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While the Victorians confronted the challenges of ruling an empire, perhaps the most dangerous environment they faced was in their own homes. Householders lapped up the latest products, gadgets and conveniences, but in an era with no health and safety standards they were unwittingly turning their homes into hazardous death traps.
In a genuine horror story, Dr Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the killers that lurked in every room of the Victorian home and shows how they were unmasked. What new innovation killed thousands of babies? And what turned the domestic haven into a ticking time bomb?
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[@jennyr4057]

'you'll be leaving the building without opening the door' - most casual explanation for an exploding house ever

[@Azdrerios]

I heard it as "You'll be leaving the building with God opening the door." It still makes sense. Kinda.

[@ExUSSailor]

If there is anything the Brits have a gift for, it's ironic understatement.

[@andymadden8183]

Anon Nymous Yes, we do have a gift for that.

[@haroldofcardboard]

that guy is great. lotsa interesting characters.

[@kaylaatkins1915]

I totally took it as just generally leaving as a body, not literally being blown out lol

[@cduncan3713]

I think the sound mixer must have been in a room full of green wallpaper and nearly comatose.

[@squirrel-o-vision6325]

Agreed. The levels are all wrong.

[@spoops2357]

i scrolled down to the comments just to see if anyone commented on this. my head hurts from the mixing lol

[@BoopsNstuff]

😂

[@bricaf]

The problem is when the video is uploaded, the sound controls were originally good, but then somehow the background became louder than the narration. What do you want for free... haha

[@anthonytindle5758]

Comatouse or deaf his hearing aid battery needed changing

[@colinowenuk]

Who was the idiot who set the volume of the music against the voice?

[@mwindanji6714]

They were busy watching the blonde.

[@FunSizeSpamberguesa]

I've seen this documentary before, and bizarrely, it seems like someone added that music. It's not present in other versions. Maybe trying to dodge KZbin's copyright bots?

[@isacchris1]

SpamWarrior3000 I thought something was different!

[@honestyforever1964]

Eeeehhhhh Henry VIII ... ?

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

@@honestyforever1964 😑🙂☺😊😁😀😄😃 Funny!

[@KorrieRose]

"they even offered to eat it to prove how safe it was" Go ahead. Eat it. Eat the wallpaper. See what happens.

[@Elleoaqua]

someone ate DDT to prove it was safe. Eating it was not the problem. Disseminating it into the environment was the problem

[@MissTrinaxxx]

I’m laughing so much at this

[@sithlordhibiscus9936]

Did you provide them some Radithor to wash it down with???? LOL.

[@myra2090]

I said the same thing 🤣 wash it down with some paint 😂😂

[@KorrieRose]

@@myra2090 Lead based paint at that!! hahaha

[@ILovHelloKitty13]

Why don’t these documentaries get way, way more love :( 💔 They’re so special

[@Amylotu]

❤❤❤

[@millieo7155]

It is not only to understand the past but to develop environmental assessment skills.

[@anniehills3580]

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[@anniehills3580]

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[@sandymcdaniel3926]

♥️

[@BamBamSr]

As a 30+ year plumber, I've always been amazed at how little concept we had of safety procedures back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and have experienced it first hand with asbestos exposure back in the 90s. I'm also truly amazed at their toughness and I think we have them to thank for our immune systems 👍

[@fructosecornsyrup5759]

Our safety protocols are written in blood, after all~

[@kasugaifox8571]

It's still paved with blood.

[@Smethells2023]

I find it amazing in today’s world that we have things which we actively know from our scientific and medical understandings are dangerous that we continue to use anyway like it’s no big deal. Carelessness and greed: why everybody alive today has plastic and PFASs in their bodies- among other things.

[@vulcanfeline]

napoleon was said to have died from arsenic poisoning from the green wallpaper in his room. and they said he was just paranoid when he complained he was being poisoned!

[@bluestrife28]

The Romans used lead as a sweetener for wine. Always makes me wonder if maybe that had a bit to do with Caligula and Nero.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

They used lead decanters and lead pipes for irrigation and water in the buildings. One wonders how much lead had to do with decline of the empire.

[@m0L3ify]

"...it makes me wonder what we're oblivious to today." Well, our food for one thing. And I don't just mean processed junk.

[@kevinloving606]

Especially with even office workers not having health insurance

[@sarasthoughts]

In the usa maybe, but law in europe is much more strict in regulating it. The rest comes to your own's habits (like not eating junk food)

[@Squeaks-42069]

Microplastics maybe?

[@m0L3ify]

@@Squeaks-42069 That's a good one. It's in everything, even meat. I mean, especially fish, but it's everywhere. So sad.

[@mrsmopsi9333]

@@Squeaks-42069 pesticides like glyphosat is another, it's gotten to the point where most of Europe's groundwater is polluted with it. Plus the ammonia from all the factory farming and the over use of manure on fields and of antibiotics in factory farming (which is not only in meat and dairy but also in our drinking water). And that's not even including all the chemicals and dodgey ingredients used in processed foods 🙈

[@Oh-hardy-har-har]

She makes a very good point at the end: What new products are hidden killers today?

