Let's Talk About WEIRD Victorian Deaths (happy holidays?)

[@sarahbertot1702]

When I die, bury me with another person. Doesn't matter who. I just want the tombstone to say "And they were tombmates"

[@reaganalice6207]

**wheeze**

[@RileyA.]

LOL

[@alastorbutwithagun]

we could be buried together 🥺👉👈 jkjkjk ☺️ unless? 😳😉

[@sarahbertot1702]

@@alastorbutwithagun 😳👉👈 unless?

[@themagicalmess4742]

@@alastorbutwithagun 0 w 0

[@valerianaranjocruz25]

"I feel butterflies flying in my stomach"= weak "I feel *lizards* crawling and hissing in my stomach"= METAL AS HELL

[@rachelmaksy]

😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@AdelaideBeemanWhite]

I have a parrot who is generally detested by everyone but myself, and I can definitely see him accidentally killing me.

[@kathy6803]

I have parrot like that, but he would kill me on purpose. And not care.

[@janethanna9023]

@@kathy6803 😆🤣😂🦜🦜🦜

[@jjaystar94]

Relatable.

[@jessimckenna2904]

I've had serious discussions with friends about how long my parrot could survive if I died and no one found me. He knows where food is, how to get water, and he'd probably eat the cats if he ran out of other food.

[@AmandaDixson]

"Accidentally".

[@belagrolaub8746]

These sounds like so badly disguised murders lol "The parrot did it" "She had... lizards in her stomach! No need to look for poison!" "Yes officer... I accidentally stabbed him with my needle I keep with me-" *dramatic sob*

[@mrgtfrench]

Especially since, at this time, women used hat pins to ward off undesired embraces.

[@SynnJynn]

Hat pins were something many woman wore during that period and woman used them against attackers, even Teddy Roosevelt praised women who used them to defend themselves..

[@heatheralfano1871]

Agreed, I think it was what was called “yellow journalism” (also have a feeling the origins of that phrase are mad problematic and apologies in advance if that is true)

[@Ali-cn1du]

How did the lizards... breathe?

[@belagrolaub8746]

@@Ali-cn1du this is how they get convicted lol

[@historiansrevolt4333]

"I wish people had how they died on their tombstones." [Swoons in archaeologist]

[@Haiylin]

Fun fact: there is a cemetery in Romania named the "Happy Cemetery" where each tombstone is colourfully decorated and has a short poem about how each person died.

[@Vic-dd2ri]

@@Haiylin Yes, my teacher told me about it :D

[@TheGabygael]

my favourite roman epitaph is the one of the guy who basically wrote "you can but a tube into my grave feed me through it but it'll be useless: I'm dead"

[@vicvic8679]

Cries is anthropologist who would have no work

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahaha YES

[@msmity63]

Bro I can’t stop looking at that seal plushy with a fedora in the background.

[@RoseDragon529]

I legit didn't notice it until I read this and looked for it. Thanks for pointing it out!

[@ember1901]

I think it's a manatee not a seal with a fedora

[@KurikoKazumi]

I thought it was a human corpse... for some reason

[@silvarainbowsparkle]

Isn't that a seacow?

[@msmity63]

How did everyone who watched this video not only notice the plushy, but alSO THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE EVERYTIME???

[@riceballnyan]

“He was a gas fiend, a feathered victim of the gas habit”

[@katiecrouch1102]

I live in dc next to a bunch of Victorian houses and sometimes I wonder if this happened next door to me

[@clueless_cutie]

*The* gas habit. As in a known habitual act that the reader is already familiar with. So people were intentionally huffing gas fumes in their homes.

[@celiathirimanna5118]

deadpool be like

[@chiefpurrfect8389]

I fcking hollered at how hard they went on roasting this bird

[@neuswoesje590]

@@chiefpurrfect8389 I wanna know what happened to him lol

[@panqueque445]

Obituaries today: "Bob Smith, 74, died today. He is survived by his wife and 3 children." Obituaries back then: "It was a dark and stormy night..."

[@rachelmaksy]

RIGHT? So much drama and storytelling

[@Naharu.]

When l die, l hope someone makes a super dramatic obituary about it otherwise l *_will_* haunt the living till the end of time.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

But! They had deaths worthy of florid writing.

[@NWolfsson]

Especially that parrot one. Damn this writer had thing to say!

[@EmArTea]

Theory: Thomas Dougherty’s killer was not his sweetheart, he was harassing her and she stabbed him with a needle or hairpin she had handy but their families made up the hug story to save face 🤔

[@barchenbox5393]

Totally. My first thought was she must've stabbed him. Either he forced her or her father forced her to marry him and she had to get herself out of a sticky situation. Men live longer since divorce is a thing.

[@shockingheaven]

I believe that too

[@StellaWaldvogel]

Yep. www.history.com/news/how-women-defended-themselves-against-street-gropers-100-years-ago

[@kkeegan32]

Yes. Very suspect.

[@reaganalice6207]

Dang, I'm impressed. Never even considered that. Actually seems very likely.

[@madelineblackwell3126]

Rachel: “Let’s keep things light and merry” Also Rachel (shortly after): “He died after a little time...in horrible agony”

[@rachelmaksy]

✨✨✨✨✨✨💃💃💃💃💃

[@jwinkies3011]

Rachel: "Don't eat any lizards" Captions: "Don't eat any wizards" 😂😂 ..... to be fair, good advice either way

[@slytheringingerwitch]

Depends on the wizard....I mean or the context too? Or is that just my warped mind?

[@rachelmaksy]

I decided to keep that one in there 😂

[@marsp5636]

Awesome advice

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

I genuinely thought Rachel said wizards at first, like, the little girl had tiny wizards in her stomach. Wtf? xD

[@deannastevens1217]

What about Goanna....? It's on the List in Crocodile Dundee II.

