Ep. 30 - French Victorian Death Cafes & Cabarets

On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing the very macabre ways in which French Victorians would entertain themselves: the death-themed cabarets, horror shows in old gothic chapels, and the very upsetting and morbid curiosities that Parisians would literally trample over each other to get a glimpse of.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for today's episode:https://daily.jstor.org/the-cabarets-of-heaven-and-hell/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Guignolhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/paris-morgue-public-viewinghttps://dianamarin.com/tag/the-uncanny-cabaret-du-neant/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_de_L%27Enferhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_du_Ciel