[@Cypresssina]

There is still lead in some red lipsticks. Talc in powders. Formaldehyde in some nail polishes. That's just a start.

[@youngdeku6634]

Tums (contains talc), vacuum cords (lead), lotions, candles, soaps, sprays, cleaning products, food, beverages, makeup, medications, etc.

[@youngdeku6634]

Not just vacuum cords, other cords too. They are normally coated with lead that gets onto the hands and can be swallowed if someone eats and doesn't wash their hands after handling wires. Children that put wires in their mouths can also swallow lead. There is even a warning about the lead content in my vacuum's manual.

[@tenjenk]

Mostly bad wiring and all the corn starch in EVERYTHING for affordable food.

[@brendakabanda2181]

@@tenjenk don't forget the chemicals in farming too.

[@loszhor]

Turn that music down you crazy kids!

[@scofab]

Unfortunately the Victorians had not yet mastered the art of mixing the center channel...

[@snilhamahalim]

Alright, who didn't pay the intern?!

[@robertasliutas2903]

Dr Kate Williams is always so passionate when talking about history, clearly loves what she's doing. ☺️

[@2Bad4YOUuu]

Yea, I agree 😌

[@eyeconicmind]

Dr. Suzannah is 🔥🔥🔥

[@briank401]

Beautiful, high-status people with low-stress jobs tend to be happy Captain Obvious.

[@idokwatcher2062]

@@briank401 living life on recruit mode.

[@KarlJayce.]

She is ok

[@EvoXoXo]

Suzannah always looks so fabulous! I could listen to her talk about history forever!

[@gregoryclemen1870]

YUP!!!!, I agree with you 100%

[@Chris-ic6bp]

Always stylish yet appropriate... even in the body-skimming red dress she wears sometimes: many of us would love to be able to wear a dress like that... but not so many could pull it off AND maintain such a dignified and confident yet low-key demeanor all the while. She's as comfortable wearing htat as she would be wearing her favorite blue jeans and tee shirt.

[@caitcartwright]

I disagree, I think she looks old timey

[@yourlocalaromantic7911]

​@@caitcartwright 1. what does this even mean 2. It's literally a history documentary

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

Tbh I absolutely love green and Shiel's green is super pretty. Thankfully in 2021 we can make that color WITHOUT the arsenic.

[@kittyticklehips]

“for the first time you measured how good your life was by how many objects you possess..when you think about it that’s a very strange idea” yes, it is, and we STILL do it. lmao. materialistic since we learned how to be hundreds of years ago, awesome

[@pistonburner6448]

Since the dawn of time that's been the way things are...not because of some fault in us but because it makes sense. Why do we acquire objects? Because they are tools to make us better survive and live. It's incredible how so many supposedly "intellectual" leftists are so poisoned in their minds with ideology and/or women and effeminate men so illogical and allow their hormones to guide them instead of logic, thinking, science that they feel the need to even spread to others their total nonsense. It's absolutely illogical and anti-science nonsense that it would somehow being wrong to try to live a productive, safe life and try to produce as much added value as possible. And about "using those objects to measure value"?? People measure value because that is their measure of usefulness, skills, intellect = ability to survive. Those with the best ability to survive are rightly revered and respected...and emulated so that others too would be as good as possible at surviving. Women above all are proven by science to undoubtedly have hypergamy imprinted in their genes, and for a good and logical reason. How else are they to measure a man's ability to provide? And men undoubtedly compete with each other (which includes learning from each other, even stealing too) in order to be the most providing, the best at surviving. Materialistic = good at survival. Anyone telling you that nonsense leftist drivel that being poor, so useless that you can't buy anything or make your life more easy, allow you to concentrate on productive work is just trying to use that path of spreading ideological lies to gain materialistic wealth for themselves. Just look at all "successful leftists": all of them are rich elitist criminal corrupt environmental criminals. Every single one.

[@kittyticklehips]

@@pistonburner6448 I actually am not interested in reading all of that, but I do find it interesting that your comment seems to stem from hormonal emotions rather than logic. It’s just kind of funny, you know?

[@Channel_976]

After watching this channel for a while, now I know about the English history more than my own country’s history,

[@cun7sathome]

IF YOUR AMERICAN we have houses older than your history

[@ben9DB]

@@cun7sathome and trees.

[@foreverfrew]

😂😂😂😂😭 so true

[@valentinius62]

American media gave up trying to educate Americans 50 years ago...due to lack of interest. Bread and circuses. And lots of propaganda.

[@natashabegley1346]

@@cun7sathomeAs an inhabited place, America is older and a nation state with a government England is far older than America

[@katwernery6505]

I wish they had more time to go into more detail about other hazards in the home, such as all the fun things in Victoria beauty products. Very well done and informative, especially within it’s time constraints

[@MMChoza]

You have more episodes...I've watched this few years ago...came to rewatch...

