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An illustration from the <em>Illustrated Police News</em>, Saturday 11 May 1889.
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The Victorian Belief That a Train Ride Could Cause Instant Insanity

"Railway madmen" were thought to be activated by the sounds and motion of train travel.
Joseph Hayes May 12, 2017
A proper Thirteen Club table, illustrated in the booklet that accompanied the 257th official meeting.
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The 1880s Supper Club That Loved Bad Luck

How to remove the stigma from the number 13? Through a series of macabre dinner parties, of course.
Cara Giaimo April 25, 2017
Kevin Giddings, his cat, and some satisfied customers.
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The Many Possible Reasons British People Hire Chimney Sweeps for Their Weddings

Something old, something new, something borrowed, and a guy in a top hat covered in soot.
Cara Giaimo April 20, 2017
Patented coffin torpedoes, for all your grave-defending needs!
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Victorian 'Coffin Torpedoes' Blasted Would-Be Body Snatchers

Grave robbing got more hazardous in the 1880s.
Lucy Tiven April 3, 2017
Lulu demonstrating the secret behind her balance test.
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The Victorian Teenage Girl Who Entertained Crowds by Overpowering Men

Lulu Hurst's seemingly supernatural strength made for a compelling night out.
Tony Wolf March 30, 2017
A 1921 valentine.
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The Rude, Cruel, and Insulting 'Vinegar Valentines' of the Victorian Era

Nothing like getting surprise hate mail from a would-be lover on February 14.
Natalie Zarrelli February 6, 2023
London, England

Hidden Cells of Newgate Prison

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.
Francis Buckland and a fish.
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The Father and Son Who Ate Every Animal Possible

William and Francis Buckland saw Noah's Ark as a dinner menu.
Craig Donofrio January 19, 2017
One of the 13 remaining cabmen's shelters, on Wellington Place, north London.
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How Cab Drivers Changed the London Landscape

Why are there little green huts all over London? To keep cabbies from being wet or drunk.
Linda Rodriguez McRobbie January 6, 2017
A family plays a game of Snapdragon, from the December 25,1858 issue of the <em>Illustrated London News</em>.
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Victorians' Christmas Parlor Games Will Leave You Burned, Bruised, And Puking

Do not try them at home.
George Pendle December 22, 2016
An illustration of 'lady ferns' from the <em>The British Fern Gazette</em>.
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How the Victorian Fern-Hunting Craze Led To Adventure, Romance, and Crime

"Pteridomania"—an obsession with ferns—gripped the era's amateur botanists.
Dimitra Nikolaidou December 12, 2016
As a fire rages in a house, people escape through W. Joachim Smith's new invented chute machine.
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The Creative and Forgotten Fire Escape Designs of the 1800s

Some were more logical than others.
Lauren Young December 9, 2016
"The Great Alvantee, King of the Slanting Wire".
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Circuses, Magic and Hypnotism: Welcome to the World of Victorian Entertainment

See what the Victorians did for fun.
Anika Burgess December 7, 2016
The ramp up to the Space Needle observation deck on Boblo Island.
Amherstburg, Ontario

Boblo Island Abandoned Amusement Park

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.
Selected plates from Margaret Gatty's "British Sea-Weeds."
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The Forgotten Victorian Craze for Collecting Seaweed

Victorian women were excellent at it.
Cara Giaimo November 14, 2016
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Watch This Artist Create Kaleidoscope Masterpieces With Single-Celled Algae

Diatom arrangement is an old Victorian art form.
Lauren Young October 28, 2016
Victorian women were overly concerned with fitting beauty standards.
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The Horrifying Legacy of the Victorian Tapeworm Diet

A beauty fad that continues to haunt us.
Mariana Zapata October 26, 2016
Casts of the hands of Princess Beatrice and Princess Louise, as part of a feature about hands in an 1893 edition of <em>The Strand Magazine</em>.
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The Victorian Era's Strange Love of Disembodied Hands

Inside a very particular time period's fascination with human appendages.
Joshua Adair October 24, 2016