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Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateInfo on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamIN THIS EPISODE: For decades, firefighters at the Chicago Fire Department noticed an eerie hand print that left a permanent mark on a casement, which could not be washed, scraped or removed, despite several attempts. Legends circulated, and many believed that the handprint had a rather macabre history, belonging to a fellow firefighter. (The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy) *** Ventriloquists don't have a lot of prestige when it comes to the entertainment industry – on many lists they are just one rung higher than a juggler. But they've been throwing their voices at us for centuries. And one man named James Burns was so good at his art, he was tossed into jail for it! (The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk) *** A child murdering their parents is, thankfully, rare – but when it happens, it grabs headlines. But some of the reasons that a child gives for murdering his or her own mother can be downright shocking and unbelievable. (They Murdered Their Mothers) *** Just the word “lobotomy” brings images of cruelty, inhumane treatment under the guise of medicine, and a procedure that could more appropriately be labeled as torture. We'll look at a few cases of individuals who had a lobotomy performed on them… and the disturbing results. (The Victims of Lobotomies)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open00:02:52.763 = The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk00:10:31.868 = They Murdered Their Mothers00:23:26.101 = The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy00:29:14.318 = Victims of Lobotomies00:39:43.024 = Listener submitted story from Michael Emmanuel Omokhuvie00:44:17.702 = Show Close00:46:12.508 = Bloopers and Outtakes SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2nte76b6“The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy” by Prince Petropia for Paranorms: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53xwm2wd, and by Adam for Mysterious Chicago: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yxcvw3td“They Murdered Their Mothers” by Jessika M. Thomas for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/kxprwkyk“The Victims of Lobotomies” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3kuhpcxfWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: May 18, 2021CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/ChildrenKillingTheirParents

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show.IN THIS EPISODE: Scrying is the act of gazing into a reflective or translucent object to open your intuition. This supposedly allows the scryer to gain information they may not have access to normally inside their conscious mind. Often the object used for this is the often seen, but often misunderstood crystal ball. (Little Known Secrets Of The Crystal Ball) *** 
Five hundred years ago, Europe saw its first rhinoceros in more than a thousand years. Well, sort of. In reality, it was an accidental fake. (Dürer's Rhinoceros) *** A physics paper proposes neither you nor the world around you are real. If that's true, then does that mean you're not actually listening to this podcast? (What If I Only Think I'm Real?) *** When it comes to mythical monsters, the dragon seems to have never lost its celebrity. Dragons have always been popular – not just on multi-million-dollar cable channels and blockbuster movies, but in games, posters, artwork, and tales young and old, generation over generation, in just about every culture. (Dragons and Dragon Kings) *** An extra-marital affair in 1812 resulted in a pregnancy, and a murder. And evidence of the term “sins of the father” also comes into play. (A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow) *** From "The Beast" to "The Red Ripper" to "The Candy Man," child murderers might be the most terrifying people to ever walk the Earth. We'll look at a few serial killers who thought nothing of murdering the most innocent of humanity. (Killers of Children) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open, “Killers of Children, Part 1”00:04:24.099 = Show Intro00:07:21.228 = Killers of Children, Part 200:15:48.369 = Durer's Rhinoceros00:21:29.389 = What If I Only Think I'm Real?00:28:50.973 = Dragons and Dragon Kings00:36:04.610 = A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow00:43:50.145 = Little Known Secrets of the Crystal Ball00:54:56.968 = Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…ARTICLE: “Self-Simulation Hypothesis...” in the journal Entropy: https://tinyurl.com/ybhulhwx“Killers of Children” by Gabe Poeletti for All That's Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yd4dqgdb“Dürer's Rhinoceros” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://tinyurl.com/y9lytn3a“What If I Only Think I'm Real?” by Paul Ratner for Big Think: https://tinyurl.com/yab3hgx7“Dragons and Dragon Kings” by A. Sutherland for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/y9mjx2tf“A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era: https://tinyurl.com/yahesdpl“Little Known Secrets Of The Crystal Ball” by Brent Sprecher for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/ybnrrd4nWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: June 30, 2020CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/KillersOfChildren

In this summer vacation episode, host Katherine Grant rounds up excerpts from historical romance novels set in the Georgian era. First, hear Gina Conkle read from 'For a Scot's Heart Only' a tale involving Scottish treasures and a shipbuilder's unexpected encounter in a brothel. Following this is an excerpt from 'The Forger and the Duke' by Misty Urban, featuring Malden Gray's struggle for guardianship and the mysterious, capable Amaranthe Illingworth.   00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview 00:39 For a Scot's Heart Only - Reading by Gina Conkle 14:02 The Forger and the Duke - Reading by Misty Urban

For decades, firefighters at the Chicago Fire Department noticed an eerie hand print that left a permanent mark on a casement, which could not be washed, scraped or removed, despite several attempts. Legends circulated, and many believed that the handprint had a rather macabre history, belonging to a fellow firefighter. (The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy) *** Ventriloquists don't have a lot of prestige when it comes to the entertainment industry – on many lists they are just one rung higher than a juggler. But they've been throwing their voices at us for centuries. And one man named James Burns was so good at his art, he was tossed into jail for it! (The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk) *** A child murdering their parents is, thankfully, rare – but when it happens, it grabs headlines. But some of the reasons that a child gives for murdering his or her own mother can be downright shocking and unbelievable. (They Murdered Their Mothers) *** Just the word “lobotomy” brings images of cruelty, inhumane treatment under the guise of medicine, and a procedure that could more appropriately be labeled as torture. We'll look at a few cases of individuals who had a lobotomy performed on them… and the disturbing results. (The Victims of Lobotomies) *** (Originally aired May 18, 2021)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2nte76b6“The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy” by Prince Petropia for Paranorms: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53xwm2wd, and by Adam for Mysterious Chicago: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yxcvw3td“They Murdered Their Mothers” by Jessika M. Thomas for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/kxprwkyk“The Victims of Lobotomies” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3kuhpcxf= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/ghostly-handprint-of-francis-leavy/

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too:https://weirddarkness.com/little-known-secrets-of-the-crystal-ball/IN THIS EPISODE: Scrying is the act of gazing into a reflective or translucent object to open your intuition. This supposedly allows the scryer to gain information they may not have access to normally inside their conscious mind. Often the object used for this is the often seen, but often misunderstood crystal ball. (Little Known Secrets Of The Crystal Ball) *** 
Five hundred years ago, Europe saw its first rhinoceros in more than a thousand years. Well, sort of. In reality, it was an accidental fake. (Dürer's Rhinoceros) *** A physics paper proposes neither you nor the world around you are real. If that's true, then does that mean you're not actually listening to this podcast? (What If I Only Think I'm Real?) *** When it comes to mythical monsters, the dragon seems to have never lost its celebrity. Dragons have always been popular – not just on multi-million-dollar cable channels and blockbuster movies, but in games, posters, artwork, and tales young and old, generation over generation, in just about every culture. (Dragons and Dragon Kings) *** An extra-marital affair in 1812 resulted in a pregnancy, and a murder. And evidence of the term “sins of the father” also comes into play. (A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow) *** From "The Beast" to "The Red Ripper" to "The Candy Man," child murderers might be the most terrifying people to ever walk the Earth. We'll look at a few serial killers who thought nothing of murdering the most innocent of humanity. (Killers of Children) *** (Originally aired June 30, 2020)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…ARTICLE: “Self-Simulation Hypothesis...” in the journal Entropy: https://tinyurl.com/ybhulhwx“Killers of Children” by Gabe Poeletti for All That's Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yd4dqgdb“Dürer's Rhinoceros” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://tinyurl.com/y9lytn3a“What If I Only Think I'm Real?” by Paul Ratner for Big Think: https://tinyurl.com/yab3hgx7“Dragons and Dragon Kings” by A. Sutherland for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/y9mjx2tf“A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era: https://tinyurl.com/yahesdpl“Little Known Secrets Of The Crystal Ball” by Brent Sprecher for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/ybnrrd4nVisit our Sponsors & Friends: https://weirddarkness.com/sponsorsJoin the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateAdvertise in the Weird Darkness podcast or syndicated radio show: https://weirddarkness.com/advertise= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymagMicro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrorsRetro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradioChurch of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2023, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/little-known-secrets-of-the-crystal-ball/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/advertisement