[@marlinamoore7550]

@@MMChoza 1111

[@EmilyKresl]

They do this is from a whole series check them all out

[@EmilyKresl]

This episode highlights Victorian beauty products kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqOUenScoZWSiq8

[@TheUniverseWorksForUsBeings]

Im goong to assume much hasnt changed besides lead paint which os still found places. GMO foods Chimical toxic "meds" ots all sickening...

[@MickAngelhere]

Lead in house paint wasn’t banned in Australia until he 1990s , goes to show that some things never change

[@ClueFinderDirtDigger]

I find it really fascinating that Constance Wilde was an active figure in the Rational Dress Society. Oscar’s half-sisters (in their early twenties) were tragically killed when their crinoline (hoop skirts) caught fire at a party in 1871. From what I’m finding online, Oscar himself was a proponent of the Rational Dress Society, as well - and it’s no wonder.

[@annettesimmons4596]

This is such an interesting subject but the background music tended to drown out the narrator's voice making it difficult to stay focused on the presented information.

[@ellengarcia4041]

Is that because he was a cross dresser?

[@gretchengraef3012]

A Lot of Women and Girls died in the Wild West from clothing catching on fire. I read a lot of accounts from Tombstone, Arizona in the late 19 th Century.

[@sab4793]

@@gretchengraef3012 I went to Tombstone, it’s kept as it was years ago.. everything untouched.

[@gretchengraef3012]

@@sab4793 Good to visit. Not si great to live there. People áre very politically conservative.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

We waited until the 1980s to ban lead-based paint in the US. All new properties built after 1986 wasn't allowed to use lead-based paint. Existing properties were grandfathered in. Same thing with lead pipes for water. I remember because I was born in 1986. I've probably never lived in anywhere that didn't have lead-based paint present under at least one layer of paint (as ppl tend to just paint over old layers) as I've never lived in a place that was built after I was born.

[@clare2401]

Lucky. Most houses in the UK we're built in the 1970s and before. My parents house was built late 1800s, god knows what's lurking in there

[@emmaismyname8197]

Tensai55 my old house had lead paint and lead pipes and my new one has popcorn ceiling and lead paint 😬

[@SadisticSenpai61]

We're currently living in an old farmhouse. It was a Sears catalogue house built in 1914. They got their door frames confused and used the closet door frame for one of the bedrooms and then put the regular door frame for the closet. So the door frame for my bedroom is super narrow.

[@homiepug189]

my mother painted with lead based paint in the potteries, its done all sorts of damage and she's only in her 60's

[@9622paige]

I was born in 96 and I think my family’s house was built in the 60’s.

[@pearlygirI]

The thing is, women who wore their corsets super tight were frowned down upon at that time as much as now and were extremely rare. The cause for the faster breathing is that the lady wasn't used to wearing a corset and the way it was applied is completely wrong for someone who hasn't had a Victorian corset on. The way you do apply a corset for people who are unfamiliar with them is: every five minutes tighten it til at a comfortable fit. The fashion plates shown are DRAWINGS and show idealised form just as how instagram models edit their photos to make their waistes incredibly tiny, it isn't real. Edit: just like bras they were fitted for your body as well

[@Ahonya666]

Thanks for pointing this. Lots of people still think that tightlacing was common and all women fainted because they didn't breathe. I use corsets sometimes and my back doesn't hurt and I can breathe

[@bbaugher2419]

was frustrated watching this and the misinformation about corsets was just gross. Thank you for your comment ♥️

[@cherisseepp5332]

Especially with working class and pregnancy, there are people today who wear a back support belt which provides some of the same support. The dramatic silhouette was achieved through padding. What nature doesn’t provide, you pad! People do it today as well. We call them padded, underwire, push-up bras.

[@kathleeeeeeeeeeeeeeen]

They stated in the video it was a minority of women that tightlaced.

[@JeantheSecond]

I’ve worn a corsets that I made to fit and not tightly laced. They’re perfectly comfortable, but breathing properly requires expanding your diaphragm, which you just can’t do fully in a corset. I’m sure they were very used to it and the ill effects have been exaggerated and it could even beneficial for certain conditions, but it *does* have a negative effect on deep breathing.

[@marktorres3881]

I’ve seen this documentary a hundred times, but I keep coming back. Her voice is just so soothing.

[@lynda514]

they should be using gloves touching that wall paper book

[@isacchris1]

Dam that music sucks it’s loudest when your actually trying to hear what being said!!!

[@berenicehickey1503]

Music far too loud!!

[@flioink]

"It makes me wonder, what are we oblivious about today?" Social media - poisoned the minds of countless people and caused many mental issues in kids growing up.

[@pistonburner6448]

Not only that but they steal peoples' information, manipulate people including children and elderly, abuse our trust, use the stolen information to lie to us and trick us. And they also destroy whole industries with their monopolies they've formed, then they choke out honest businesses laying waste and causing unbelievable damage to all of society.