[@danicahannaford737]

"an evil-dispositioned bird who was cordially detested by everyone except his mistress he would follow her room to room and was never happy except in her presence, he was generally regarded as a devil" i know parrots can live a long time but i didn't realize my sweet Seymour was alive in the eighteen hundreds...

[@helenamirian908]

They do be living a long time

[@cashkitty3472]

Did he still snort gas or did he kick the habit

[@zakosist]

Just typical parrot behavior from what I heard

[@TheLonnieMiller]

alternate title: rachel does her toilette for 22 minutes ("toilette" used to basically mean doing your hair and makeup)

[@novasinger1624]

and to get dressed more the dress.

[@jenel4282]

I was surprised she didn’t know that, but cracked up about what she thought it was!! 😂❤️

[@healinggrounds19]

I watch Bailey Sariun do this weekly.

[@catherinemalcolm8125]

Toiletries - wash things - ablutions!?

[@bonelace111]

@@catherinemalcolm8125 Nowadays yes, but it used to just be grooming/dressing yourself. Huh, I guess then the modern usage of toilet probably comes from somebody euphemistically saying "she's just, y'know, doing her hair and stuff in that little side room"

[@poisonmantis4191]

best way to die: mid sewing project so people are like "oh how talented, how dedicated" and you dont have to reveal that the finished product was a large banana costume for your dog

[@caroline7420]

Ooohh mesa like

[@mothersuperior6751]

And they certainly do not need to know the project has been incomplete for four years.

[@SugiyamaHiromin]

@@mothersuperior6751 Why you gotta call me out like this.

[@Axiniana]

this sounded suspiciously specific, ma'am, are you all right?

[@mothersuperior6751]

@@SugiyamaHiromin No. I wasn’t. So sorry. I said it because, if I pass. There is a whole box of un finished stuff. Some of it is years old. I was just adding to the narrative,not accusing. So sorry that I offended you.

[@hollymaezers]

a feathered victim. of the gas habit. thank u for this gift, rachel. this will truly stick with me forever in the best possible way.

[@isda3314]

I love your vids

[@silkebeers]

Gas monster

[@helenamirian908]

A maniac for the miasma! A fog fiend! Villian of vapors!

[@nicolediangleo2694]

"I want to talk about death" Sweet "Victorian death" You officially have my attention, Ma'am

[@pocketluna3607]

Genderbent Nico di Angelo? Or just a coincidence.

[@nicolediangleo2694]

@@pocketluna3607 no coincidence, just a user name from 2016 and my pjo phase lol

[@rachelmaksy]

😂❤️❤️❤️

[@totallyfictional3778]

You had my curiosity but now you have my attention

[@Mari-eo3yi]

@@nicolediangleo2694 run from those demigods

[@WitchRacer]

Glad to see that looking at literal poison and going "forbidden snack" is a behaviour as old as time.

[@rachelmaksy]

Apparently 😂😂😂

[@tintin5013]

The tide pod debacle was really just a reincarnation if our inner victorian lady who ate poison many years ago

[@NatBash]

I think we can all agree that the "sweetheart" of the guy who died from the needle stab wound DEFINITELY murdered him and got away with it

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

She said no. He didn't listen.

[@Rachel-fi4sc]

Is it murder if it was self-defense?

[@edenrosenberg9141]

Women used hat pins for self defense a lot back then but they probably couldn’t tell anyone because back then rape was usually just supposed to be accepted so it was actually a decent law on my opinion, it allowed women to keep themselves safe from rapists, molesters, murderers, etc.

[@atree9284]

@@edenrosenberg9141 marital rape was accepted. Normal rape was still a crime. Still, it would have “ruined” her prospects for a good marriage, and he would have gotten a few years’ prison, and then nothing more.

[@astroboystan]

Lol tbh I can see someone doing that, just like pulling the other person towards them and stabbing themselves through immediately so it was too late; but the position of the needle didn't really make sense so it was probably just self defense lol.

[@Hildegardvonblingin]

This is a memento mori in KZbin form, but I'm not mad about it.

[@thewonderlander1372]

Omg it’s you! I love your medieval song covers!

[@princehyacinthus]

UnusAnnus

[@victorianbarbie]

Yall should do a medieval cover of the Dance of Italy 😂

[@veronicapence171]

You Stoic, you!

[@crocsanddocs]

@@victorianbarbie that is genius

[@kitdubhran2968]

“Her toilet completed” means she’s done getting ready. Like she’s done putting in her makeup and her perfume, and any powder and day creams and such like. A ladies toilet comes from the French toilette, which at the time was all of the stuff she did in the morning, in front of her mirror and such-like before getting dressed. I think the toilette was the room, the vanity she sat in front of, and the time of the day during which she got ready before she finished actually putting all her clothes on. I have no idea when toilette changed to toilet. But there you are.

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

Possibly because we now complete our toilette in the toilet😉

[@llamaslemonade9133]

I’m guessing it started as a euphemism like how we say “bathroom” today to avoid saying toilet because it’s more polite

[@AmandaDixson]

And toilettries are the items you use in the room, in front of the mirror.

[@fran-yt4ok]

i didn't know that before, when I saw people saying that in books but no toilet was nearby I was so confused

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

@@llamaslemonade9133 In the UK & Australia they say Loo. Which is derived from the French phrase 'guardez l'eau', which means 'watch out for the water'. People would say this phrase as they chucked the contents. Of their chamber pots out into the streets. To warn passers by to look out for the contents of their chamber pots. In the days before public sewers were created. Gotta love the time back in the day when hygiene (Hi Jean)* was considered to be greeting. 😝 *Sorry about the bad pun I just couldn't resist it.

[@Ivy99999]

15:50 Translation: She was mending a tear a rabid dog left in her apron and when she finished she cut the thread with her teeth instead of scissors, so she got rabies from the residual saliva left of the tread from the tainted fabric.

