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June 28, 2024 83 mins

What in the flaming ballerinas is going on in this episode?! It’s Killer Fashion and Beauty, Part 2.

Buckle up for some horrific history. Today we dig into the annals of fashion victims and cover:

Scarves

Gloves (yeah that’s right)

Skirts of all kinds

Asbestos clothing

Flannelette

Nonflam


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Sources: 

Written in Bone by Sue Black


Botanical Curses and Poisons by Fez Inkwright


Killer Style by Alison Matthews David and Serah-Marie McMaho


The Victorian Book of the Dead by Chris Woodyard


Fashion Victims by Alison Matthews David


The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_(clothing)


https://wonderfulcollection.wordpress.com/2014/08/09/skirt-grip/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirt_of_Nessus


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Harlow#:~:text=The next day at 11,Hospital records mention uremia.


https://ramblingsnscribblings.com/2020/04/17/a-selection-of-anecdotes-concerning-the-english-cuckoo-pint-arum-maculatum-april-2020/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arum_maculatum


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa_belladonna#:~:text=Belladonna drops act as a,objects, and increased heart rate.


https://www.geriwalton.com/death-by-corset-and-tight-lacings-in-the-1800s/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_and_Roselle


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