History and Hearsay

Lately we have been discussing deadly fashion during the Victorian Era but it turns out history, is FULL of examples of deadly fashion in pretty much every century.  From headdresses to bird hats, tall shoes and wide skirts, they thought they looked great, but these styles were deadly! TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 - Deadly Fashion  0:26 - Fotange 2:43 - Crinoline  6:43 - Choplines  7:54 - Bird hats 8:56 - Wa...

A viral photo shows a housewife in 1947. She spent $12.50 to buy all of her family’s groceries for the week, not including milk. BUT there is a LOT more to this story! SOURCES:  Original Article: https://books.google.com/books?id=p1EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq="if+all+american+housewives+had+the+spunk+and+ingenuity+of+the+woman+on+this+page"&source=bl&ots=DiuBTu7yWx&sig=A...

Women don't have a monopoly on dangerous fashion trends. Edwardian men also sacrificed their health for the sake of wearing popular stiff collars. The collars were detachable, so they could be worn with different shirts, making them practical. But they also were so stiff that they choked numerous men when they fell asleep wearing them.  As they dozed off, their head fell forward and the collar's r...

Valentine’s Day is known as a time for people to send love notes. IN THE 1840S lacy valentines with cursive flourishes and lofty poems were sent by the thousands. But what do you do, if you didn’t love the person who had set their eyes on you? Well, you could send that unlucky person a “vinegar valentine” Back then, they were called “mocking,” “insulting,” or “comic” valentines . These were commer...

During the Victorian Era the home began to be seen as a safe haven from the world. Unfortunately for the Victorians, many of the comfort items with which they filled their homes, turned it into a death trap.  SOURCES: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/05/02/scheeles-green-the-color-of-fake-foliage-and-death/   https://ls2pac.lapl.org/?section=resource&resourceid=1314737096&fbclid=Iw...

🍼 In today’s episode, we will uncover the terrifying truth behind the Victorian Era ‘Murder Bottles.’ We will learn all about how the designs used in these bottles often lead to dangerous toxins with fatal consequences. SOURCES: https://www.babybottle-museum.co.uk/murder-bottles/ https://1890swriters.blogspot.com/2015/10/three-common-victorian-baby-killers.html   https://nourishingdeath.wordpress...

A cold case that ignites every parent’s worst fears: on Christmas morning, 1945, five siblings vanish from their family home in West Virginia during a raging fire. The devastated Sodder family spends the rest of their lives trying to find out what happened. Despite the work of dozens of investigators and thousands of amateur sleuths, the mystery remains: what happened to the Sodder children? The M...

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the Blinking Mummy another girl in a glass coffin! Rosalia Lombardo She's known by many names: the Girl in the Glass Coffin, Sleeping Beauty, the World's Most Beautiful Mummy, and the Best Preserved Mummy in the World. In death, she's became larger than life. Thousands of visitors each year flock to the Sicilian Catac...

TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 00:21 - Accusations against Nestle 2:11 - DISCLAIMER 2:27 - Henri Nestle 3:53 - The invention of Baby Formula & Nestle  7:20 - Nestle’s new owners 9:44 - Baby Formula Marketing changes 15:15 - People start finding out & New changes 20:54 - Nestle and Water! 24:21 - Outro SOURCES: https://waronwant.org/sites/default/files/THE BABY KILLER 1974.pdf  https://houseofswi...

For decades, McDonald's Monopoly enticed customers with the promise of winning prizes that ranged from free meals, extravagant vacations or even $1 million dollars. But from 1989 to 2001, there were almost NO legitimate winners of the high-value game pieces! Little did we know, the game was tainted by a web of deceit and organized crime. https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/monopoly/feature/mcdo...

What about that time that Quaker Oats & MIT Fed children Radioactive Oatmeal? Today we discuss the sad story of children at the Walter E. Fernald School.  SOURCES: Consent letters sent to the parents - https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/achre/final/chap7_5.html   https://www.quakeroats.com/about-quaker-oats/quaker-history  https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/achre/final/chap7_5.html ...

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing how and WHY cornflakes were invented, we will be discussing the life of John Harvey Kellogg, Will Keith Kellogg and the creation of Corn Flakes Breakfast Cereal. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:22 - Who was John Kellogg? 2:36 - Dr. John's Career at the Sanitarium 4:50 - John's Medical Treatments & Inventions 10:00 - Treatments for Stoppin...