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the entire history, as we know it, of number 12 Grimmauld Place.As the ancestral home of the Black family, number 12 Grimmauld Place is portrayed in both the books and the films as a rather decrepit and dreary townhouse befitting of the dark wizards who called it home for the better part of two centuries. Located in a predominantly Muggle neighbourhood in North West London near King's Cross Station, the townhouse was originally owned by non-magical folks. While the exact date that number 12 was built is unknown, we can assume that it would've been around the same era as the townhouses in Claremont Square that were used to film the Grimmauld Place scenes in the Harry Potter movies. In fact, the Claremont Square townhouses have been rumoured to be the inspiration behind the Black's family home in the novels. These real-life houses were constructed between 1815 and 1828, so with this assumption that they represent the inspiration for the fictional number 12 Grimmauld Place, I think it's safe to conclude that the Black's family home was also built during that same Georgian Era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we'll be discussing the entire history, as we know it, of number 12 Grimmauld Place. As the ancestral home of the Black family, number 12 Grimmauld Place is portrayed in both the books and the films as a rather decrepit and dreary townhouse befitting of the dark wizards who called it home for the better part of two centuries. Located in a predominantly Muggle neighbourhood in North West London near King's Cross Station, the townhouse was originally owned by non-magical folks. While the exact date that number 12 was built is unknown, we can assume that it would've been around the same era as the townhouses in Claremont Square that were used to film the Grimmauld Place scenes in the Harry Potter movies. In fact, the Claremont Square townhouses have been rumoured to be the inspiration behind the Black's family home in the novels. These real-life houses were constructed between 1815 and 1828, so with this assumption that they represent the inspiration for the fictional number 12 Grimmauld Place, I think it's safe to conclude that the Black's family home was also built during that same Georgian Era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Great Expectations, the story of a boy who turns into a man while being surrounded by a**holes, gets the Elton Reads A Book A Week treatment! Join Elton on a trip down Dickensian way before meeting up with a prime example of Victorian drama. It's weirder than you think. The life of Charles Dickens starts like many did in the Georgian Era of England's history...crap. He was a sickly kid from a big, poor family. Then, as he got older and his entire family was thrown in debtor's prison, he was factory bound. There he learned to love to hate every day! Later, he learns to spin sh*t into gold. Listen for more... Thank you for listening! GET THE BOOK HERE: https://amzn.to/44H2ZT5 BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR HERE: https://www.patreon.com/eltonreadsabookaweek https://anchor.fm/elton-reads-a-book-a-week FOLLOW THE PODCAST HERE: https://linktr.ee/EltonReadsABookAWeek EMAIL: eltonreadsabookaweek@gmail.com THE APOLOGIES SECTION Elton would like to apologize to the following people, places, and things: The Dickens Family, Karl Marx, Victorian & Georgian eras of English history, El Debarge, Boys II Men, Lionel Richie, Portsmouth England, and English dentists. A special thank you to Jenna Fischer and Diedrich Bader --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elton-reads-a-book-a-week/message

Protests against British policy involved more than angry speeches--Amricans changed what they wore and how they bought their clothes.  Kimberly Alexander from the University of New Hampshire tells us about how Americans began fashioning their own clothing.  In addition to two books on fashion:  Treasures Afoot:  Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era, and Fashioning the New England Family, which grew out of an exhibit at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Professor Alexander and her students have created the Flax Project,  growing flax and producing linen, as a way to experience  the fabric of 18th-century life. 

Our Victorian story arc is coming to a close, but not before we explore one of the most important topics of era: the lives of Black Victorians.  The Victorians prided themselves on what they considered to be very socially progressive views. After the abolition of the slave trade at the end of the Georgian Era, an overwhelming number of Victorians joined the abolitionist movement to end the practice of enslaving humans around the world. Victorians read the autobiographies of formerly enslaved humans, attended abolitionist lectures, and the majority viewed slavery in the United States as vile and abhorrent. But Victorian actions and words often contradicted these efforts. As many Britons condemned American slavery, the British Empire was expanding and forcing its culture upon Black and Brown people worldwide. Minstrel shows perpetuated negative stereotypes of Black people in popular culture, and racist pseudo-science was employed to justify white supremacy. In this episode, we will ponder, discuss, and question:             -  the reality and impact of the Georgian era slave trade and how it influenced subsequent Victorian thoughts on the enslavement of humans           -  the problematic, racist contradictions in mainstream Victorian society          - the idea or who writes history, and examine the lenses commonly used to study the past today        - the importance of the application of critical thought when studying history        - the necessity of intentionally seeking Black voices when examining the past       - the legacy of racism in history texts todayVictorian London was awash in change, but the experiences of Black Victorians were unique and are all too often overlooked today. Join us we we seek to hear underrepresented voices tell the stories of extraordinary humans - humans who suffered and humans who thrived - and consider the many ways that their stories still deeply matter today.  Photos and links can be found in our show notes HEREEpisode artwork: Sarah Forbes Bonetta with her husband, James Davies, photographed by Camille Silvy in September 1862  (©️Hulton Archive /Getty Images)*Do you like what you hear? Please help us find our audience by spreading some good cheer with a 5 star rating and review on Apple Podcasts!Our website:   https://yltpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Follow us on:Twitter @YLT_PodFacebook @Yesterday's London Times PodcastInstagram @Yesterday's London Times PodcastCounterSocial @YLTPodcast

Find Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts: https://linktr.ee/weirddarkness IN THIS EPISODE: A child murdering their parents is, thankfully, rare – but when it happens, it grabs headlines. But some of the reasons that a child gives for murdering his or her own mother can be downright shocking and unbelievable. (They Murdered Their Mothers) *** For decades, firefighters at the Chicago Fire Department noticed an eerie hand print that left a permanent mark on a casement, which could not be washed, scraped or removed, despite several attempts. Legends circulated, and many believed that the handprint had a rather macabre history, belonging to a fellow firefighter. (The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy) *** Just the word “lobotomy” brings images of cruelty, inhumane treatment under the guise of medicine, and a procedure that could more appropriately be labeled as torture. We'll look at a few cases of individuals who had a lobotomy performed on them… and the disturbing results. (The Victims of Lobotomies) *** Ventriloquists don't have a lot of prestige when it comes to the entertainment industry – on many lists they are just one rung higher than a juggler. But they've been throwing their voices at us for centuries. And one man named James Burns was so good at his art, he was tossed into jail for it! (The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2nte76b6 “The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy” by Prince Petropia for Paranorms: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53xwm2wd, and by Adam for Mysterious Chicago: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yxcvw3td“They Murdered Their Mothers” by Jessika M. Thomas for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/kxprwkyk “The Victims of Lobotomies” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3kuhpcxf = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Trademark, Weird Darkness®, 2022. Copyright Weird Darkness©, 2022.

Cheers! Did you know that cocktails as we know them today have their origins in the Victorian Era? It's true! But the Victorian relationship with alcohol  is complicated - it's a lot more than just booze; it is also an examination of class, equality, opportunity, and values.  In this episode, we will explore: what motivated the middle class temperance movement, and the hypocrisy that surrounded it  why many in the working classes began to embrace teetotaling how unsafe living conditions and unfair labour practices pushed other working class men into the comforts of the Victorian pubthe connection of temperance to suffrage why the UK failed to embrace total prohibition the inventions and innovations that transformed the oily rotgut of the Georgian Era into the purified spirits we know todaythe showmanship that began to permeate cocktail culture the rise of the iconic London hotel bars, where one can still enjoy spirits, culture, and ambiance todayWe will also dig more deeply and question:how classism and  societal mores shape the values and overall culture of the Victorian Era * Jen lovingly dedicates this episode to Mary G., with whom many spirits were toasted, countless laughs shared, and infinite memories made - all beginning in London. Rest easy, dear friend - this one's for you ♥️Photos and links can be found in our show notes. Do you like what you hear?  Please help us find our audience by spreading some good cheer with a 5 star rating and review on Apple Podcasts!Our website:  https://yltpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Follow us on:Twitter @YLT_PodFacebook @Yesterday's London Times PodcastInstagram @Yesterday's London Times PodcastCounterSocial @YLTPodcast

