The Many Reasons Why You Wouldn't Survive Living In Victorian England | Hidden Killers | Timeline

[@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

[@petalpotionsart]

"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 😂😂

[@petalpotionsart]

@@myra2090 Lead based paint at that!! hahaha

[@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

[@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

[@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]

♥️

[@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.

[@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!

[@marktorres3881]

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

[@Mark-cm8dz]

Thanks!

[@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...

[@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.

[@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.

[@TheInppropriateHeifer]

😂😂😂😂😭 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

[@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.

[@lllowkee6533]

Submariners often suffer from not seeing GREEN , green trees etc while submerged for long periods of time. I forget the name of the syndrome.?

[@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.

[@ssss-df5qz]

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

[@loszhor]

Turn that music down you crazy kids!

[@scofab]

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

[@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!

[@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)

[@m0L3ify]

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

[@mrsmopsi9333]

@Kitty 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 🙈

[@mrsmopsi9333]

@Kitty microplastics can't be filtered out of our drinking water, so through the use of shampoos, conditioners, lotions and so on that contain silicones have microplastics in us because it's been washed into the water system.

[@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.

[@siti_n_i]

Alright, who didn't pay the intern?!

[@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.

[@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.

[@MickAngelhere]

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

[@Marisol-Jovi]

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

[@Mankymeg]

@@sebastianefreeman2795 clueless

[@DaisiesInMercury]

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

[@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.

[@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. 😢

[@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.

[@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.

[@lynda514]

they should be using gloves touching that wall paper book

[@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?

[@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…… 🤔 🤷‍♀️ ✌️ & ❤️

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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!)

[@mombradshaw5528]

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

[@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]

@@athousandsprings you need to grasp humor better.

[@brendakabanda2181]

@@DeeAnnieFL crossed my mind too.

[@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.

[@Overcookedhamburger]

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

[@chris24hdez]

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

[@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

[@isacchris1]

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

[@berenicehickey1503]

Music far too loud!!

[@Patrick_Knowlton]

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

[@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?

[@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?

[@AirborneAirAssault6565]

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

[@luciasardo1176]

Those poor babies may they rest in peace.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@AlexandraRoedder]

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

[@markwilliford5319]

pure art in this production! Superbly communicated

[@mochicat8208]

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

[@WitchyWillLuna]

You need to turn down the music in the video I can't hear what you are saying

[@knighttuttrupriprock9733]

I've recently found this series, totally hooked.

[@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.

[@everhernandez6011]

Thank you for this great video 😁

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Our favorite historian is back!!😊😊😊

[@shellcraigmiles5253]

Quinten Whyte Lucy Worsley is my favorite

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Shell Craigmiles she is cool too 😊😊😊

[@Just.A.T-Rex]

Guys, use the new stable volume option in the video settings under additional settings

[@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*

[@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

[@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.

[@Del107]

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

[@hhs_leviathan]

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.

[@Fogysoks4709]

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

[@TopazKnight87]

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

[@MsMorganThorne]

Ugh, the corset part of this is so problematic. They put a woman who has never worn a corset before into an ill-fitting corset and then have her do physical activity. Regular wear in a properly fitted corset won't have the same effects. Also, organs are displaced during pregnancy and even when you have a big meal. Repeating the 'broken rib' myth is just irresponsible. The ribs that broke were the bones in the corset - which is to be expected when they're made of reed or other cheap materials. Tightlacing was predominantly driven by women (much as it is today). While corseting has risks and isn't perfect, putting it up with arsenic and gaslights (both of which are deadly) is just disingenuous. Seriously, if you're interested in corsetry, check out Lucy's Corsetry channel/website, she has a ton of accurate info

[@quintenwhyte6660]

MorganThorneBDSM Damn!! No wonder Victorian is home of....Sinister...Mr. SINISTER!

[@moonspots01]

Well said.

[@losingmymind611]

Corseting safely is more of a thing now, but even then choosing to modify your body with a corset will always pose health risks; the reason it's in this video is because of how widespread and unregulated it was, with nobody at first knowing how dangerous they could be. Corsets in the Victorian era were symbolic of women existing as pleasurable ornamentation for their husbands or other men, at the expense of their own health. The social aspect of corsetry wasn't like today.