[@advena996]

Yeah, that was one of the only accounts which actually made sense.

[@helenamirian908]

Just because you see it in print doesn't mean it's true, kids!

[@princessketamine0]

Merry Christmas! Here's how women 200 years ago died ❤

[@SparkleFeyed]

It's how the Victorian era would've wanted it 😂

[@Nikki-tx6kh]

Merry Fikmas and happy New NF season to you too. I'm not a Christmas person, but I do love the Albanians😜

[@Stettafire]

Victorian period ended in 1901. So, closer to 100 years ago

[@rachelmaksy]

😂😂😂 TIS THE SEASON

[@SparkleFeyed]

@@Stettafire I feel like 2020 counts for more... like dog years XD

[@District9Prawn]

Victorian Man: *Opens mouth* Random mouse: "It's free real estate"

[@caroline7420]

Thanks for the laugh 🤣😂

[@lailinshale]

HAAA

[@rachelmaksy]

😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@marsp5636]

This is the best thing I've seen all day

[@Palitato]

Most of these definitely sound like badly covered up murders... especially the needle one, and the strychnine poisoning. "oh, yes, I swear, she came up the stairs and said she'd taken it for fun, and then she died!" Like really??? C'mon.

[@pissapocalypse]

People were dummy dumb back then lol

[@atree9284]

The comment above this one says “girl who took poison was just trying to get high” so i mean....

[@NWolfsson]

"I swear, officer! I had this here threading needle in me bosoms for I wouldn't dare leave it in the workshop, and the poor man stabbed himself in the heart while embracing me!" That... would be REALLY unfortunate if it is really how that happened :'')

[@canucknancy4257]

"Let's have some poison...Just for fun" Is that the tide pods of the Victorian era? Thanks for another fun one, Ms. Rachel. Take care.

[@rachelmaksy]

😂😂❤️❤️❤️

[@lindseyariegel7703]

til some kids are just dumb no matter the era. natural selection has always been around.

[@adbreon]

I’m fairly certain that pointing out that she was “pretty” was code for dumb as a box of rocks. Like- Oh sweetie, it’s a good thing you are pretty.

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

Strychnine in very small doses results in a Timothy Leary level high. People have known this for a long time, so, she was dumb, but not completely nuts.

[@gracesweatman2632]

In Victorian times "toilet" meant getting dressed, a thing I learnt when reading Anne of Green Gables. I am really curious how the lizards didn't get digested though? Stomach acids are STRONG. Edit: I wrote this comment half way through the video but now that I've finished it I have to add, that hairstyle is so cute!

[@caroline7420]

I remember being so weirded out the first time I read something like that...😂

[@corvusenca]

If your stomach acid can digest a dead animal it'll digest a live one. Also, not really much in the way of air in there; they'd smother. I'm with the health officials. The lizard hypothesis doesn't check out. Though why someone would try to pass it off as truth back then is also interesting to think about.

[@daniellesantalucia7841]

That was my first thought. How do lizards and lizard eggs survive in a living stomach without being digested?

[@susanbender2953]

And to add, when I was a child I was told it pronounced "twa let" (even though it was spelled toilet), when referring to washing up, doing hair and makeup, and getting dressed.

[@susanforbes8251]

@@susanbender2953 perhaps they were channeling “toilette” , sounds better in French!

[@Victoria-cm7yh]

I imagine the death-by-parrot reporter was carrying some serious parrot-related emotional baggage, and at last found an outlet for the deep-seated bitterness against all psittaciformes that was festering in his soul.

[@thedolphinqueen6474]

Nice vocabulary!

[@paperyakuk]

Re: not biting thread. Archaeologists can tell if a person did sewing regularly because of a dent in their front tooth where they’ve been cutting thread with their teeth! If you sew a lot, you’ve probably got one! I know I do!

[@SabbathaBastet]

I love interesting little facts like this. Thanks for sharing!

[@natasha-ut7si]

I actually never bite thread even though I do sew frequently so I probably don't have a dent in my tooth... however, this is a really cool fact!

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

Oh no. I had better go check..

[@leewitte4580]

It is actually called a "tailor's notch" and was usually caused by holding a needle between the teeth!

[@paperyakuk]

@@leewitte4580 I didn’t know it had a special name! How cool!

[@astrofenn7506]

The parrot one was written wonderfully " the little murderer" How about olde reports on animals doing daft/funny things? (if there are enough for a video)

[@rachelmaksy]

Right? It was so dramatic 😂😂😂

[@sannik2634]

That's the one story that I don't doubt one bit. Like. Parrots really just are like that.

[@gabeangel8104]

Girl who took poison just for fun was totally trying to get high

[@notquiteedible]

This reminds me of the “things women in literature have died from” parody article, including hits like “Someone said ‘No’ very loudly while they were in the room” or “Haven’t seen the sea in a long time”

[@beezlebubrulerofhell3118]

This reminds me of Lucy from Dracula 😂

[@sianthesheep]

"Sorry I can't come, I am dying of lizards in the stomach" is gonna be my excuse to get out of social engagements from now on

[@rachelmaksy]

Absolutely Same

[@topmodelbaby100]

Biologi nerd here: there is absolutely no way any lizards that's adapted to live in spring water would survive human stomach acid. So either it's a tall tale or the where dealing with some supernatural or exstraterential shit.

[@nunyabusiness6450]

The beginning of the lizard people, they needed a host in their fragile forms

[@topmodelbaby100]

@@nunyabusiness6450 if they are to fragile for our atmosphere, the stomach acid is very likely to mess them up 😆

[@nunyabusiness6450]

@@topmodelbaby100 away with your science !!

[@topmodelbaby100]

@@nunyabusiness6450 never!! SCIENCE! 👩🏼‍🔬⚗🧪🧫🧬🔬

[@rachelhansen2417]

I wondered. The other confusing one was the somersaulting guy.