[@jek__]

We're hardly oblivious to that, people have feared it since it first came out. Like video games, television, and frankly even books lol. People just give up trying to control things. Too bad the people who make the social media have never given a second thought to the psychological impact of using their platforms I would say, slightly more directly, that anti-dislike pro-like culture is a more insidious but related problem

[@pistonburner6448]

@@jek__ In a way you're right but then again most young people, even middle-aged women I know have not given one thought to using Facebook, KZbin, Google. They just love the instant gratification. Most people in those segments speak rarely of the dangers of such companies/things, and if they do they always talk about some other company/product than the Facebook/KZbin/Google search they're addicted to. I think you're very correct about the anti-dislike culture.

[@g_g...]

@@jek__ a lot of big social media companies were definitely aware of the psychological impact. In fact, they use it to their advantage every single day. Social media is literally built around manipulating people.

[@popo0129]

You are literally using social media right now lol. Honestly I don't think social media is even a negative with no positives, it just needs to be used responsively. Anyone can bully anyone on social media but at the same time, you can find help and support on social media. You literally can easily find a group that has your same interests like if you are into arts and crafts, you got a community for that so while people in your own community may not be too into it, you still have that community via social media. There are so much positives and negatives it just needs to be better maintained and taught to teens. Is it such a gray area that I feel no one can say if its entirely good or bad.

[@ssss-df5qz]

@40:20 - there's always a certain element of delight in his descriptions of disaster. I like him.

[@EUROWEFILMS]

Wonderful series, I was born 1943 in Cornwall & can remember being fed with a double ended bottle as were my brothers, war years & the milk was dried I recall the label, Cow and Gate. Lead water pipes too I remember everywhere. Thank you again.

[@chammycham2936]

Woahhh its super cool that you remeber all this :D have an amazing day intresting person :}

[@sab4793]

My Dad was born in 1942, he passed away in 2008 tho.

[@theresathornton1063]

I saw an episode of this series years ago and it was fascinating, but I could not remember what it was. This is so awesome that I finally found it again. Hands-down one of the most interesting series that I have ever seen.

[@Amylotu]

Very educative,I must agree.

[@trishalax]

The music might seem bizarre but believe me, it suits the funny extravagance of the Victorian age. Not only is it complying with the stereotypical image we have of the Victorian life, it also adds the comical relief we need while watching these terrifying documentaries.

[@irisheyesofbelfast]

And it's all wrong.

[@LadyWhinesalot]

it's too loud - can't hear the words in some places

[@franciscodesdeecuador6294]

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK INTO THE PAST WE LEARN LESSONS OF WHAT SHOULD NOT BE DONE, SO THAT THE HISTORY DOES NOT REPEAT ITSELF ON AND ON... EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY

[@TheAngelfire0079]

FRANCISCO DESDE ECUADOR WHY ARE YOU YELLING. JS

[@dreamscott5913]

@@TheAngelfire0079, you are the one yelling. Your comment is stupid

[@dreamscott5913]

Exactly!

[@gregoryclemen1870]

so the past becomes forgotten, and history repeats itself, every generation has to re- invent the wheel!!!!!

[@MyHandleRocks]

Yet, greed makes the cycle continue. 😢

[@lizziesangi1602]

I enjoyed reading the newspaper articles 😂 My oven range sported a gas leak. For a year or so I was breathing this. Long to short I was losing muscle control, cognitive thinking, thinking was a mess forget about it, as an accomplished classical pianist really noticed the loss of hand eye coordination. I can only imagine the insane gas leakage and the effects it had on those people. If there was gas during the use of arsenical products these people were a mess! Ticking time bomb is chillingly accurate. Quite thorough, nicely done !

[@MadameWesker]

During the panorama, I had a leak in my gas stove. I kept smelling...something? But couldn't put my finger on it. Had forgetfulness, headaches and a bit of confusion. I was working in my dining room, just breathing it in. Luckily my niece came over one day and took one sniff and said you have a gas leak titi. Kid saved my life.

[@MyHandleRocks]

Did you regain your hand eye coordination? Is it the same, or still off?

[@footnotedrummer]

I really wish that someone would check the music volume on many of these videos and TV shows when they overdub the presenter's voice. I'm truly convinced that someone doesn't know what they're doing in the mixing room. How is viewer supposed to hear the presenter, when the music is louder than their voice?

[@avnrulz8587]

It's a wonder anyone survived at all. Lol

[@willams_uncrustables]

Ed G Power right?!

[@heytherejay04]

Lol I guess you could say it was “Survival of the fittest”

[@DeeAnnieFL]

What's crazy is in 100 years the same will be said about everyone alive now

[@avnrulz8587]

@@perfectionmadeflesh you need to grasp humor better.

[@brendakabanda2181]

@@DeeAnnieFL crossed my mind too.