[@Correctrix]

Yeah, but we got to see Suzannah getting cinched up though.

[@MsMorganThorne]

Except that they didn't actually address much of the actual issues with corsets, other than the issues one would have doing exercise in an ill-fitting overbust corset. They cited a number of falsehoods rather than talk about the much less glamorous actual issues (indigestion, constipation). A huge amount of those falsehoods are based on mistaken beliefs put forward by doctors during the 1800's and 1900's (the same doctors who believed that women suffered from hysteria, the uterus literally wandering around the body). An interesting side note: there is some proof that photographers from that time period 'photoshopped' photos to make women's waists look smaller by painting over them.

[@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.

[@Meeko3354]

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

[@m0L3ify]

@@Meeko3354 Touché

[@elizamilton26]

@@m0L3ify thank God I’m Vegan!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@cdavidlake2]

Great series.

[@obseletion]

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

[@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.

[@nicolestewart]

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

[@dandypepe]

What an excellent and informative video! Knowledgeable presenters with something interesting to say. When you can hear them. The instrumental noise (otherwise called music) was so extremely loud in places that it was impossible to hear what was being said. Is the musicians' union so powerful that real information must be denied us?

[@maxcovfefe]

It's amazing anyone survived.

[@MrDavey2010]

Fascinating documentary.

[@donaldkhafre3639]

At about 34:00 there is a newspaper article titled, "FOUR PEOPLE SUFFOCATED BY GAS." The article above it tells the following story: ...nothing was heard of him till Tuesday night, when a policeman of the N Division saw him wandering about Enfield Highway. In answer to questions the lad said he was taken away by a woman and they had been to Southampton, Plymouth, and Bridport, begging during the day and staying in different Workhouses at night. The lad was taken to his home, to the delight of his mother, who had given him up as lost.

[@babybecz]

I love this series! So interesting.

[@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.

[@Bynggo]

Is this a music program with someone talking in the background or an oral information with the music too loud?

[@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.

[@Tina-oq3di]

Really annoying to be interrupted every 3-4 mins by a commercial! However, it’s a very interesting program.

[@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.

[@PetThePeeves]

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

[@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.

[@philwilliams2505]

Turn the bloody music down ,can't hear what's being said

[@Hallucid.]

Exactly if I wanted to hear a symphony, I would listen to a symphony.

[@kittys.2870]

I just read about green dress fabric being poisoned by the dye

[@Manuzoka1996]

I really love this woman and these documentaries! 😂😊

[@vmtz2001]

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

[@ybe7011]

It makes me wonder what we're oblivious to as well. People laugh when you avoid putting chemical laden cosmetics and toiletries on your body or avoid pesticides and GMOs. But looking at this tells a lot about the way we think even though we know more we don't know everything.

[@darkdiddler1439]

Literally anything you eat is a GMO.

[@johnsherman7289]

@@darkdiddler1439 a hybred isn't a GMO.

[@coolgirlfrozenfeet]

GMOs aren’t really bad for you.

[@DellaDykeborn]

Why is the music level so loud I can barely hear the dialogue?

[@pheart2381]

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

[@pearlygirI]

Corsets are so misinformed nowadays

[@suchlanguageface]

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

[@dogsmumm]

The “background music” is louder than the voices.

[@kylw3460]

..Brilliant, and Fascinating..Didn't the workers that mounted the wallpaper suffer as well..?

[@pepperspray7386]

I just walked into my kitchen, OMG the toaster is within reach of the sink! The Victorians had nothing on the electrical death machines I have in my house.

[@anthonytindle5758]

Even in 2021 lead is still of a problem water is running to homes in lead pipes and in victorian era it was mixed in clay and added to flour to make bread whiter. Plus its in ceramics now which we use to make cups from so if you have a cracked mug or has a chip in it bin the cup or mug.

[@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.

[@simonf8902]

Bizarrely forms of arsenic were the first treatments successful against syphilis.