[@SD-wm4ge]

"Something we all do...die" Ask A Mortician has been summoned!

[@healinggrounds19]

Now that's a collaboration that NEEDS to happen.

[@ariahazelwood3842]

a fellow deathling has been summoned 🤠🤠

[@wmdkitty]

Fellow deathlings!

[@mirjanbouma]

I heard the call of my people!

[@elizabetha3936]

This tickled me more than the murder parrot.

[@manicmuffin]

omfg that gas-huffing parrot killed me 😂 when they reported that after killing his owner and nearly himself, parrot tried to remove the gas cap AGAIN 😂😭

[@odile8701]

Addiction is no joke, man!

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

That parrot's a mood if you've ever been suicidal.

[@neuswoesje590]

@@sidiwvwhi he needed rehab

[@rachelmaksy]

My favorite one for sure 😂😂🙈🙈🙈

[@TigerLilyTime]

Sad Victorian death from my city: when they were building the town hall, they were hauling up a block of stone and it came loose falling on a little boy who was walking with his dad. Now, those massive blocks were expensive- although they couldn't have it on the outside of the building anymore, so behind a tapestry in the hallway that block is there, still stained with the boy's blood. I always wonder if the people that get married there know the story.

[@SonniDez]

Oof.

[@gatha2476]

That's scary

[@sel_ine]

Where do you live?

[@aviomons]

There are 3 types of people. “Oof” “That’s scary” *”where do you live?”*

[@greyscale3848]

@@aviomons there are four types of people in this world: 1.oof 2.thats scary 3.*where do you live* 4. There are three types of people in this world 1.oof 2.thats scary 3.*where do you live*

[@rhysandmiles]

We all agree that our large-needled seamstress totally murdered that guy, right?

[@jartisteobscure3992]

A woman's perceived modesty was held in high esteem and could severely compromise her future if ever questioned...Maksey made an excellent point regarding the force with which it would have had to be pushed forth in order to penetrate his skin...If I remember correctly, what you stated was a common occurrence, so much so that large hat pins were eventually outlawed in England...so yes I agree!

[@mikakestudios5891]

@@jartisteobscure3992 if memory serves, the hatpins were targeted by legislation because it was so common to be "hassled" by men on public transport that it was the perfect self defense weapon.

[@maggpiprime954]

"He just wouldn't stop aggressively embracing me-- I simply didn't expect the last one to be so vehement. It (the needle) was supposed to be a deterrent, not an ultimate solution." "So he was the instrument of his own death?" "Well, more the driving force, really." "He certainly stitched himself up." "Sir, are you making snippy remarks about his death?" "Merely a pointed observation, Miss." "Sew I see..."

[@jartisteobscure3992]

@@mikakestudios5891 yes exactly!

[@jartisteobscure3992]

@@maggpiprime954 👌😂😎

[@GloriousClio]

"completed her toilette" just means she brushed her teeth, washed her face and hands, combed her hair, etc. this is an amazing vid, j'adore

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahaha I figured!

[@leaarinwarkentine]

Thank you! I was looking for this before explaining it myself haha

[@Mythicalicalypso]

Toilet used to mean the application of makeup, perfume and/or jewelry. I hit the same stumbling block when I was reading a book on mythology and found something to the nature of, "being the goddess of beauty, she was, of course, very fond of the toilet"

[@englishash1812]

No hate, but in this context it’s spelt toilette (pronounced twa-let), the french word for getting ready/dressed No hate, I just thought you should know

[@FredandGeorge]

It could also mean just washing or freshening up, and was indeed spelled “toilet” in Victorian literature. (This “um actually” moment brought to you by my just having looked that up recently when I ran across it while reading Dracula and my inability to be quiet when I know a thing. Not trying to anything-splain.)

[@teresaellis7062]

", she was, of course, very fond of the toilet" 🤣🤣 Even knowing the correct definition of the word, the phrase is hilarious!

[@raelynsakura9776]

"Don't live in Victorian times" is the best advice I've ever received.

[@rachelmaksy]

You're welcome 😂

[@ItCameFromAVlog]

Advice I can actually take

[@frankieb43]

So true. Its a miracle any of them survived 😅

[@EngineeringKnits]

Last year: Weird Victorian Christmas Cards (dead birds...) This year: Unlucky Ways to Die in Victorian times I'm very excited for next year's version 😆

[@dissodatore]

so, we went from "dead birds" to "half-dead birds"???

[@michellecornum5856]

Yes, now that you mention it -- looks like a theme.

[@rachelmaksy]

Hehehhhehe

[@despicablepenguin]

@@dissodatore huh. Improvement.

[@prepare2qualify111]

"Mad Dog" used to mean a rabid dog, I think anyways. My best guess is that the woman unintentionally gave herself rabies when she bit the needle being used to sew up the hole that the rabid dog made. Also, these all seem like deaths written on Haunted Mansion tombstones at Disney.

[@fruitysnack789]

"I'm super nosy and that includes wanting to know how people died" Is EXACTLY me

[@rachelmaksy]

I'm glad I'm not alone! 😂😂

[@OMGitsaClaire]

More for the needle stories: when I was about 2 years old my mother found me playing with a packet of needles on the floor. My mother, being alarmed, asked me if I swallowed them (for some reason) and being two and not really understanding what was going on, I nodded enthusiastically. Cue a four hour trip to the emergency room and several nurses holding me down to x-ray my stomach, and it turns out I did not swallow any needles at all. I was just a toddler and didn’t really understand. But! Guess whose first memory is being held down in a dark room by lots of ladies in scrubs?

[@neuswoesje590]

@@sidiwvwhi I've stepped in numerous old screws as a kid and I literally wouldn't notice until I pulled them out. after that, oof. thank you Tetanus vaccine lol

[@rachelmaksy]

Oh NOOOOOO (but I'm glad you didn't actually swallow any!!)

