsky, Sonya. “Clearing Up Some Myths About Victorian ‘Postmortem’ Photographs.” www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-post-mortem-photographs
West, Nancy. “Pictures of Death.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/07/pictures-of-death/534060/
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Email: thevictorianvarietyshow@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/victorianvarie1
Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13
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Also, I want to give a huge THANK YOU to Jason and Lisa of the Designated Quizzers podcast for all of their support of this show! You can check out their latest episode here (or wherever you listen!): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/designated-quizzers-podcast/id1598591568?i=1000547098163
Season’s Creepings! A Brief Discussion of Victorian-Era Holiday Cards
Our First Visit to the Victorian-Era Pharmacy
The Victorian-Era Phrenology “Phad”
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Email: thevictorianvarietyshow@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/victorianvarie1
Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13
I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners!
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References
Bronte, Charlotte. Villette (Chapter 17). www.online-literature.com/brontec/villette/17/
Finger, Stanley. “Franz Joseph Gall and the Origins of Phrenology.” becker.wustl.edu/news/franz-joseph-gall-and-the-origins-of-phrenology/
Ktitowsky. “Phrenology and ‘Scientific Racism’ in the 19th Century.” pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2017/03/05/phrenology-and-scientific-racism-in-the-19th-century/
Poskett, James. “The Victorian phrenology craze.” www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/victorian-phrenology-explain-what-queen-victoria/
Souter, Keith. “Heads for Murder: The Victorian Pseudo-Science of Phrenology.” thecra.co.uk/heads-for-murder-the-victorian-pseudo-science-of-phrenology-dr-keith-souter/
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Chap. 10).https://genius.com/Robert-louis-stevenson-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-chap-10-annotated
Van Wyhe, John. “The History of Phrenology.” www.victorianweb.org/science/phrenology/intro.html
Vaught, L.A. Vaught’s Practical Character Reader. publicdomainreview.org/collection/vaught-s-practical-character-reader-1902
Victorian Era. “Victorian Era Phrenology.” http://victorian-era.org/victorian-era-phrenology.html#:~:text=Phrenology%20is%20a%20pseudomedicine%20primarily%20focused%20on%20measurements,started%20to%20be%20questioned%20by%20the%20general%20public.
Walker-Journey, Jennifer. “Why Was Phrenology All the Rage in Victorian Times?” science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/phrenology.htm