Ep. 109 - The Fascinating Funeral Industry of the 19th Century

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the funeral industry of the 19th century and a few of her favorite death-centered professions that are no longer in high demand today, but were positively fascinating: funeral cookie bakers, corpse-watchers, mutes and professional mourners. Thank you to today’s sponsor, Alloy!Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for $20 off your first order!Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Help Yourself to MVN Merch!Today’s Instagram PostMy Problematic Award-Winning Video Welcome to HeavenReferences:https://funeral.com/blogs/the-journal/funeral-biscuits-in-the-1800s-what-they-were-why-they-were-served-and-how-to-make-them-today?srsltid=AfmBOorry4RZkCYT3pQ2iGryb0LGfYJ-xZYnlhN6e4pYP5dl7Jb_SHwohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin-eaterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_edition_of_the_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannicahttps://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/england/englishness-funeral-food.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_biscuithttps://www.victorianlondon.org/death/characteroffunerals.htmhttps://austins.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-the-victorian-mute/https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/tag/professional-mournershttps://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/alma%3A99127049613408651https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15792/pg15792-images.htmlhttps://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/category/buried-alive/“Prematurely Buried” - Kilmore Free Press, Jan. 18th 1883.“Narrowly Escaped Burial Alive” - The Clinton Independent, Thursday Feb. 18th, 1892.