Death Becomes Hair

In the very first episode of Conjuring Curiosities, Clara tells Sabrina that in the Victorian era, death was not only a part of life but a spectacle intertwined with intricate rituals and symbolic gestures. We cover the customs, clothing, and keepsakes that accompanied grief, from elaborate mourning attire to the macabre beauty of hair jewellery.See photos discussed in this episode on our instagramFollow us on tiktok for videos that cover a condensed version of each topic!***Correction: There is currently no proven connection between oral plaque and arterial plaque! SOURCES:Statista - Child mortality rate (under five years old) in the United Kingdom from 1800 to 2020*CANADIAN HISTORY: PRE-CONFEDERATION - 12.2 Childhood in a Dangerous TimeVery Well Health - Life Expectancy From Prehistory to 1800 and BeyondOur World In Data - Life ExpectancyOffice for National Statistics - Causes of death over 100 yearsApproaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life - 2. A Profile of Death and Dying in AmericaVintag.es - “Living Room” What We Call Today, Was Actually Called “Death Room” in the 19th Century!Random Times - What We Call Today “living room”, Was Actually Called “Death Room” in the victorian era…Wikipedia - Queen VictoriaPubmed - Deaths in childbed from the eighteenth century to 1935The Frick Pittsburgh - Memory and Mourning: Death in the Gilded AgeCompass Rose Design - HISTORY OF VICTORIAN MOURNING JEWELRYEnglishhistory.net - MourningIssuu.com - Victorian Mourning Interpretation For Historic HomesLancaster History - Mid-Late Victorian Mourning Dress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.