[@spacewolfcub]

I imagine X-files was generally tough for you to watch. That intensely sucks for a first memory.

[@OMGitsaClaire]

@@spacewolfcub yeah... I can’t really do alien/abduction shows like that. Hits a little too close to home.

[@YTistooannoying]

Since we are sharing needle stories.... i used to store my sewing needles in the top seam of a lampshade in my living room. I came home from fishing one day and found my cat standing up on the side table. He managed to pull the needle from the lampshade. He ran as I tried to stop him and it lodged at a lucky angle in the roof of his mouth. The vet removed it and I removed all by one of the needles from the lampshade save for one large quilting needle which I couldn't get out of the lampshade for the life of me. Fast forward a year later. I walked into the livingroom to find the cat again on the side table. He was pulling the needle out of the lampshade with his teeth. I froze, hoping to avoid scaring him. Once alerted to my presence the nutty cat pulled the needle the rest of the way out of the lampshade and ran. I was afraid he swallowed the needle. An emergency vet visit on a Sunday afternoon along with an xray, showed the large needle in his stomach. The emergency sugery cost me the equivalent of $1100 in todays money and I had to take out a loan to pay for it (as an 18 year old with a minimum wages job of $3.10 an hour, I had very little money), I have never left a needle outside of a sewing kit ever again, not even inside my embroidery as I put it aside.

[@pppotatoes]

the concept of random strangers on the internet laughing at my tragic death 100+ years from now is hilarious

[@wither269]

yES

[@rebekahnychelle]

My husband’s ancestor drowned in a mead tank...I literally had to double check before I typed it in his tree lol.

[@thewonderlander1372]

Lmao

[@KatieCottingham]

Impressive actually.

[@swimmyswim417]

What a legend.

[@tempesttormented]

That sounds like the best way to die imo

[@mirjanbouma]

There's a lot of worse ways to go.

[@lucymasters4910]

Imagine catching a mouse and then one thing leads to another and you *SWALLOW IT-*

[@loridragon1118]

As someone who has on more than one occasion had to rescue live mice from my cat's torment, I have a new fear!

[@anna_banana414]

“how did you get a mouse in your stomach??? how did you accidentally swallow a MOUSE??” oh you know, one thing leads to another. you know how it goes 🤷‍♀️

[@Zeldafan1ify]

Fun fact: cockroaches love a waxy environment; they'd gladly crawl up your ear at night if they could! 👂

[@gracecadet3244]

"Throw up and twist" made me vividly imagine someone vomiting all over the dance floor while grooving to The Twist... It was not a pretty sight 😳🤢

[@ggmmdh]

OH DEAR GOD

[@sagearkless]

I really want to see Rachel telling spoopy ghost stories. Very christmassy if you're going down the victorian route hehe

[@daniellelucy6056]

Agreed!! 🎄👻

[@kia7189]

Ikr that would be so spoopy 😃

[@ShayShayChardonnay]

OMG YES, RACHEL- *PLEASE* DO THIS 🤣🤣🤣

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahaha that would be fun!

[@marsp5636]

Yes!!

[@madelynbryan5712]

I don’t understand how you can just put your hair up and it looks cute and old fashioned but when I try it I look like I’ve been camping for 2 weeks

[@ireneultramarine244]

actually, "her toilet complete" in that era meant that she had put on make-up, her maid dressed her hair, and she's properly dressed. But someone must have already pointed that out

[@rosey4exclaim]

"I look like a Grandma that's confused about which time period she belongs to." Goals, honestly.

[@sallycormier1383]

I believe the 2nd definition of “toilet” is what the article was referring to Rachel. 2. the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance. No bowel movements in obituaries please, unless death by BM.

[@Saternalius]

Indeed. I believe it is also pronounced in the French style. "Twah-LETTE".

[@aknee3042]

As in toiletries and eau de toilette presumably?

[@Carpathianpixie]

That's what I was thinking because we use that expression in French, lol.

[@jenniferevans89]

We had a relative who died in such an interesting way, it made the newspaper. He died "of a slow mortification" which sounds a lot like he died of embarrassment.

[@mollysmith1711]

"Took poison for fun" is a huge mood tbh

[@nikkifennel]

That reminded me of the case of Jon-Erik Hexum back in the 80's. He was an actor, and in a pause between scenes recording a series, he was making fun with a prop gun charged with blanks and shot himself in the head and died... Such a great loss, he was so handsome and talented!

[@canucknancy4257]

@@nikkifennel Wasn't that during the filming of Voyagers!? I loved that show!

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

Same. I know it'll kill me, but... That's the joy in it.

[@bifurioussiren]

@@nikkifennel did it have a real bullet in it ?? :o

[@nikkifennel]

@@canucknancy4257 Yeah, me too! No, it was filming an episode of Cover Up, not a bad serie either...

[@TheDangerousWonder]

“Her toilet completed” probably means she had gotten read to go out. Let put on powder, did her hair& what not.

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahaha yeah that's what I figured

[@katieswartz782]

@@rachelmaksy yeah, I have always heard it read the french way when referring to "completing her preparations", aka "the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance."

[@jordancarpenter1642]

Pronounced “twa-let” meaning she got dressed 😂

[@StephBer1]

It was usually written as "toilette" to make it easier to distinguish it from toilet, but maybe in America they shortened the spelling. It meant to get cleansed and readied for the day or evening.

[@jordancarpenter1642]

@Véronique Robert Thank you! I’ve been meaning to get the French Rosetta Stone 😂

[@annamichalska8283]

fun fact: there's this beautiful musem in stockholm dedicated to the sunk ship vasa, on board of which there were still some human remains. the archeologists were able to recover the bones and tell the stories of the passengers. one of them was a young lady who was believed to be a seamstress, and they base their theory on a little gap in her tooth, just like yours :)

[@meganmcarthur899]

Similar to the “completed her toilet” bit, when I was a kid reading about people taking their “morning constitutional” my first thought was always “morning poop” xD after breakfast you gotta have your morning poop. And now I know that they were in fact referring to a morning walk.