"Up the close and down the stair, in the house with Burke and Hare. Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief, Knox the boy that buys the beef!"  This Scottish Childrens Rhyme has haunted young children for decades. Today we will be discussing 2 Serial Killers who don’t fit the mold, they were not killing for the love of it, but simply to turn a profit. SOURCES: https://www.ed.ac.uk/medicine-vet-medic...

After the tragic assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 his body traveled for 3 weeks on a train from Washington D.C. to Springfield, Illinois. Where his remains rested undisturbed - that is until 1876, when a gang of criminals hatched a plot to try and steal the president's remains!?!  SOURCES: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/body-snatching-tales-with-presidential-connections...

In the 1800’s Medical research and training was expanding rapidly, and along with this increased understanding of the human body and the growing interest in further developing the medical field, came the need for BODIES… lots and lots of bodies … More Specifically dead bodies. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 00:40 - 1800's Medical advancements & The need for Cadavers 1:32 - How did Medical Stude...

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the beginning of Medical History and Human Dissection. NEXT EPISODE we will be talking about how the need for BODIES for medical research lead to the rise of body snatchers! This is Episode 1 EPISODE 2: Coming - 10/13 EPISODE 3: Coming 10/20 EPISODE 4: Coming 10/27 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Dissection History + What is dissect...

The term eugenics is basically a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population, historically by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior. But the Germans did not invent eugenics. In fact they were inspired by the founder of the taxpayer funded Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger. The truth behind the genesis of that organization and its founder...

Bloody Benders SOURCES:  http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2012/08/a-bender-family-album.html http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/11/bloody-benders.html https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/how-a-serial-killer-family-murdered-8-and-got-away-with-it/ Free Soilers: https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/encyclopedia/free-state-party#:~:text=   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders https://www.legends...

In 1919 a Tsunami  of Molasses flooded the streets in Boston, causing mass distractions and killing 21 people! In today's episode we explore this tragedy and what lead to it happening in the first place. SOURCES: https://www.brighthub.com/education/homework-tips/articles/86176/ http://beaconhilltimes.com/2018/04/06/molasses-disaster-featured-at-evening-at-74/ https://americacomesalive.com/the...

In 1861 an amateur photographer named William Mumler took a self-portrait. Later, when he developed the photograph he was astonished to find, that he was not the only person visible in the portrait. Sitting in the chair next to him, was the hazy, translucent figure of his cousin who had died twelve years earlier. SOURCES: VOX VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsx6xqi0vzU https://www.history.c...

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the strange tale of Walburga “Dolly”  Oesterreich her secret attic lover and her husbands death. Let me know what you think! ~ Christina #history #historystories #historyandhearsay #truecrime #didtheygetawaywithmurder    ► Listen on the go - You can find the History & Hearsay PODCAST on Apple, Spotify, wherever you listen to you...

Sources: Video about how terribly this submersible was built: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odLJ0dSLxmc   LETTER OF WARNING ABOUT SUB: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/marine-technology-society-committee-2018-letter-to-ocean-gate/eddb63615a7b3764/full.pdf   https://titanic.fandom.com/wiki/Futility,_or_the_Wreck_of_the_Titan   https://patents.google.com/patent/US11119071B1   https://www.cou...

In 1834, a new law went into effect that shattered the lives of single mothers, forcing them into unimaginable circumstances. Many of these desperate women faced the heart-wrenching choice of surrendering their beloved children to the care of Baby Farmers. What awaited these innocent souls was beyond comprehension, a nightmare that no parent should endure. Join us in today's episode as we del...

On May 20th 1947, The body of 22 year old Christina Kettlewell was found 150 feet from her honeymoon cottage, drown in only 9 inches of water. An inquest into her death unravelled a confounding tale of elopement, life insurance policies, suicide letters, and an attempted murder. More than 75 years later, we still have more questions than answers.  Today's case is a mystery that has SO many tw...

In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing the case of 11 year old Virginia Tokin who died suddenly. Striken with grief her family kept her body for over a year!  Timestamps:  0:00 - Intro  0:28 -  Tokin Family Tragedy  1:44 -  Victorian Era Death & Funeral Customs  11:23 - Superstitions in the Victorian Era 12:11 - The Tokin Family's story goes viral - DEATH THREAT...