Barley Hall - a medieval townhouse owned by the JORVIK Group - is getting a Coffee House! Opening July 23 2022, continue your historic exploration of York with a relaxing hot drink in the new Barley Hall Coffee Shop. More than a café, immerse yourself in the history of our newest venue, once home to Thomas Gent's printing shop and an 18th-Century coffee house. Perfect for refreshment indoors, or al fresco in the aptly-named Coffee Yard. In this episode Miranda and Lucas discuss the history of Coffee Houses, in the Georgian Era they could be known as Penny Universities, a place where men from all walks of life could gather and engage in intelligent conversation. But they could also be known as Temples of Venus where men could engage in... other activities. You'll learn about the introduction of Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate into England... Miranda and Lucas even perform an ode to Tea! What more could you want? Grab your coffee and tune in!Don't forget to leave us a review on your podcast app!For more information, or if you have an idea for a future episode, you can email us at:podcast@yorkat.co.uk

“LITTLE KNOWN SECRETS OF THE CRYSTAL BALL” and more! #WeirdDarknessClick here to find Weird Darkness in your favorite podcast app: https://linktr.ee/weirddarkness IN THIS EPISODE: Scrying is the act of gazing into a reflective or translucent object to open your intuition. This supposedly allows the scryer to gain information they may not have access to normally inside their conscious mind. Often the object used for this is the often seen, but often misunderstood crystal ball. (Little Known Secrets Of The Crystal Ball) *** 
Five hundred years ago, Europe saw its first rhinoceros in more than a thousand years. Well, sort of. In reality, it was an accidental fake. (Dürer's Rhinoceros) *** A physics paper proposes neither you nor the world around you are real. If that's true, then does that mean you're not actually listening to this podcast? (What If I Only Think I'm Real?) *** When it comes to mythical monsters, the dragon seems to have never lost its celebrity. Dragons have always been popular – not just on multi-million-dollar cable channels and blockbuster movies, but in games, posters, artwork, and tales young and old, generation over generation, in just about every culture. (Dragons and Dragon Kings) *** An extra-marital affair in 1812 resulted in a pregnancy, and a murder. And evidence of the term “sins of the father” also comes into play. (A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow) *** From "The Beast" to "The Red Ripper" to "The Candy Man," child murderers might be the most terrifying people to ever walk the Earth. We'll look at a few serial killers who thought nothing of murdering the most innocent of humanity. (Killers of Children)(Dark Archives episode from June 30, 2020)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…ARTICLE: “Self-Simulation Hypothesis...” in the journal Entropy: https://tinyurl.com/ybhulhwx“Killers of Children” by Gabe Poeletti for All That's Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yd4dqgdb“Dürer's Rhinoceros” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://tinyurl.com/y9lytn3a“What If I Only Think I'm Real?” by Paul Ratner for Big Think: https://tinyurl.com/yab3hgx7“Dragons and Dragon Kings” by A. Sutherland for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/y9mjx2tf“A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era: https://tinyurl.com/yahesdpl“Little Known Secrets Of The Crystal Ball” by Brent Sprecher for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/ybnrrd4nSubscribe to the podcast by searching for Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts – or use this RSS feed link: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/episodes/feed.Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission. 

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Have you ever wondered what inspired your favorite classic novelist to write their stories? What was happening in their lives to inspire their famous works? What was happening in the world at the time that they wrote those stories you love? Join Host Bree Carlile while she helps to answer some of the questions you have always had about your favorite classic novelists. For the next few weeks we will talk about the life of Jane Austen. What inspired her to write Emma? What else was happening in the world at the time? Come with us as we release one episode each Tuesday detailing the life and history at the time of your favorite authors. Follow, rate, and review Bite at a Time Books Behind the Books where we go behind the scenes of what inspired your favorite authors to write your favorite classics. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Get exclusive Behind the Scenes content on our https://www.patreon.com/biteatatimebooks?fan_landing=true (Patreon) We are now part of the https://www.biteatatimebooksproductions.com/ (Bite at a Time Books Productions) network! If you would also like to hear a story by the author we are currently featuring, check out the https://www.biteatatimebooks.com/ (Bite at a Time Books) daily podcast where we read one bite (chapter) a day of your favorite classics, wherever you listen to podcasts, right now we are reading Jane Eyre. Follow us on all the socials: https://www.instagram.com/biteatatimebooks/ (Instagram) - https://twitter.com/biteatatimebook (Twitter) - https://www.facebook.com/Bite-at-a-Time-Books-238832904715873/ (Facebook) - https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=biteatatimebooks&t=1637424609123 (TikTok) Follow Bree at: https://www.instagram.com/bree.carlile.narrates/ (Instagram) - https://twitter.com/CarlileBree (Twitter) - https://www.facebook.com/Bree-Carlile-Narrates-102874488838751 (Facebook) Information for today's episode came from Wikipedia, don't judge us, we just want to give you a brief glimpse into the life. Thanks!

We've already established that transgender people have always existed, but gay marriage is new—right? Not so much. This week, we have a brief overview of different kinds of same-sex or gender-nonconforming marriages and other unions in England prior to 1800, with a closer look at some fascinating figures from Jen Manion's brilliant book, Female Husbands.

In this mini episode we will look at the Georgian Bawdyhouse, what happened inside a Bawdyhouse, how they were run and who worked there, as well as the men who used it's services. By doing this we can analyse gender issues in this notoriously hedonistic time period.SourcesThe Bawdyhouse by Emily Brandhttps://georgianera.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/rehab-for-18th-century-prostitutes-magdalen-hospital/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Murray