[@dreamer_of_hiraeth]

I would like to point out that the kind of corsets shown here are the absolute minority used. Women used to wear many more comfortable versions and also used padding to achieve the silhouette fashionable to their times, it was all about proportionizong. Of course there have been extreme cases, but mostly corsets were not bad per se. I highly recommend videos of this from Bernadette Banner for example, there are some where she is with some other vintage fashion enthusiasts where they discuss this at length. :)

[@JDWard-Jeepster]

Anna Marie A point well made but don't forget there were also women that had 2 to 4 ribs removed with surgery in the search for a super small wasp like waists.

[@ChrisSeaB]

@@JDWard-Jeepster I'm sorry but that isn't true. Surgery of ANY KIND was extremely dangerous and painful. Remember they didn't have pain relief or basic hand washing practices like today. NO ONE was voluntarily having body parts removed.

[@krulding]

Thank you!

[@historicartistic3531]

I was just about to point that out! Thank you for putting it so well!

[@JDWard-Jeepster]

@@ChrisSeaB BS there are recorded cases of the practice in the 19th Century. Some women will go to any length when it comes to vanity.

[@luciasardo1176]

Those poor babies may they rest in peace.

[@chris24hdez]

Dr. Lipscomb could read the dictionary from front to back and I might just watch the whole thing

[@DaisiesInVenus]

I think i've watched this series about 10 times already. I just love it!💕

[@marisolvaldez7173]

I need more documentaries by Suzannah, I love the way she speaks!!

[@sebastianefreeman2795]

I don't she sounds false. She hasnt the lovely voice of Marrie Fostrup. Typical fake English Tone

[@markhopton1531]

@@sebastianefreeman2795 clueless

[@Overcookedhamburger]

I survived arsenic and lead poisoning. Pain so intense the release of death is welcomed. Is a valid description.

[@TheDarthSoldier]

It's amazing people still use plastic baby bottles. Plastic is super porous. And no amount of washing can kill all the bacteria.

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

Certain kinds are porous*

[@Chisuru01]

I love Dr Kate Williams (the redheads) voice. I could listen to her all day :D

[@dovestone_]

Chisuru01 ik its amazing

[@treerat7631]

Chisuru01 yep she pretty too

[@JSkyGemini]

She reminds me of Eva Greene, tbh.

[@RSEFX]

@@SarahsSeniorYear Thanks. I was trying to figure out who she reminded me of....(A thanks given here 3 years after your comment!)

[@wendywhite6056]

The people were so trusting and accepting of everything put out to them. So many haven't changed a bit! We believe and then get angrY

[@thallium.81]

please tell me you aren't bashing people who wore masks

[@MsBizzyGurl]

Soon we'll be reviewing the complacency with which the masses embraced MRNA gene therapy dusguised as preventative medicine.

[@daisyadele967]

People are still too trusting

[@krmccarrell]

@@daisyadele967 'People'?!! If you eat food from the grocery store, you're trusting! We are all too trusting! Two ingredients: High Fruitous Corn Syrup and GMO.

[@krmccarrell]

@@MsBizzyGurl what's wrong with it? Or is it a moral issue?

[@AlexandraRoedder]

I wonder what everyday products we use will, in a hundred years, be the subject of a documentary like this.

[@nielubieinceli]

How it's possible that any children survived a Victorian childhood? :)

[@omikronweapon]

just have more of them to compensate.

[@janie1977ful]

Average age of death was 15 yrs.

[@shellcraigmiles5253]

Watched this whole series before and am enjoying them for a second time!

[@PureVikingPowers]

Maybe we will die in our home? Maybe we die in our new good homes and they make a show about how deadly 2018 homes were :(

[@laceylewis3197]

Same here! 😊 We’ll, it’s more like my 3rd or 4th watching this…… 🤔 🤷‍♀️ ✌️ & ❤️

[@rosettAIRcps]

It's annoying that he let her touch the arsenic wall paper without first telling her 😤

[@pepebeezon772]

Big deal, just wash your hands. It's heavy metal, you have a skin for a reason

[@Weeklong_Seagull]

Why? It doesn't matter. You have to eat it to die. It's not like it was highly radioactive

[@ViviSkull05]

Still very careless in my opinion.

[@englishbulldoglover2258]

@@Weeklong_Seagull Not what he said. It could be absorbed through the skin.

[@jenlfpotter3870]

and he also, thumbs through the book telling him all this while that is full of Arsenic as well. No gloves on either of their hands. So dangerous.

[@TheLastVampireSong]

I love these series of documentaries, they're so well done and entertaining... The problem likes on the insidious and annoying commercials popping every 5-10 minutes! I have watched this one over 3 times now, and will certainly watch it again but definitely not here...

[@cernunos8153]

Estacion Geek insidious commercials.... lmao. Chill out over there drama queen

[@lelleithmurray235]

Right on cue...

[@maxcovfefe]

Excessive ads can be stopped with ad block. You're welcome.

