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Dead Fascinating - The Strange History of Death and Burial
Manage episode 340070676 series 2990772
We dig up some stories of death and dying. How much did it cost to get to heaven in medieval times? What is a corpse road? And a sin eater? Hear about the "outcast dead" and find out why Victorian Londoners were literally dancing on a giant graveyard. What was the necropolis railway? Who were funeral mutes? Which graveyard hosts a tomb time machine And which internationally famous cemetery was invaded by vampire hunters in the 1970s. Another half an hour of extraordinary stories.
31 episoder
Manage episode 340070676 series 2990772
We dig up some stories of death and dying. How much did it cost to get to heaven in medieval times? What is a corpse road? And a sin eater? Hear about the "outcast dead" and find out why Victorian Londoners were literally dancing on a giant graveyard. What was the necropolis railway? Who were funeral mutes? Which graveyard hosts a tomb time machine And which internationally famous cemetery was invaded by vampire hunters in the 1970s. Another half an hour of extraordinary stories.
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