What you'll learn in this episode: What material culture is, and how we can understand history through its lens Why people tend to save their shoes even if they don't wear them How high heels relate to women's sense of power—or powerlessness Why Colonial-era shoe and breeches buckles are still a popular jewelry material How the Colonial shoe industry can help us understand northern complicity in the slave trade  About Kimberly Alexander Dr. Kimberly Alexander teaches museum studies, material culture, American history and New Hampshire history in the History Department of the University of New Hampshire. She has held curatorial positions at several New England museums, including the MIT Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum and Strawbery Banke. Her most recent book, entitled "Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era" traces the history of early Anglo-American footwear from the 1740s through the 1790s (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018). Dr. Alexander was Andrew Oliver Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Historical Society (2016-2017) and is guest curator of “Fashioning the New England Family,” (October 2018- April 2019) at MHS. Her companion book, "Fashioning the New England Family," was published in 2019. Additional Resources: Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era  https://pwb02mw.press.jhu.edu/title/treasures-afoot  Fashioning the New England Family  https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5368    Photos: Treasures Afoot - book stack with c. 1780s silk satin shoe, made in Boston, MA Silver and paste stone shoe buckles, c. mid-18th century, French or English; in original 3shagreen, silk lined case. Collection of the author. Silver thread embroidery with spangles. Collection of the author. Advertisement for gold lace, 1734 James Davis, shoemaker, near Aldgate, London, c. 1760s, Courtesy Metropolitan Museum, public domain. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/112645 Transcript As an architectural historian with a relatively small shoe collection, Professor Kimberly Alexander didn't anticipate becoming an expert on Georgian shoes. But when she encountered a pair of mid-18th century shoes with a curious label, she quickly realized the potential that shoes have to help us understand history and material culture. She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about the commonalities between shoes and jewelry, why shoes are a powerful way for women to express themselves, and how the historical shoe industry can help us understand the Colonia era in America. Read the episode transcript below.  Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. Today, while we're still talking about jewelry, we're looking at it from a different angle. My guest is Kimberly Alexander, author of “Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era.” Kimberly is a historian and Professor of Material and Museum Culture at the University of New Hampshire. We'll hear all about her own journey as well as some of the history she tells of shoes in early America. Kimberly, welcome to the program. Kimberly: Thank you so much for inviting me, Sharon. I'm very excited to talk to you today about something that's been a fairly consuming interest and passion for quite some time, so thank you.  Sharon: I'm so glad to have you, and it has been. I was just rereading your introduction and acknowledgements. You say you've been doing this for the past eight years, so that's quite a journey. Can you tell us what material culture is and how you got into this study? It's so interesting that you're a professor. Kimberly: I'd be happy to do that. Material culture, in its broadest terms, is any item, artifact, object that is created by human endeavor, by human hands. It covers a broad swath of materials, from the work of indigenous peoples with beads and ceramics to shoemakers, which is where I've spent a tremendous amount of my interest and time, but also those who produce textiles, glass, furniture, paintings. All of those would be examples of a human endeavor to create an object. If you think about the early cave paintings and petroglyphs, that's also part of a creative process which involves a human endeavor to create an object or a story. As we continue to explore these ideas of material culture, what I'm particularly interested in is the ability of material artifacts and objects to tell stories that are wrapped up in these elements of human endeavor. I think stories stay with us in ways that other types of information don't always, because we can relate to it; we can put a hook on it. We can understand something more about someone else's perspective or point of view from the study of material culture. I teach material culture and museum studies and these very much go hand-in-hand throughout public history.  My own journey was an interesting one. I completed my master's and my Ph.D. in art history with a focus in architectural history. Some people who've known me for a long time are curious as to how I got from being an architectural historian to writing a book about Georgian shoes, and it's actually not as surprising as you might think. I worked as a curator at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, where I was curator of architecture and design. From there I went to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, and then to the Strawbery Museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It was at Strawbery that I worked not only with buildings, but also archeological finds and what they would tell us about the buildings themselves and human habitations. I worked with a wide of variety of different types of collections, and I found that it was more of a way that you envision the world around you. For me, if you think of a shoe as needing to support someone in their daily activities for a special event, it's not that much different to think about how a skyscraper works. We need to have a good foundation on which to build. For me, it's been a natural evolution.  The shoe that got me started on this sojourn, if you will, is the one that's on the front cover of my book. It's in the collection at the Strawbery Banke Museum. It is a mid-18th century Georgian shoe that's been quite well worn, seen a lot of damage through time and wear, but inside was pasted a simple paper label and it read, “Rideout and Davis Shoemakers near Aldgate in London.” That made me immediately wonder, “How did this shoe end up in this collection in Portsmouth, New Hampshire? What was its journey?” That's really what sent me on this eight-year—and I'm still working on it even though the book's published, so now I'm up to 10 or 11 years on this topic, but that was the question that I started with. How did people acquire shoes and why were they saved? How was this shoe saved for all this time? I found over the course of my research there's a lot more relevance even to how we organize today's lives. You might keep a pair of shoes that you wore to run a marathon or that you wore to get married or for your first job interview. You may never wear them again, but they're small, they're portable and they are infused with some fiber of you and your experience. That's what makes shoes so exciting.  Sharon: That's really interesting. I'm thinking about the parallels between that and antique jewelry. As I've been culling my own collection, I look and say, “I may never wear that again, but I bought it here and I want to keep it as a keepsake.” I was looking at a piece I bought in Cuba and thought, “I may never wear it again, but it's the only thing I've really bought from Cuba.” Kimberly: Right. Sharon: Why do people keep shoes? They're small, they're portable and they have memories, but why do they love shoes so much?  Kimberly: That is an interesting question. I had the chance to do some work with the Currier Museum in Manchester, New Hampshire, about five or six years ago. They were hosting an exhibition that originated in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. “On Killer Heels” was the name of the exhibition—a fabulous show—but one of the things they did at the Currier was put out notebooks for women to write about their experiences with shoes. One notebook was “What were your best experiences?” or “What shoes do you remember?” and the other one was about shoes and feminism and wearing high heels. I went through them and eventually I hope, with the help of the Currier, to publish an article about it, because it's really quite interesting.  Women who wrote about high heels in many cases wrote about them as being part of how they perceive themselves in power. Some women did see them this way as well as something that was uncomfortable that they were forced to wear at a certain time in their lives. Other women saw them as something that was part of their role as a professional in a male-dominated world. One woman, for example, wrote that she loved her three-inch heels with her business suits because everybody could hear her coming; they knew she was on her way and people scampered to find something to do. She also said, “It put me on this eye level with men in a way that, if I wasn't wearing heels, I wouldn't be.” That was one example that I thought was really interesting. Another example from a woman of roughly the same age talked about the fact that she had foot problems and had to turn in her high heels for flats because they were uncomfortable. This is all paraphrasing, but she said, “The change-over to flats made me feel invisible, like I'd given something up. I was wearing shoes like my mother or grandmother would wear.” I don't know if I really answered your question with these few examples, but I think shoes mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. As we're moving through this Covid year-and-a-half pandemic, I think shoes have taken on an even different role again, as has fashion. People are used to their soft clothes. I was reading something recently on Instagram where somebody said, “Oh, I can't believe I have to go to a meeting in person and put on hard pants.” I think the issue of levels of comfort has changed. They were already changed; I think they changed even more in this pandemic era. But, why do women love shoes? Any number of different reasons, and I've spoken to hundreds of women because I find it a fascinating topic.  By nature, you might not know this, but I'm actually a somewhat shy person; I have a lot of social anxiety. Once I started working on shoes, I found I could always ask a question about shoes, and everybody piles on and I don't need to continue saying much more. I guess everybody has something, and in these notebooks from the Currier, there were these incredibly detailed responses to people responding to their worst experience in shoes. There was one young woman who wrote about going to this college party in her Candies, which were these wooden shoes, terribly uncomfortable, but they were all the rage as I recall. She had hot pink Candies with open toes. She just loved them and she knew she looked like a million bucks, but she ended up with the biggest blisters on her feet. I was an “I didn't care because I knew I looked great” kind of thing. There's a lot of self-image, for some people, wrapped up in something that seems as mundane as shoes.  The pair of shoes that I've kept out of my own collection and that I've carried with me—I grew up in Maryland; I'm now in New Hampshire—is a pair of Nikes from when I was on the cross-country team. I started at a private school, St. James, for my last two years of high school. I couldn't even run the length of a football field. By the end of the semester, I was running five-milers and competing competitively. Those Nikes were symbolic of something really important, and I still have them. They are falling apart, but I still have them. What people decide to collect is also really interesting in terms of what people collect and save and the stories that go with those. Sharon: That's interesting. I'm not sure I have any shoes that I've saved. I've tossed them out and I might have had a sentimental pang, but I don't think I have anything I've saved. I especially did not save from decades ago my three-inch heels, which I can't even imagine. When I see women walking on those now, I'm like, “Oh, my god, how did I ever do that?” The shoes you focus on, you focus on the Colonial Era in America. Why is that, especially because you're talking about shoes that came from London? Kimberly: What it brought up for me, when I first started looking at the labels in women's shoes from London, is that British Americans, in the time before the Revolution, there was a huge consumer culture revolution. You still conceived of yourself as British, so you wanted to be stylish as you would have been back home, not out on the periphery somewhere. So, you have these shoemakers in London who are exporting thousands and thousands of pairs of shoes to the colonies of all different types, from very, very high-end, some of which I show in my book, to examples for those who are not as—pardon the pun—well-heeled. The idea of this reliance on the market also meant there were shoes being made for everyday people and everyday wearers.  In the book, I talk a good bit about the growth of the shoe industry starting particularly in Lynn, Massachusetts, and the switch during the Revolution. There's this pivotal decade from 1760 to the 1770s where Americans start saying, “Look, don't be buying your shoes from Britain. Why are you going to be sending your money to the Crown and to British merchants and shoemakers? Why aren't you supporting your local shoemaker and local businesses and putting money in the coffers of your neighbors?” It becomes a huge political issue, and we even seen Ben Franklin talking about that during the Stamp Act controversy, where he says that Americans are going to hold onto their clothes until they can make themselves new ones. Even something that might seem as straightforward as shoes becomes highly politicized during this time period.  All of this was of tremendous interest to me, but part of the reason I selected this time period and these shoes is that they are handmade—this is all obviously before the advent of machine sewing—and it also gave me a chance to talk about women's voices, women's perspectives that had previously been unheard. We read so much about the founding fathers and a few elite women, but what about the everyday person, the everywoman, everyman? Using shoes was a way I could talk about women who we otherwise would never have heard of. We would just know when they were born and when they died and possibly that they had a child, because that's how the shoes came to us. It was sort of a reverse creating a genealogy or a biography and trying to give women a voice they didn't have, because I had an object I could work with. Sharon: Whatever you said brought to mind the fact that the pictures, the photos in here are just beautiful. I want to say the name of the book again, “Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era” and tell everybody listening that it's a beautiful book and an easy read. It's history, but it's a very easy, interesting read, especially if you have any interest in shoes. We also talked about the fact that with jewelry, taking something like antique shoe buckles and transforming them into bracelets or other pieces of jewelry has become so popular. Why do you think that is? Kimberly: First, I do want to give a plug to my publisher. It's Johns Hopkins University Press, if any of you are interested in the book. There are over a hundred illustrations in the book, most of which have never been seen before, that were taken specifically for this project. I have a huge debt of gratitude to 30 different museum collections around the world, so thank you for bringing up the visual qualities. It was a really exciting opportunity to be able to have that many color illustrations.  Back to your question about shoe buckles, for one thing, you didn't have to have a pair of buckles for every pair of shoes; you could interchange some. Again, it goes back to things that you can save easily. You get a lot of pavé stone buckles more so than gemstones, although very, very rich people—the Victoria & Albert has a pair of shoe buckles, I think they were Russian in origin, that have actual sapphires and diamonds and rubies. I mean, wow. But what most people had would have been pavé stones that would have been set in silver or some other metal. Then they move onto leather.  One of the biggest things that happens is that there were so many buckles because you had shoe buckles for men and women. You also had breeches buckles for men, which would go at their knees for their breeches. You actually have a pretty large number of buckles which can be reused. By looking at the size, you can generally determine whether they were breeches buckles or shoe buckles, but that's often a cataloguing error that you find about what the pieces were. A small breeches buckle, for example, can be wonderfully remade into a pin if you've got the pair. They're very small. I'm sorry. We're doing this over the phone and I'm doing hand gestures— Sharon: No, no. Kimberly: At any rate, they are smaller, so they're very easy to convert into jewelry. They're easy to save. You can pick them up online everywhere from eBay to Etsy. Now, the other thing is that there was a huge Georgian revival of shoes, of course, in the 1910s and 1920s, and you start having shoes that either have attached shoe buckles or occasionally are using shoe buckles again. So, you have a wide expanse of this sort of shoe jewelry, if you will, and it's not just buckles; there were also shoe roses and flowers, things you could attach to your slippers to spiff them up. The idea of reusing these objects, the way people do with silk ribbon flowers, which appear on so many 18th century and early 20th century gowns, makes a tremendous amount of sense. I would say there are certainly as many pieces of jewelry that have been made from buckles as buckles that actually survived. Sharon: I never realized there were breeches buckles. I guess it's all lumped together in a sense. Kimberly: The breeches buckles were smaller, and they would have attached to the knee tabs for men's breeches. A man could have both breeches buckles and shoe buckles, and then occasionally you'll see trends in the 19th and 20th centuries of buckles being used as hat ornaments and things like that. The versatility, I think, is probably what has kept them around. Plus, anytime you're dealing with shoes, you're dealing with the fragility of textiles and that's a big thing. Sharon: I'll have to look more closely next time I look at what I think is a shoe buckle and say, “Oh, it's possible it's a breeches buckle.” It's interesting when you talk about the trends, because in the past few years it's been pearls. You've seen pearls in heels, and I think you have a couple of pairs of shoes where there are lots of rhinestones.  Kimberly: Yeah, if you want to take the idea of jewelry as it connects to footwear, many of the 18th century—well, 17th and 18th century—shoes were embroidered with metallic threads. You actually have real gold spun around a linen thread, which is then woven into the fabric of the shoes. You end up with this amazing amount of gold on your foot. You've got the shine—and again, this is largely elite wearers—but you have brocaded metallic threads in a shoe. Then you've got a shoe buckle. Hose and stockings often will have down the side of the leg what was known as a clock, which might be done in metallic threads. So, you also have precious metals being used as part of the textile process.  Sharon: It's interesting to me that when you describe material culture, it's such a broad subject and you homed in on shoes, and then even more specifically a certain period, the Georgian Era, the Colonial Era. Are you working on something now? What else is on your mind? Kimberly: I have a book coming out this fall based on an exhibition I was very fortunate to curate at the Massachusetts Historical Society which is called “Fashioning the New England Family.” It looks at a wide variety of textiles from the 17th century, from what is known as a buff coat, a lightweight military—well, relatively speaking—coat from the 1630s, up through pieces in the early 20th century based on their collection.  What I'm really interested in is this idea of storytelling, of reading textiles like text. What can you discern? Everything from why they were maintained to how they were made, and it's astonishing the things we've been able to uncover.  As far as shoes go, I've been looking at issues of northern complicity in the shoe trade. Around the time of the Revolution, a number of shoe manufacturers in New England basically blossom from doing several hundred pairs of shoes to doing thousands of pairs of shoes. There's one company in particular that I found during my research—I think I talk about it in the very end of my book—that started shipping thousands and thousands of shoes and I thought, “Well, that's odd in this three-year time.” As it turned out, they were selling—the coded language was “for the southern trade” or “the Indies trade”—but essentially, they were selling shoes to enslaved field workers in the South. The coded language was “coarse, sturdy, cheap,” and so on.  When I started researching where the shoes were shipped, they were being shipped to Baltimore, to Norfolk, to Charleston, in this case from Salem and Boston. There are entire towns in New England that owe their existence and their lucrative businesses to being part of the slave trade. These things are true in the textile mills as well, but I've been focusing on shoes. This is very coded language, and I've been able to locate a few pairs of shoes that were actually made for enslaved workers, and we have letters from enslaved workers who talk about how uncomfortable those northern shoes were. They preferred in some cases to go barefoot; they were that uncomfortable. So, I'm working on that now as well as another publication. Sharon: Wow! I look forward to seeing that. It sounds very interesting, and it really makes you think in terms of how they were supporting abolition and at the same time shipping the shoes down, right? Kimberly: Right. You realize just how much these are no longer separate economies. It's a national economy. They're sending cotton up from the South to the North where it's being processed into clothing and then being sent back down to the South or being sent to customers. It's really complicated and some amazing scholarship is being done in this area. Sharon: As you're talking about the shoes and how you're telling history through shoes, it makes me think about how hard it is to describe to people when you say you really love jewelry. They think you love big diamonds, but there's so much history attached to jewelry, why it was done in a certain metal and at a certain time. There's a whole journey behind it.  Kimberly: Yes, exactly. People assume I have a big shoe collection myself. I don't. I have a few pairs of shoes that I really like, and people give me shoes now. For my classes, I've gotten some really fancy designer shoes that people picked up at yard sales. I use the textiles I have and the shoes I have in my classes so that students can actually hold things, touch things, examine them and learn from them, because you can't walk into a museum and say, “Hey, let me hold onto that 1785 pair of silk pumps.” Sharon: Right. I look forward to seeing your book when it comes out. 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Lindsay and Madison discuss the Georgian fad of Lover's Eye Jewelry, as well as the scandalous intrigue behind such pieces, that you can have your cake and eat it too if you're King, and how many ways you can incorporate eyes into precious items without it being super creepy.Information pulled from the following sources:2020 JSTOR Daily article by Allison C. Meier2019 Artsy article by Alexxa Gotthardt2019 Forbes article by Kyle Roderick2018 Katie Considers blog post2014 National Jeweler article by Michelle Graff2012 Birmingham Museum of Art Exhibition article2012 Incollect article by Graham C. Boettcher1st Dibs The Study blog post by Abigail R. EsmanBritannicaInternational Gem Society article by Douglas S. LeGrand, GG WikipediaCheck out this week's sponsor — Omio — and enjoy 5% off your next booking. Just head to Omio.com and use the code OMIO5 at checkout. Valid until July 31st for new users on all modes of transport!Be sure to listen to and follow our friend Kristina over at the Crimelore podcast.We're the Oracl3 Network Podcast of the Month — check out the other amazing podcasts that are part of the network in this curated Podchaser list.Become a member of our Patreon to view exclusive episode outtakes, as well as other perks like early episode access and more for as little as $1/month. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram and YouTubeInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREESupport Our Show with Tee Public Use our special URL to purchase merch and help support our show at the same time!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/yeoldecrime)