[@Karen-dm5lb]

I have KZbin premium so I don't have ads. You're welcome

[@NoNamesLeft0102]

You have options. Ad block. Or drag the time to the end and hit repeat.

[@ghostcityshelton9378]

You forgot about the fact they used arsenic in making colors in cloths, esp. greens.

[@catgf7410]

they also used arsenic in plates too. i think that may have been the reason why people thought tomatoes were deadly for quite a long period of time, because they're very acidic, and putting them of arsenic infused plates caused people to consume the arsenic in larger amount than you would like breathe in from the wallpaper. don't you just wanna live in the victorian era sometimes, where everything can (and will) kill you, but at least you have pretty dresses.

[@sarasthoughts]

They talked about the general colors, like in books and paint

[@_hiskaryan_3126]

ari smells you’re talking about lead plates Thomas Jefferson commonly ate a tomato to scare dinner guests bc he knew they weren’t poisonous from his time on the continent

[@jasminepina9058]

my mother near her fifties remains afraid of gas stoves . she was a migrant child worker an had grown up with stories very close to home. Co works being found dead from gas in the house. kids coming to school sick from the gas in their camp housing.

[@sohailshaikh5417]

So sad...

[@julienbelair6524]

they scent gas like rotten eggs now so people can tell when theres a leak but yeah it is still concerning bc like what if youre asleep.

[@sarasthoughts]

They're called white deaths in my country, they're rare but still happen (often with elders tha don't turn off fireplaces or fall asleep while cooking)

[@wilmab4120]

Nowadays it's also pretty usual to have both fire alarms and gas alarms, so that makes it much more safer than at that time when those things weren't mainstream or even didn't exist. I grew up hearing the story about how my grandfather and his brother almost died from carbon monoxide, when they had gone fishing and went to sleep in their fishinghouse on an island. The small house had a fireplace where they lit a fire (with wood). When they thought the fire had burnt out, they put the damper in before they went to sleep to keep the warmth inside the house. The only problem was that it hadn't burnt out and when fire doesn't get enough oxygen it starts to produce carbon monoxide instead of carbon dioxide. Carbon monoxide is very dangerous and can easily kill people since it doesn't really give off any smell , but for some reason his brother woke up, felt light headed and understood what had happened, he then woke up my grandfather and got him out of there, thus saving them from being gassed to death.

[@mochicat8208]

Her: “Surely that wouldn’t be a problem, would it?” Me: You’re making me scared of what’s happening next

[@jenlfpotter3870]

Methinks you'd be considerably safer... no painted items, no green walls, no gas appliances or some electrical appliances, but with coal fires, candles, mother's boulders in the boulder holders, but not done up too tightly. The banana shape bottles were a bit safer than the hexagonal bottles with lots of fiddly short sides and corners there to clean up. We were shown those bottles among other victorian contraptions and household kitchen and cleaning kit when we went on a School trip to a Victorian museum. I really enjoyed history trips like that.

[@Del107]

Sooo....the catalogue of wallpaper samples are deadly, but he still handles the pages with no gloves or a mask 🤔 smart!

[@nathanweber1653]

This show is awesome. Tragic but. Dang. I learned so much. I really love the press art 🎨. Absolutely beautiful. Truly moving. Thank you for making this show. Yikes!

[@kasugaifox8571]

I've always loved the art of that time.

[@peachyedwards]

I’ve always loved her documentaries. I love her knowledge, her voice is pleasant to listen to and she’s such a pretty lady

[@TopazKnight87]

I love these documentaries, so far. But, is alright if you can tone the background music down, a bit please?

[@julesjules1565]

We had a bad experience during our stay in this beautiful old house in north Wales. We could smell the smoke from the fireplace.

[@maxcovfefe]

It's amazing anyone survived.

[@c.s.7266]

God bless the women who wore a corset. I stopped wearing heels years ago after shattering my ankle. The things we girls do to look "attractive" is ridiculous.

[@pearlygirI]

Corsets are safer than heels.

[@baronvonjo1929]

It's like men wearing ties. If your not use to it it sucks. Or masks. Back in the day most corsets were made for the individual at the time. The process of fitting out is kinda complicated so.most modern ones arent liek that anymore

[@Kolibri71]

Corset are like bras

[@johnsherman7289]

Easiest way to look sexy is just smile at us.

[@drewdurnilappreciationday1680]

@@johnsherman7289 Yes

[@mombradshaw5528]

This is a great channel...I love learning and I love history and I really love the Victorian era💐

[@romanbukins6527]

Well, people are into vintage design and Arsenic is still legal in UK... *_WHO'S IN FOR SOME PERIOD CORRECT WALLPAPER?!_*

[@jenlfpotter3870]

No thank you very much. I'll settle for painted over paper, but never, lead paint if I can avoid it, living in rentals.

[@guymorris6596]

Oh god yes, I want some of that lovely period correct green wallpaper with lead in it.