[@avalonfey]

... I am a full grown adult and learned something new today, I still thought it meant morning poops hahaha

[@teresadrag3213]

Actually it’s closely related: that morning walk was meant to “get things moving” .... so you’d return from the walk and be ready to 💩

[@laurenreate6003]

May I suggest. “ The invention of Murder: How the Victorians reveled in death and detection and created modern crime” as another cozy December nights read?

[@rachelmaksy]

Ooo thank you!!!

[@shameysedai898]

"What would you like for breakfast, dear?" "Eggs please" "STOMACH LIZARD MIND CONTROL!!! J'ACCUSE!!!"

[@jasper403]

Stomach lizard mind control sounds like a band

[@julestherogue5009]

My cat heard your cat meow and started responding. Now she is upset that her new friend wouldn't come out of the TV to play with her.

[@nonamerooster5413]

Your comment made me smile!

[@mirjanbouma]

That's so cute!

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahahaha AW

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Don't tell the lady with the cat, but isn't that kind of dumb??

[@devathepinup]

"Vaguely historic" -- my favorite period

[@rachelmaksy]

Same 😂

[@flynnk472]

Oh my god Rachel, I've done the EXACT same thing to my tooth. More than once. Apparently my primate brain is like "TEETH ARE TOOL" before I rationally decide it's a bad idea.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

It surprises me when I see people open packets and plastic with their hands. Teeth work so much better

[@BlackCat-tg7th]

@@lazyhomebody1356 Maybe, but suffering through braces for years is enough 🖐️😔

[@amberkat8147]

Yeah, I've chipped my teeth a few times too.

[@mendysherwood3162]

"Sealing an abrasion on her upper lip-" (The ad): soothe your lips with blisterex!

[@moony5008]

i've literally read this comment while putting some blistex lip balm on

[@Rachel-fi4sc]

And then later in the video, she said she had dry, cracking lips coz mountain biking, and I was like, "girl, you think it's a good idea to put lipstick on???"

[@Amethyst_Alien]

PLEASE recreate Drew Barrymore's iconic dress from the movie Ever After. When you feel up to such a task...a feat. A tedious and beautiful, but torturous task I believe you could kick the boo-tay out of!

[@KatieCottingham]

Which dress? The red, light blue, dark blue, gold, or the silver white ball gown? The ball gown has been done a few times and it would be a little more unique to see one of the others since they had so much detail.

[@meadowbird]

The “just breathe” dress? I would love to see that! 😍

[@katherinemorelle7115]

There’s a CosTuber who just finished making an Ever After dress- though not the Angel one. Edit: link to the first video for n the series- kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6amZmd7bbWjrZY

[@Amethyst_Alien]

@@meadowbird Yes, that white silver dress of her mothers if irc

[@Oli.V]

As an anthropology student, this intro is exactly what I sound like when people ask me why I’m majoring in it

[@JanuaryZero]

Rachel without makeup: soft, dewey, sweet, youthful Me without makeup: "Sir are you okay? You look ill."

[@LG-of8ue]

🤣

[@luciatat4084]

😂

[@APoliticalConfusionAndMess]

Ignore the haters. Look how you wanna look.

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahaha Nooo SHHH

[@DefinitelyNotSteveAustin]

“She died how she lived: PO TA TO”

[@CraziCat1512]

"Boiled her, mashed her, stuck her in a stew--"

[@hatandbeardmedia5925]

Fun fact: in the Victorian era people used to ingest small amounts of strychnine to get a buzz. They called it a "heart starter", but anything more than the tiniest pinch was fatal.

[@AuroraTigress]

"She died as she lived: Potato" is definitely what I need on my headstone. 🥔🍟

[@LG-of8ue]

👍🏼

[@snazzypazzy]

You'll be happy to know that potatoes are toxic! (Except only in massive quantities like 5 kg in one sitting...)

[@Vampire_Nightshade]

@@snazzypazzy isn't that the case with raw potatoes only?

[@snazzypazzy]

@@Vampire_Nightshade Nope, cooked too, but it does help to cook them. It's a low dose per potato (except if you eat specific varieties or diseased ones) and you need a fairly high dose in one sitting to feel the effects. So unless you're feasting on extra large amounts of unpeeled or raw potatoes and you're a small person - you'll be totally fine! www.cultivariable.com/potato-glycoalkaloid-toxicity/

[@Vampire_Nightshade]

@@snazzypazzy I'm pretty sure everything is deadly in massive quantities. Thanks for the information ; )

[@deand7673]

rachel: i'm not a lizard person. -proceeds to snicker me: doubt. (also I too wish to be remembered as a potato)

[@animerlon]

Then tells a story about lizards.

[@envoxity9544]

Well I am a Joyous Potato so I will be remembered as a spud

[@rachelmaksy]

🦎🦎🦎

[@sewncompany]

OMG!! My mom wrote the “Victorian Book of the Dead” she just commented with a thank you and some links you may be into. I really love your videos they have made my 2020 better (seriously). Thanks for shouting out my mom and her book!!

[@calamity2383]

Whaaaaaaaaaattt omg

[@lunathegachaenbyyt9742]

Oh really? That's super cool! Especially considering the fact that if you look up "Victorian Book of the Dead" on Google, it VERY CLEARLY says that it was written by Chris Woodyard. Who (as far as I know) identifies as male and, from what I've read doesn't have any children. Soooo...yeah, kinda cool that this (most likely) childless man is also somehow your mother.

