The Victorian Variety Show

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

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

Victorian Postmortem Photography: There’s More Than Meets the Eye

Season’s Creepings! A Brief Discussion of Victorian-Era Holiday Cards

Our First Visit to the Victorian-Era Pharmacy

The Victorian-Era Phrenology “Phad”

An Exploration of Victorian-Era Sci-Fi