[@guymorris6596]

Put a little arsenic along with that lead in my wallpaper.

[@danyys817]

My god, they had THINGS, so maaany things. I’d die coughing in a place like that. I don’t even want a carpeted hotel room.

[@01mmendolia]

I guarantee that we have things going on that are unspeakably bad for us, but won’t know it for another 100 years..

[@theatlantean39]

Like anti statin drugs. We alread know they cause Alzheimer's and damage ligaments because the brain and connective tissue require cholesterol to function. Also I bet 100 years from now they will be talking about the horrors of anti depressants.

[@m0L3ify]

We've already known one of them for about 100 years, but modern people have chosen to ignore the plethora of science on it. The top 15 killers in the Western world are caused by eating meat, dairy, and eggs. All preventable, all extremely prevalent and spreading as we export our diet to previously healthy nations. Add to it that factory animal farming causes more greenhouse gasses than all of transportation combined, and you'll see a bunch of documentaries about how stupid we were in about 100 years, too.

[@rhianevans3354]

@@m0L3ify That is assuming the human race is still around then.

[@m0L3ify]

@@rhianevans3354 Touché

[@lizzymc1300]

@@m0L3ify thank God I’m Vegan!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@obseletion]

For anyone complaining about the music, just look it up. Heaps of people have uploaded this documentary over the years.

[@pheart2381]

My friend wore a corset all the time until she had a stroke aged 91!

[@pearlygirI]

Corsets are so misinformed nowadays

[@Patrick_Knowlton]

Splendid episode of hidden killers! Though the sound mixing is a little bizarre; oftentimes the music is louder than the narration.

[@leetysinger9860]

Ok, i wanna to know about mr frank woods at 3749 that says "death from the bite of a fly" above "suffocated by a gas stove" that seems to me as interesting at this moment lol

[@leetysinger9860]

37:49

[@fatdoraemon2069]

19:11

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Any of various flies, especially a warble fly, botfly, or horsefly, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals. Erysipelas is a superficial form of cellulitis, a potentially serious bacterial infection affecting the skin. Erysipelas affects the upper dermis and extends into the superficial cutaneous lymphatics. It is also known as St Anthony's fire due to the intense rash associated with it. No antibiotics, what we'd regard as minor injuries or lesions could be fatal. IIRC a president's son died when he got a blister on his heel playing tennis; it became infected with staph and he died of blood poisoning. A United States (Union) general names C. S. Smith scraped his shin while boarding a small boat in 1862; he died of blood poisoning within a month of his injury.

[@everhernandez6011]

Thank you for this great video 😁

[@markwilliford5319]

pure art in this production! Superbly communicated

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Our favorite historian is back!!😊😊😊

[@shellcraigmiles5253]

Quinten Whyte Lucy Worsley is my favorite

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Shell Craigmiles she is cool too 😊😊😊

[@AirborneAirAssault6565]

Outstanding! I have learned so much and truly enjoy these videos. They should be taught in our schools!

[@knighttuttrupriprock9733]

I've recently found this series, totally hooked.

[@c.b.9185]

I thought in high school the wallpaper in my home was toxic. With different old wallpapers​ around the house, my mom and I would wake in the morning just sick, fatigued.

[@OakleyANDSittingBull]

@C. B., Indeed! Plus, the *"Heavy Metals Toxicity" poisoning* of working with *toxic materials for use in the farmland* and *gardens* and *lawns* and *weeds,* and in *lead paint* and *lead water pipes,* and *asbestos home insulation,* and in the *toxic industrial grade household cleaning solutions,* and *glued backing* of all that wallpaper, and cooking in/on *aluminum pots, pans, sheets, casserole dishes* and *kettles,* and drinking from *pewter drinking vessels,* and *toxic items* used in *schoolwork* (especially in art and industrial arts and home economics/cooking classes) and *school rooms* and *school washrooms,* and *toxic printing ink* on shoppe receipts and facsimiles and office/home photocopiers and office/home printers and magazine and book printing, and cooking in/on *Teflon-lined pots, pans, sheets* and *casserole dishes,* and *making clothing* and *household items* and *wearing toxic dyed* and *washed fabrics* and *clothing,* and *using toxic dyed* and *washed bed* and *household linens,* and *not purchasing* and *using good quality water filtration systems* for all water we use for *all purposes that we ingest or touch,* and the *toxic medications* and *toiletries* and *personal and household fragrances* and *pet medications* and *toiletry items* that *most of us STILL use,* possibly, *AS WELL. :(*

[@englishbulldoglover2258]

Just like those that got sick wound up going to the beach, and recovered. I hope you did each day as well when you left for school.

[@Karlett555]

if they screwed it up already on baby bottles, i can't imagine the stage the medicine was at.