WEIRD DARKNESS RADIO SHOW: WEEKEND OF MAY 28-30, 2021HOUR ONE: In November 1638, Dorothy Talby killed her three-year-old daughter. She admitted so when first arrested. But then she refused to say anything when brought before a judge. But then, what would you expect from a woman, which we all know is more easily persuaded by Satan to sin – and women were much more likely to be seduced by witchcraft. At least, that's what people believed in the 17th century. (The Case of Dorothy Talbye) *** It's understood and agreed to by most that while it is a lot of fun to think about, time travel is simply not possible – and will probably never be seeing as we've never met any time travelers. Or… maybe we have? (True Time-Travel Moments) *** Stories of shapeshifters seem to be told worldwide – and the Celtic nations are no different. We'll look at a few shape-changing creatures from Ireland, Wales and Scotland. (Shape-Shifters Of The Celts) *** How do you convince people you are innocent of a crime committed by someone who looks exactly like you and even shares your name? It's the strange story of William West and… William West. (Will The Real William West Please Step Forward)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Will The Real William West Please Step Forward?” by Dean Jobb for Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5y8wybsa), Martin Chalakoski for The Vintage News (https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/th4ujesh), and Lee Ferran for ABC News (https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/sa66vcwf)“The Case of Dorothy Talbye” by Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yu54cyn8“True Time-Travel Moments” posted at Earth-Chronicles.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/hh8tbwcr “Shape-Shifters Of The Celts” by Zteve T. Evans for FolkloreThursday.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3m53e2h8 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =HOUR TWO: A child murdering their parents is, thankfully, rare – but when it happens, it grabs headlines. But some of the reasons that a child gives for murdering his or her own mother can be downright shocking and unbelievable. (They Murdered Their Mothers) *** For decades, firefighters at the Chicago Fire Department noticed an eerie hand print that left a permanent mark on a casement, which could not be washed, scraped or removed, despite several attempts. Legends circulated, and many believed that the handprint had a rather macabre history, belonging to a fellow firefighter. (The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy) *** Just the word “lobotomy” brings images of cruelty, inhumane treatment under the guise of medicine, and a procedure that could more appropriately be labeled as torture. We'll look at a few cases of individuals who had a lobotomy performed on them… and the disturbing results. (The Victims of Lobotomies) *** Ventriloquists don't have a lot of prestige when it comes to the entertainment industry – on many lists they are just one rung higher than a juggler. But they've been throwing their voices at us for centuries. And one man named James Burns was so good at his art, he was tossed into jail for it! (The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2nte76b6 “The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy” by Prince Petropia for Paranorms: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53xwm2wd, and by Adam for Mysterious Chicago: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yxcvw3td“They Murdered Their Mothers” by Jessika M. Thomas for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/kxprwkyk “The Victims of Lobotomies” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3kuhpcxf = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Amazon links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WANT TO ADVERTISE ON WEIRD DARKNESS?Weird Darkness has partnered with Voxnest to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on the show. Email maria@voxnest.com.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarkness WeirdDarkness™ - is a registered trademark. Copyright ©Weird Darkness 2021.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