[@alegria101]

Other stuff: Originally from Columbus, Ohio, began college studying to be a librarian at Bowling Green State University, degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies from OSU, lives in an unhaunted house near Dayton, Ohio with her husband. Collects books, dollhouse miniatures and fish castles. Former church organist. Relentlessly Informative. Sounds like a woman to me.

[@raeisatoadkisser0113]

@@lunathegachaenbyyt9742 might want to research A LITTLE BETTER. www.daytondailynews.com/entertainment/books--literature/interview-with-haunted-ohio-author-chris-woodyard/I8tMiSPFpsiiAIkWfrLP6O/

[@Man-ej6uv]

@@lunathegachaenbyyt9742 flop...

[@lisasinclair161]

Can we get some “Vaguely Historic” merch??

[@hop775]

You definitely need to find a reason to do a collab with Caitlyn from Ask a Mortitian! Really enjoyed this video.

[@CCrispyyy]

Caitlin. The Caitlin’s don’t appreciate being mixed up with the other caitlyn, Kaitlyn, catelynn, and other such spellings lol (Sarcasm of course)

[@hop775]

Sadly autocorrect is a pain in the butt about names too, lol.

[@mirjanbouma]

YES

[@LonaWu]

I second that idea

[@evangeline77x]

"Hidden" needles in the carpet are my biggest fear! When I was about 14 I was working on a project on my bedroom floor when my dog (a very grumpy miniature dachshund) came in, saw a stray needle on the carpet, picked it up and swallowed it. I didn't even realize what had happened because it was so fast, the only reason I knew something might be wrong was because he had developed a soft-ish cough later that evening, though he seemed totally unbothered and was drinking water just fine. I attributed it to allergens (being such a tiny dog so near to the ground sometimes he would get a little seasonal respiratory irritation) Then the next morning he refused to eat his breakfast, which was weird but he was super picky about food and some days he would skip breakfast. It wasn't until dinner time came and he showed no interest in his food that I really became alarmed and we rushed him to the emergency animal hospital.. I felt like the worst person alive when I realized what had happened. I still have his X-rays showing the needle stuck in his throat. The vet told me that he must have picked up the needle, imediately realized it was not food and tried to spit it out but the sharp end got caught in the back of his throat, and the coughing was a result of him trying to clear his throat and dislodge the needle. We were very lucky that the needle caused no real injury or damage (other than obviously being uncomfortable) and the vet was able to retrieve it without any issue, or having to medicate him. We were also very lucky he was such a small dog, if he had been a larger breed the needle could have travelled further down his throat and require surgery. Or worse, it could've gotten into his stomach and perforated vital organs, and we wouldn't know until it was too late. Thankfully it turned out fine, but now I am obsessively careful to keep anything I'm sewing up off the floor and even put up baby gates to keep nosy pets away while using all things tiny and sharp and then I check everything about a dozen times when I'm done to ensure nothing could be missing. There's nothing quite as traumatizing as almost accidentally seriously injuring or killing a beloved pet. And the guilt really never goes away.

[@littlepixieme1]

Exactly! I get so nervous sewing around my pups. I just got a craft shed and my SO was talking about how I need to put a bed in it for the dogs when they come in... uh, no. I want a fenced area out front for them, but they don't go in your garage because it's dangerous - they aren't regularly coming in my craft shed for the same reason. Special occasions only, and even then only after I've obsessively run magnets everywhere and swept to make sure they can't swallow or step on anything harmful

[@Cheezbuckets]

I had a miniature schnauzer eat a sewing needle when I was a kid. Fortunately, she didn’t have any serious injuries from it and lived for several years after with no complications, but we didn’t realize anything was wrong until it had [ahem] made its way through her system and got stuck on the way out. I still vividly remember the morning when she was acting extremely uncomfortable and out of sorts and how scared I was for her, not even knowing what was wrong until I got home from school. On the funnier side, this occurred right before the first snow of the year, and she had her rear end shaved for the needle removal, so she absolutely HATED going outside to do her business until her fur grew back, and who could blame her? 😂

[@anightscarlet]

I don't think editing Rachel is appreciated enough. How are you so talented?

[@arielholmes8700]

before becoming full time youtuber her job was editing videos professionally and she has been interested in film making since she was really young, so shes had lots of practice!

[@rachelmaksy]

Aw thank you ❤️❤️❤️

[@lizd.2343]

If you like some morbid stories/info try “will my cat eat my eyeballs?” Or watch Ask A mortician. Lots of weird creepy old death stories.

[@kessarenservoss3271]

I was looking for a comment about Caitlyn!!!! I love her.

[@MrsJolene-]

Yes I have this victorian dead book because of her, also Caitlins books are awesome! She's awesome!

[@reaganalice6207]

I just have to wait for my best friend to speak, lol. He ALWAYS has some sort of morbid story or idea to share.

[@reaganalice6207]

"Laughed himself to death" My brain: **plays that one Mary Poppins scene**

[@abbyburke9815]

Wait which one theres 2 in the original movie? uncle albert who laughs on the ceiling or the bank manager who died laughing at the 'wooden leg named smith' joke

[@reaganalice6207]

@@abbyburke9815 the bank manager one

[@claudiaz5016]

Pseudobulbar affect ?! The joker syndrome...

[@gemmagomez3556]

I, too, have chipped teeth while embroidering recklessly.

[@rachelmaksy]

Omg I'M NOT ALONEEE

[@sherriweibert3311]

Chipped tooth from biting open a bobby pin, here!

[@menchum6442]

So in 2020 I’ve learned: do not eat lizards, do not eat rats, and do not, for the love of God, eat bats

[@suemccashland]

or pangolins. also dont eat pangolins

[@mandycollins8795]

Isn't there a VeggieTales song about that? (From their Jonah movie)

[@samaustin339]

A message from the Lord.