[@Valveus]

They used mercury to cure syphillis

[@trojanette8345]

Dear Great Stories Production Staff: Today, I watched your abovementioned video. All I can say is that I found it to be a great informative video, indeed. If you don't mind I have some question for you about what I watched. 1) What Victorian home did you film this, at? 2) How is it that it was safe for Ms. Lipscomb (the episode host) to handle an arsenic-laced book with bare her hands? 3) Homeowners had constant direct contact with the arsenic environment. What was the impact or rate of death for staff who either frequented the home or stayed (F/T) in it? Was it the same level of risk for them? One would assume that their sub standard 'living quarters meant they were not sleeping all the time in rooms with arsenic wallpapers. 4) For how many years or decades did the use of arsenic in wallpapers go on before the practice was stopped altogether? Side note Q: 4a) Does that also mean -- for example -- that the present royal family is at constant risk as there are portions of the royal Palace that have been around since the Victorian era? Please explain. Thanks.

[@vmtz2001]

They refused to ban it even though it was banned in Germany. Reminds me of the US today.

[@juliemclain4430]

A strange idea that they measured how well off they were by how many objects they owned? It's always been that way and it still is.

[@crabbygramma5553]

Agree!

[@nicolestewart]

I’ve watched this documentary so many times. It’s the best documentary I’ve ever seen.

[@KK-eh2gm]

This is a wonderful presentation. I love that you are willing to try things like the corset. I also like the way your kitchen/boiler-stove expert (Nathan?) presents the facts with a bit of wit.

[@stuzx7r]

music is so loud you can't hear the narrator , good work

[@toddamtmann3528]

The British Government didn't want to outlaw things such as led, asbestos, etc., because there was £ to be made.

[@24get24give]

amazing doc, way too many ads, xeljanz alone took up almost 5 minutes!

[@MrDavey2010]

Fascinating documentary.

[@apexalpha4947]

Wish Dr. Suzannah had Her own Channel...

[@rammul7801]

Arsenic has been used until very recently in dentistry. I’m talking until late nineties early 2000s In root canal treatment. To achieve something called mummification of the pulp. Then a non-arsenic pulp devitalizer was introduced. Now the pulp is removed from the first session and root canal finished and filled at once if possible. But I won’t be surprised if arsenic is still used in some countries.

[@Monicaerikarita]

My grandfather was a dentist and I remember asking him about this. He stopped practicing when I was young, but some of his friends kept on going. I had read it somewhere and thought surely not…I was horrified when he said it was true. And thankful that I got my mom’s teeth-they’re shaped weird but for whatever reason she and I seem to escape major issues, whereas my dad and brothers are constantly having to go in

[@moonspots01]

Despite all the hidden killers, Britain survived.

[@faryarahman6399]

moonspots01 And that is why people say God save the Queen I think.

[@clare2401]

@@faryarahman6399 What?

[@woodymonte]

Well no it didn't!

[@clare2401]

@@woodymonte Right ok......

[@coolgirlfrozenfeet]

That’s debatable.

[@WeiserBen]

This documentary was so good!

[@Magnificat42]

We have such a deadly history of trial and error

[@andreamunoz6088]

Gonna show this to the next person to say “let’s go back to the good old days”

[@jeffeastwood15]

Exactly. The "Good Ol' Days" had just as many problems.

[@connersuxx]

Nah I want to go to the 1700’s and stop John André from being hung, cause boy was he cute for that time period. Ah the good old days of getting a brain freeze and thinking you’re dying.

[@anncrosby6664]

Wish they would turn down the music, so I can hear what they are saying

[@babybecz]

I love this series! So interesting.

[@icucingme]

Amazing doc.

[@dogsmumm]

The “background music” is louder than the voices.

[@wildrabbit1314]

Don't lick the wallpaper.

[@TheAngelfire0079]

Sarah Elizabeth or eat it or eat the lead paint either!! They take the fun out of everything.

[@Cypresssina]

Oops. It was really pretty and I was told to get more greens!

[@lovelessbachelor]

Oooo I'm doin it

[@angelslaugh6876]

👁👅👁

[@suchlanguageface]

It's a wonder anyone survived! Thank you very much❤✨

[@Fogysoks4709]

Excellent except the volume of the music when there's talking, it drowns out the speaker

[@kanayanfantv]

I really love this woman and these documentaries! 😂😊

[@BobBoB-ez1pi]

What about the guys who decorated the homes. The painters and decorators?

[@sab4793]

I love the Victorian Era! I used to have all Victorian Furniture, I collected Victorian decor and pictures of real Victorian Families. Ppl had class then now it’s just jeans and t-shirts. You make fun of them for their faults but they didn’t know what we know now you have to take into account. However you guys rly shed a bad light on an era I love. It’s pretty sad. I wish it was 1880 now instead of 2022, Nowadays it’s all about social media and Ads, Filters And Netflix.. Life isn’t the same as it used to be 😕

[@cybercats2823]

Well it would not be good unless you were a rich white man be anything else and you would not like it that much these days aren’t perfect but I promise you most of history’s been romanticized

[@cdavidlake2]

Great series.