This episode is sponsored by Honey. Save money at over 30,000 online stores with this browser extension – and support the show at the same time! Free to download, free to use, and it saves me a bundle of cash every time I use it! Download it to all of your browser extensions so you'll never miss the savings when you are online! http://JoinHoney.com/WeirdDarknessThis episode is sponsored by the Bizarre Times podcast. Hear interviews about some of the freakiest stuff like strange phenomena, odd places, weird rituals, creepy people, terrifying customs, true crime, and more! Get the podcast at http://BizarreTimesPodcast.com. Please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves paranormal stories, true crime, monsters, or unsolved mysteries like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show!IN THIS EPISODE: A child murdering their parents is, thankfully, rare – but when it happens, it grabs headlines. But some of the reasons that a child gives for murdering his or her own mother can be downright shocking and unbelievable. (They Murdered Their Mothers) *** For decades, firefighters at the Chicago Fire Department noticed an eerie hand print that left a permanent mark on a casement, which could not be washed, scraped or removed, despite several attempts. Legends circulated, and many believed that the handprint had a rather macabre history, belonging to a fellow firefighter. (The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy) *** Just the word “lobotomy” brings images of cruelty, inhumane treatment under the guise of medicine, and a procedure that could more appropriately be labeled as torture. We'll look at a few cases of individuals who had a lobotomy performed on them… and the disturbing results. (The Victims of Lobotomies) *** Ventriloquists don't have a lot of prestige when it comes to the entertainment industry – on many lists they are just one rung higher than a juggler. But they've been throwing their voices at us for centuries. And one man named James Burns was so good at his art, he was tossed into jail for it! (The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“The Man Who Could Make Dead Fish Talk” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2nte76b6 “The Ghostly Handprint of Francis Leavy” by Prince Petropia for Paranorms: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53xwm2wd, and by Adam for Mysterious Chicago: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yxcvw3td“They Murdered Their Mothers” by Jessika M. Thomas for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/kxprwkyk “The Victims of Lobotomies” by Jacob Shelton for Ranker: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3kuhpcxf Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music by Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission. 

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If you loved Regency romance novels before 82 million households tuned into Bridgerton's on Netflix, or if you're new to the regency game, then this episode is dedicated to you. Here Jen and Jackie attempt to boil down an iconic era of British history into a single podcast episode. Jackie's gives you a fun history lecture on what precisely the regency period was, and together your favorite hosts discuss where the regency romance got its start (all hail Queen Austen), and some potential issues that can be found in (arguably) one of the most popular romance subgenres out there! Button up your pelisse and throw some glitter in your mob cab; it's time to learn about the regency! If you're interested in visualizing regency fashion, go find @Asta.darling on Instagram (I said it wrong in the episode)! She is an "historically-inspired modiste" who remakes period clothing (and fantasy clothing too), and posts really pretty pictures. Terms: Regency The period during which George IV, prior to his coronation, acted as Prince Regent (1811-1820); there is a larger sense of the the "regency," however, from 1789-1832 Porphyria Disease from which George III was believed to have suffered; this is a disorder affecting the production of hemoglobin (a component of blood cells), and symptoms include abdominal pain, sensitivity to light and nervous system issues. Problems with the nervous system can further affect both muscle control as well and cognition Bipolar Disorder (BPD) "Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression)." Information on bipolar disorder (BPD): The London Season The social season for persons of the peerage, conducted while Parliament was in session (typically late October-June, with breaks for the holidays) The Town London The Marriage Market Young women of a marriageable age, after being presented to the Queen as an introduction to society, were expected to make prosperous marriage matches to help increase their family's wealth and social status. Women would have had some control over who they danced with or agreed to court publicly, but the pool of candidates was limited, and perhaps only a few of the bachelors would have been especially desirable, hence giving it the sense of a market economy. Peerage A legal system comprising of various hereditary titles, and composes of a number of assorted noble ranks in descending order from those set to inherit the throne. The British peerage goes: King/Queen Prince/Princess Duke/Duchess Marquess/Marchioness Earl/Countess Viscount/Viscountess Baron/Baroness Knights of the Realm and the Gentry Peasantry/non-nobles Books mentioned: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean The Naked Nobility series by Sally Mackenzie The Naked Earl (he jumps into her window...naked) The Naked Gentleman (she just wants to know what kissing is all about) Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare Wild Wicked Highlanders series by Suzanne Enoch Some Like It Scot (book 1) Other authors we stan: Amanda Quick Eloisa James Tessa Dare Christina Dodd Courtney Milan Vanessa Riley Kate Pearce Caroline Linden A good list featuring heroines of "lower class" Research Books: Georgette Heyer by Jennifer Kloester Jane Austen's England Roy Adkins Kings and Queens of Great Britain: every question answered by David Soud Research Articles: "The Regency Period" by The Regency Townhouse "When is the Regency Era" by Regencyhistory.net This is also a good resource for all regency-era information! "Regency Period Primer: Jane Austen, Regency Period" by JaneAusten.org 'Historical Context for Pride and Prejudice" by Deborah Aschkenes "What was the truth about the madness of George III" by BBC "King George III, bipolar disorder, porphyria and lessons for historians" by Timothy Peters "How accurate is 'Bridgerton's' tale of sex and scandal in Regency England?" by Meredith Blake Looks at sex and what would have been expected of someone like Daphne Bridgerton "The Regency Romance: How Jane Austen (kinda) Created a New Subgenre"  by Kelly Faircloth Information on Austen's and Heyer's influence on romancelandia "Ape Leaders: Spinsters of the Regency Era" by Maria Grace Information on spinsters and women's statuses "Gentlemen, Gentry, and Regency Era Social Class" by Maria Grace "Black People in the Regency" by Vanessa Riley REALLY GOOD ARTICLE ON POC IN THE REGENCY THAT EVERYONE SHOULD READ RIGHT NOW "Social Class in the Regency Period" by Regina Jeffries "The Gentry" by Mass Historia Also details the other members of the social structure in British history "Jane Austen's World" by Vic Features the 1814 census showing breakdown of social classes "When Was the London Season?" by Rachel Knowles "Blame Jane: Romance Novels 2019-2020" by Betsy O'Donovan   Podcasts Listened to: "What to Read if You Loved Bridgerton" Fated Mates podcast "Time Travel to Regency Britain with Ian Mortimer" Dan Snow's History Hit podcast Important people to know: George III Monarch from 1760-1820 George IV Prince Regent 1811-1820 Monarch 1820-1830 Jane Austen I shouldn't have to explain who Jane Austen is... Georgette Heyer 1902-1974, author, published her first novel in 1921 Became known for starting the Regency romance trend and is still used as a resource by authors today General timeline of the Regency period: 1714-1837 - Georgian Era  All the monarchs are named George, encompasses the regency period 1788 - George III's first "great" bout of "madness" 1789-1799 - French Revolution  Agreed start of the "larger" regency period as growing feeling of Anti-Frenchness and fear of getting your head chopped off by the populace 1803 - Napoleonic Wars begin Furthers the idea of Anti-Frenchness as the UK goes to war with Napoleon and the French Empire 1807 - Absolution of the Slave Trade Act  Does not fully abolish slavery in the British empire 1810 - George III suffers the Second Great Madness 1811 - February 5 Regency Act Passed Authorizes George, Prince of Wales, to act as Prince Regent in George IV's place 1813 - Pride and Prejudice first published 1815 -Napoleon defeated at Waterloo and Napoleonic wars end 1817 - Post-war economic depression causes riots and protests; Jane Austen dies 1820 - George III dies, George Prince of Wales is crowed King George IV 1830 - George IV dies 1832 - Great Reform Act passed 1833 - Slavery Abolition Act abolishes slavery in British empire 1837 -Start of the Victorian era