[@yoellen1]

Yesssss

[@isda3314]

Took me 20 minutes to understand this lmao

[@AdelaideBeemanWhite]

My tombstone will be inscribed with a poem copied from a poem on a tombstone in Boston. Stop here, my friends, and cast an eye, As you are now so once was I, As I am now so must ye be, Prepare for death and follow me.

[@cristinajimenez666]

me: has a 30 page report for uni due at midnight also me: masky veido

[@dimthecat9418]

I was thinking the same thing but mines only 3 pages :(

[@msmalice]

Hello fellow procrastinators, I don't have a paper, but my final is in 4 days and I should be studying. Good luck y'all

[@amyshort5625]

Same though haha I love grad school 😢

[@cameronwarmerdam4251]

Same

[@gaildahlas]

This is making me feel a lot more comfortable with my overdue essay

[@tiffytattoo2450]

"I can just throw up and twist..." ...what a weird exorcism reference 🤣 ...oh, it's about hair!

[@rachelmaksy]

😂😂😂😂 the Linda Blair special

[@kattales4122]

can you imagine hugging your lover and then immediately dying

[@sylvan44]

i mean,,, highkey the vibe of romance in ye olde quarantine

[@reizak8966]

"Your girl is getting a little burnt out on sewing." I decided that this year I would make everyone's presents. That was two weeks ago. I look like a hoarder and my back is killing me. Help!

[@cherrylee1103]

oh my glob. same here. i finally became so disgusted with myself i had to move the crafting items to another spot. soooo productive. not.

[@cindyschell6870]

Me too! What was I thinking?

[@MargrietekevK]

I had the same "great" idea

[@reizak8966]

@@MargrietekevK Gotta love Rachel's videos. You come for the charm and creativity, but stay for the free therapy.

[@FeralFelineFriend]

Hahaha! So did I! Now I regret living. My fingers hurt from crocheting for hours

[@martenmaarten]

"took poison for fun" sooooo... basically any internet trend for kids?

[@Ollebolle112]

Ye olde tiktok

[@marjoleinwerkman8231]

If you like books like this, you'll also like "The Mystery of Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine". They're basically physician's notes of super strange medical cases with comments from the writer. Hilarious!

[@TheCatGodess]

I'd love to hear about strange vintage housekeeping or etiquette rules, some of the stuff women of the past were told to do was freaking wild

[@greathouseofdel]

Rachel mentions her baby niece and I’m just like “how cool would it be to have Rachel as an aunt???”

[@mannduh2430]

Riggght!

[@lauramcguire7970]

One of my great aunts died as a teenager and her cause of death was that she went swimming when menstruating. I wonder why she really died? 🤔

[@CallMeGameGirl]

Maybe they story came to be after getting confused with the story that she was embarrassed to death by menstruating while swimming lol. Or a shark or something ate her :P

[@Clownbunnycosplay]

Noting says happy holidays like how people could’ve died

[@rachelmaksy]

Correct 😂

[@IonIsFalling7217]

"Cordially detested." -- Oh yes, of course I despite your handsome feathered gas fiend, Mis Knott. I do most often dream of its demise. Yes I WOULD like more tea.

[@rachelmaksy]

hahahaa YES

[@Monica-McAppl3t0sh]

🤣

[@___LC___]

Getting a needle in the foot was a right of passage in my childhood. Ah! The life of an artist’s child. (Not all bad, I wanted to make a hoop skirt for a doll and tahdah, my mom had the supplies. This was an everyday thing, not hoop skirts, but always something!)

[@emmmadanielson]

Body: *wakes me up at 3 am* Me: why Body: (echoing Rachel Maksy voice) TODAY WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BUT DIFFERENT

[@shutupsavannah2195]

I woke up at like 5 feeling super sick, why are we the same

[@emmmadanielson]

@@shutupsavannah2195 oh I'm sorry-feel better!

[@rachelmaksy]

Hahaha AWW NO

[@ElizabethTheXIX]

Yes! I get you on the death history type thing 😂 In my village there’s an old church and there’s records that date back to the 1830s and it shows all the people buried in the graveyard and sometimes when I’m bored I just look through it Edit: I love your hair especially the added Christmasieness

[@rachelmaksy]

Oooo yes! Or on the Queen Mary in california there's a list of deaths in board AND the causes. Needless to say, I was standing reading it for way too long 😂

[@calamity2383]

This makes my mind just repeat the horrible histories “stupid deaths” song, and the “dumb ways to die” song at the same time..

[@MarySanche]

oh my god your cat yelled and i thought it was MY cat and i was like oh my god, my baby, what's wrong,,

[@CaptainBix]

Victorian “toilet” - pronounced Twa-let, references the act of getting ready for the day, doing make-up and hair. Sorry. Couldn’t let that one go!

[@msmalice]

Ahhhh that makes sense why some perfume is called eau de toilette

[@gracielasaenz9300]

Eau de toilette. Thank you just yesterday reading about french perfume The toilette name is about dressing , alcohol content is The product. Namaste 🙏 a mom energy ❤️

[@katherinemorelle7115]

And it’s appropriate considering that Rachel is completing her toilet in this video.

[@NortherlyK]

I was yelling the correct pronunciation at the tv like I used to while watching football. Rachel is my new sportsball.

[@keingram1870]

I'm right there with you! I scrolled down to see if anyone beat me to it. I wasn't going to let it go unnoticed otherwise. She's doing her toilet right in front of us!

[@aricaine5024]

For anyone really into this kind of thing, I HIGHLY recommend the book, The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum. It goes into detail about several different types of poison, how they work, their symptoms, how tests were developed, and real stories of murder involving them, all around and after 1910 in New York City. Seriously, I can't recommend this book enough, it was so interesting.

[@ashleysovilla2037]

That sounds awesome!

[@goldenalpaca3881]

rabies, it was rabies the sowing lady died from rabies

[@neuswoesje590]

exactly what I was thinking lol

[@rachelmaksy]

Oh for sure haha