Death and the Victorians
Adrian Mackinder
From spooky stories and real-life ghost hunting, to shows about murder and serial killers, we are fascinated by death - and we owe these modern obsessions to the Victorian age.
Death and the Victorians explores a period in history when the search for the truth about what lies beyond our mortal realm was matched only by the imagination and invention used to find it.
Walk among London’s festering graveyards, where the dead were literally rising from the grave. Visit the Paris Morgue, where thousands flocked to view the spectacle of death every single day.
Lift the veil on how spirits were invited into the home, secret societies taught ways to survive death, and the latest science and technology was applied to provide proof of the afterlife.
Find out why the Victorian era is considered the golden age of the ghost story, exemplified by tales from the likes of Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Oscar Wilde and Henry James.
Discover how the birth of the popular press nurtured our taste for murder and that Jack the Ripper was actually a work of pure Gothic horror fiction crafted by cynical Victorian newspapermen.
Death and the Victorians exposes the darker side of the nineteenth century, a time when the living were inventing incredible ways to connect with the dead that endure to this day.
Duration - 7h 39m.
Author - Adrian Mackinder.
Narrator - Adrian Mackinder.
Published Date - Tuesday, 07 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2024 Pen and Sword ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
From spooky stories and real-life ghost hunting, to shows about murder and serial killers, we are fascinated by death - and we owe these modern obsessions to the Victorian age. Death and the Victorians explores a period in history when the search for the truth about what lies beyond our mortal realm was matched only by the imagination and invention used to find it. Walk among London’s festering graveyards, where the dead were literally rising from the grave. Visit the Paris Morgue, where thousands flocked to view the spectacle of death every single day. Lift the veil on how spirits were invited into the home, secret societies taught ways to survive death, and the latest science and technology was applied to provide proof of the afterlife. Find out why the Victorian era is considered the golden age of the ghost story, exemplified by tales from the likes of Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Oscar Wilde and Henry James. Discover how the birth of the popular press nurtured our taste for murder and that Jack the Ripper was actually a work of pure Gothic horror fiction crafted by cynical Victorian newspapermen. Death and the Victorians exposes the darker side of the nineteenth century, a time when the living were inventing incredible ways to connect with the dead that endure to this day. Duration - 7h 39m. Author - Adrian Mackinder. Narrator - Adrian Mackinder. Published Date - Tuesday, 07 January 2025. Copyright - © 2024 Pen and Sword ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:03:16
Quotation
Duration:00:00:40
Preface
Duration:00:14:45
Prologue
Duration:00:16:28
Chapter 1
Duration:00:31:17
Chapter 2
Duration:00:33:18
Chapter 3
Duration:00:31:39
Chapter 4
Duration:00:21:11
Chapter 5
Duration:00:26:56
Chapter 6
Duration:00:36:58
Chapter 7
Duration:00:30:59
Chapter 8
Duration:00:36:27
Chapter 9
Duration:00:41:20
Chapter 10
Duration:00:40:01
Chapter 11
Duration:00:34:07
Chapter 12
Duration:00:44:51
Epilogue
Duration:00:14:50