We’re sharing our top five tips for reading Jane Austen’s novels with you, whether you’re a frequent re-reader or new to her work. Today’s episode is meant to help you get the most out of any Austen novel, but we hope you’ll read Pride and Prejudice with us this month! To celebrate one year of podcasting and the launch of our new Patreon community, we’re enjoying all things Austen for the whole month of March with discussion episodes and a bunch of bonus content (available for our Classics Club members on Patreon). To sign up, go to patreon.com/novelpairings and listen in to hear about our plans for the Classics Club this month.  Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get updates and behind-the-scenes info and connect with us  on Instagram or Twitter.  Use our Libro.fm affiliate code NOVELPAIRINGS to get an audiobook subscription and support independent bookstores. March 9th Episode: Part One (we’ll discuss Chapter 1-34 or Volume I-Volume II, Chapter 11) March 23rd Episode: Part Two (we’ll discuss the rest of the book and share our pairings)   1. Listen to the audiobook Amazon: Rosamund Pike Libro.fm: Kate Redding, Emilia Fox, Elizabeth Klett and Karen Savage   2. Research some Regency customs Sparknotes context Historical context The Georgian Era (and more in our upcoming Patreon class!)   3. Investigate Jane Austen’s writing style Free indirect discourse Austen’s voice Austen Said Irony and Elizabeth Bennett   4. Use Sparknotes, LitCharts, or Schmoop   5. Watch a film adaptation Our favorite: 1995 BBC series on Hulu Most popular: 2005 film on Peacock or Amazon Prime Throwback: 1980 film on Amazon Prime  

If you haven't gotten around making this show #1 on your Netflix queue, you must make haste and add it! In the first half of this podcast we share a spoiler free review of the Georgian Era drama, based on the book series by Julia Quinn and produced by Shonda Rhimes. And if you love this series, stick around for the second half of this podcast where we deep dive into all the gossip surrounding the "Ton" and what we anticipate from the characters and storylines next season. At the time of recording this, Bridgerton had not yet been confirmed as renewed, but we are happy to announce that as of today there is sure to be a second season, and we can't wait! Join me and our special guests for this episode, and if you have theories or predictions for the upcoming seasons, make sure to share them with us on instagram!

This 10-part series is a journey in "Jewellery Through the Ages" beginning in the Georgian era and going all the way up to modern day. In this episode, Matthew and Alyce chat about the Georgian period, placing the jewellery and styles in their cultural and historical contexts while as always providing expert insights into the trade today such as why Georgian period jewellery is so incredibly rare nowadays and why cleaning it should really be left to the professionals. Every week, Matty and Alyce pick their favourite jewellery icons from the period and this week's icons are Georgina Cavendish and Marie Antoinette. Producer: Ross Hannon www.courtville.ie

In this episode we summarise a brief history of the fan. How it was once a fashionable commodity for the wealthy and transformed into a mass produced product. We look into the use of fans as a canvas for propaganda and will debunk the language of the fans.By examining objects like this we can learn about female culture in the past, how they were viewed as consumers and changing fashion trends. Sourceshttps://owlcation.com/humanities/Fanology-The-Secret-Language-of-Hand-Fanshhttps://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/fan-historyttps://owlcation.com/humanities/Fanology-The-Secret-Language-of-Hand-FansInstagram @themuseumoffemininity

Please share a link to this episode in all of your social media to help enlarge our Weirdo family! And please recommend Weird Darkness to your friends, family, and co-workers who love the paranormal, horror stories, or true crime! Thank you!IN THIS EPISODE: Scrying is the act of gazing into a reflective or translucent object to open your intuition. This supposedly allows the scryer to gain information they may not have access to normally inside their conscious mind. Often the object used for this is the often seen, but often misunderstood crystal ball. (Little Known Secrets Of The Crystal Ball) *** 
Five hundred years ago, Europe saw its first rhinoceros in more than a thousand years. Well, sort of. In reality, it was an accidental fake. (Dürer's Rhinoceros) *** A physics paper proposes neither you nor the world around you are real. If that’s true, then does that mean you’re not actually listening to this podcast? (What If I Only Think I’m Real?) *** When it comes to mythical monsters, the dragon seems to have never lost its celebrity. Dragons have always been popular – not just on multi-million-dollar cable channels and blockbuster movies, but in games, posters, artwork, and tales young and old, generation over generation, in just about every culture. (Dragons and Dragon Kings) *** An extra-marital affair in 1812 resulted in a pregnancy, and a murder. And evidence of the term “sins of the father” also comes into play. (A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow) *** From "The Beast" to "The Red Ripper" to "The Candy Man," child murderers might be the most terrifying people to ever walk the Earth. We’ll look at a few serial killers who thought nothing of murdering the most innocent of humanity. (Killers of Children)TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE…Find a full or partial transcript at the bottom of this blog post. https://weirddarkness.com/archives/6787MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE…ARTICLE: “Self-Simulation Hypothesis...” in the journal Entropy: https://tinyurl.com/ybhulhwx SUPPORT THE PODCAST…Become a patron: https://WeirdDarkness.com/WEIRDOVisit the Weird Darkness store: https://WeirdDarkness.com/STOREFind my social media, email and contact info: https://WeirdDarkness.com/CONTACTSTORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…(Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.)“Killers of Children” by Gabe Poeletti for All That’s Interesting: https://tinyurl.com/yd4dqgdb “Dürer's Rhinoceros” by Kaushik Patowary for Amusing Planet: https://tinyurl.com/y9lytn3a “What If I Only Think I’m Real?” by Paul Ratner for Big Think: https://tinyurl.com/yab3hgx7 “Dragons and Dragon Kings” by A. Sutherland for Ancient Pages: https://tinyurl.com/y9mjx2tf “A Most Horrible Murder in Hankelow” by Sarah Murden for Georgian Era: https://tinyurl.com/yahesdpl “Little Known Secrets Of The Crystal Ball” by Brent Sprecher for Ranker: https://tinyurl.com/ybnrrd4n Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music, varying by episode, provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license; Shadows Symphony (http://bit.ly/2W6N1xJ), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://www.youtube.com/user/myuuji) used with permission. 

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In this episode of Romancing Our Stones, Alex and Matt Rate and Review what is considered one of the greatest romance stories of all time... Pride & Prejudice.  This movie, for whatever reason, women love due to its take on womanhood in the Georgian Era; men could consider this as an episode of Wives and Girlfriends (WAGS) in a post industrial UK. Let us know your stones rating on twitter @ROStonesGuys or on instagram @ROStonesGuys

Elizabeth is joined by food historian Jane Levi to chat about 18th century fortified wine drinking. You'll hear about the excesses of the Georgian Era and find out what George Washington's favorite tipple was. Midway through Elizabeth references a TV show she couldn't remember the name of. It's Lords and Ladles and it's on Amazon.

