Ep. 109 - The Fascinating Funeral Industry of the 19th Century

<p>In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the funeral industry of the 19th century and a few of her favorite death-centered professions that are no longer in high demand today, but were positively fascinating: funeral cookie bakers, corpse-watchers, mutes and professional mourners. </p><p>Thank you to today’s sponsor, Alloy!</p><p>Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit <a href="https://www.myalloy.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">myalloy.com</a> and use code VICTORIAN for $20 off your first order!</p><p>Subscribe<a href="https://myvictoriannightmare.myflodesk.com/myukzmys04" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> to the Newsletter!</a></p><p>Subscribe <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/MyVictorianNightmare/membership" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!</a></p><p>Help Yourself <a href="https://www.bonfire.com/store/my-victorian-nightmare/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">to MVN Merch!</a></p><p>Today’s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DcUATdnlL_y/?igsi=cTF1ZW0zZmhrMW10" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram Post</a></p><p>My <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc-rKIXKRPE" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Problematic Award-Winning Video</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gy0YMQ-yLY" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Welcome to Heaven</a></p><p><br></p><p>References:</p><p>https://funeral.com/blogs/the-journal/funeral-biscuits-in-the-1800s-what-they-were-why-they-were-served-and-how-to-make-them-today?srsltid=AfmBOorry4RZkCYT3pQ2iGryb0LGfYJ-xZYnlhN6e4pYP5dl7Jb_SHwo</p><p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin-eater</p><p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_edition_of_the_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica</p><p>https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/england/englishness-funeral-food.html</p><p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_biscuit</p><p>https://www.victorianlondon.org/death/characteroffunerals.htm</p><p>https://austins.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-the-victorian-mute/</p><p>https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/tag/professional-mourners</p><p>https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/alma%3A99127049613408651</p><p>https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15792/pg15792-images.html</p><p>https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/category/buried-alive/</p><p>“Prematurely Buried” - Kilmore Free Press, Jan. 18th 1883.</p><p>“Narrowly Escaped Burial Alive” - The Clinton Independent, Thursday Feb. 18th, 1892.</p>