“Fashion is universal,” writes my guest Kimberly Alexander in her book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018), “enabling historians across time, place, and culture to form an understanding of the people who made clothes and who wore them. But shoes are different. As shoe scholar June Swann opines, ‘No other garment or accessory maintains the imprint of its wearer–even over long spans of time.’ A shoe molds to the foot and captures a facet of the physical characteristics of its wearer, as well as, by extension, an element of his or her personal history. We can study how much wear occurred and on what part of the shoe, how a shoe was altered or repaired, why a shoe or a pair of shoes were saved and handed down–and, from this, form a idea of the ordinary lives of the people who wore them.” Together Kimberly and I discuss her new book; why shoes are important; why fashion is important; and even how to talk about material culture in class. Al Zambone is a historian and the host of the podcast Historically Thinking. You can subscribe to Historically Thinking on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Fashion is universal,” writes my guest Kimberly Alexander in her book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018), “enabling historians across time, place, and culture to form an understanding of the people who made clothes and who wore them. But shoes are different. As shoe scholar June Swann opines, ‘No other garment or accessory maintains the imprint of its wearer–even over long spans of time.’ A shoe molds to the foot and captures a facet of the physical characteristics of its wearer, as well as, by extension, an element of his or her personal history. We can study how much wear occurred and on what part of the shoe, how a shoe was altered or repaired, why a shoe or a pair of shoes were saved and handed down–and, from this, form a idea of the ordinary lives of the people who wore them.” Together Kimberly and I discuss her new book; why shoes are important; why fashion is important; and even how to talk about material culture in class. Al Zambone is a historian and the host of the podcast Historically Thinking. You can subscribe to Historically Thinking on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Fashion is universal,” writes my guest Kimberly Alexander in her book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018), “enabling historians across time, place, and culture to form an understanding of the people who made clothes and who wore them. But shoes are different. As shoe scholar June Swann opines, ‘No other garment or accessory maintains the imprint of its wearer–even over long spans of time.’ A shoe molds to the foot and captures a facet of the physical characteristics of its wearer, as well as, by extension, an element of his or her personal history. We can study how much wear occurred and on what part of the shoe, how a shoe was altered or repaired, why a shoe or a pair of shoes were saved and handed down–and, from this, form a idea of the ordinary lives of the people who wore them.” Together Kimberly and I discuss her new book; why shoes are important; why fashion is important; and even how to talk about material culture in class. Al Zambone is a historian and the host of the podcast Historically Thinking. You can subscribe to Historically Thinking on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Fashion is universal,” writes my guest Kimberly Alexander in her book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018), “enabling historians across time, place, and culture to form an understanding of the people who made clothes and who wore them. But shoes are different. As shoe scholar June Swann opines, ‘No other garment or accessory maintains the imprint of its wearer–even over long spans of time.’ A shoe molds to the foot and captures a facet of the physical characteristics of its wearer, as well as, by extension, an element of his or her personal history. We can study how much wear occurred and on what part of the shoe, how a shoe was altered or repaired, why a shoe or a pair of shoes were saved and handed down–and, from this, form a idea of the ordinary lives of the people who wore them.” Together Kimberly and I discuss her new book; why shoes are important; why fashion is important; and even how to talk about material culture in class. Al Zambone is a historian and the host of the podcast Historically Thinking. You can subscribe to Historically Thinking on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Fashion is universal,” writes my guest Kimberly Alexander in her book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018), “enabling historians across time, place, and culture to form an understanding of the people who made clothes and who wore them. But shoes are different. As shoe scholar June Swann opines, ‘No other garment or accessory maintains the imprint of its wearer–even over long spans of time.’ A shoe molds to the foot and captures a facet of the physical characteristics of its wearer, as well as, by extension, an element of his or her personal history. We can study how much wear occurred and on what part of the shoe, how a shoe was altered or repaired, why a shoe or a pair of shoes were saved and handed down–and, from this, form a idea of the ordinary lives of the people who wore them.” Together Kimberly and I discuss her new book; why shoes are important; why fashion is important; and even how to talk about material culture in class. Al Zambone is a historian and the host of the podcast Historically Thinking. You can subscribe to Historically Thinking on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Fashion is universal,” writes my guest Kimberly Alexander in her book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018), “enabling historians across time, place, and culture to form an understanding of the people who made clothes and who wore them. But shoes are different. As shoe scholar June Swann opines, ‘No other garment or accessory maintains the imprint of its wearer–even over long spans of time.’ A shoe molds to the foot and captures a facet of the physical characteristics of its wearer, as well as, by extension, an element of his or her personal history. We can study how much wear occurred and on what part of the shoe, how a shoe was altered or repaired, why a shoe or a pair of shoes were saved and handed down–and, from this, form a idea of the ordinary lives of the people who wore them.” Together Kimberly and I discuss her new book; why shoes are important; why fashion is important; and even how to talk about material culture in class. Al Zambone is a historian and the host of the podcast Historically Thinking. You can subscribe to Historically Thinking on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Fashion is universal,” writes my guest Kimberly Alexander in her book Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018), “enabling historians across time, place, and culture to form an understanding of the people who made clothes and who wore them. But shoes are different. As shoe scholar June Swann opines, ‘No other garment or accessory maintains the imprint of its wearer–even over long spans of time.’ A shoe molds to the foot and captures a facet of the physical characteristics of its wearer, as well as, by extension, an element of his or her personal history. We can study how much wear occurred and on what part of the shoe, how a shoe was altered or repaired, why a shoe or a pair of shoes were saved and handed down–and, from this, form a idea of the ordinary lives of the people who wore them.” Together Kimberly and I discuss her new book; why shoes are important; why fashion is important; and even how to talk about material culture in class. Al Zambone is a historian and the host of the podcast Historically Thinking. You can subscribe to Historically Thinking on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a saying that tells us we should walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. It’s a reminder we should practice empathy and try to understand people before we cast judgement. As it happens, this expression is right on the mark because it seems when we use shoes as historical objects, we can learn a LOT about people and their everyday lives and actions. Kimberly Alexander, museum specialist, lecturer at the University of New Hampshire, and author of Treasures Afoot: Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era, joins us to help us better understand shoes and what they can tell us about the everyday lives of early Americans. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/244 Sponsor Links Omohundro Institute The Ben Franklin's World Shop Complementary Episodes Episode 024: Kimberly Alexander: Eighteenth-Century Fashion & Material Culture Episode 084: Zara Anishanslin, How Historians Read Historical Sources Episode 153: Committees and Congresses: Governments of the American Revolution Episode 160: The Politics of Tea Episode 201: Catherine E. Kelly, Art, Politics, and Everyday Life in Early America Episode 209: Considering Biography Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin’s World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter *Books purchased through the links on this post will help support the production of Ben Franklin's World.

Despite being one of the longest-reigning British monarchs as well as wildly popular among his own people, King George III gets a bad rap as the “mad king who lost America.” In truth the story of George’s life is touching and sad. After dealing with not one but two world wars that occurred on his watch, as well as two world-shaking revolutions in America and France, George was ultimately felled by a mysterious illness that affected his body as well as his mind. Signs of his recurring malady appeared as early as 1765, but in 1810, the beginning of the second decade, the King was finally unable to discharge his royal duties. Supplanted by his son (the future King George IV) as regent, George’s illness ended an entire era of British history, the Georgian Era, and began another, the Regency. But this is more than a story of politics and power. It’s a story of a family, struggling to deal with the far-reaching effects of a difficult and ultimately tragic illness whose nature and origin is still debated more than 200 years later. Historian Sean Munger shines a light on the personal and family stories of King George and the British royals during the 1810s, including eyewitness accounts of the King’s condition and his often curious behavior. In this episode you’ll be thrust into the midst of several acrimonious royal family disputes, you’ll learn to fear the King’s doctors and their straitjackets, and you’ll find out why a blue-stained chamber pot is such a contentious historical artifact. At the end of it you may even have a bit of sympathy for old George and his long-suffering family. Far from being “the mad king,” George III emerges as a historical personality who must be judged on his own terms. For additional materials about this episode, visit the website! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Institute of Commonwealth Studies What's Happening in Black British History? IV Session Three: Local Black British Histories Chair: Cleo Lake Hidden Presence: Comparative study of visualising the presence of Black people living in Georgian ...

Institute of Commonwealth Studies What's Happening in Black British History? IV Session Three: Local Black British Histories Chair: Cleo Lake Hidden Presence: Comparative study of visualising the presence of Black people living in Georgian ...

Institute of Historical Research Charity in the Georgian Era: Lessons for Today? Dr Andrew Rudd (University of Exeter) This paper offers a cultural history of charity from the beginning of the Georgian era in 1714 to the implementation of th...