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Podcast Episode 36-Crime & Tragedy Part 2

Posted on July 13, 2022

Before we begin, I’d like to give a warning that this episode talks about murders and accidents of the 1800s and early 1900s. If details of these events make you […]

Podcast Episode 35-Party Like It’s 1850

Posted on June 29, 2022

The Victorian housewife was expected to make and purchase decorative pieces to beautify the home. These items would enhance her potential as a wife and surround the family with objects […]

Podcast Episode 34-Food Preservation

Posted on June 15, 2022

In today’s episode we’ll be talking about the preservation of food throughout the ages! Canning is a process where food is placed in cans or jars and is heated to […]

Podcast Episode 30 – Health & Medicine

Posted on April 20, 2022

In the life of an early settler, any illness, no matter the severity, could quickly become deadly. To combat this, settlers turned to their own remedies for a cure. Let’s […]

Podcast Episode 29-Titles & Class

Posted on April 13, 2022

Honorifics: [pre]fixed in hierarchy  Throughout our podcasts you’ve probably heard numerous social honorifics in the form of titles and prefixes thrown around. Sir This, Mr. That, Colonel Talbot even, but […]

Podcast Episode 27 – A Grave Situation Part 3

Posted on March 9, 2022

Welcome back to the third and final part of a Grave Situation cemeteries in Dutton Dunwich.  In October 2021, the Dutton Dunwich Municipal Heritage Committee hosted an outdoor Doors Open […]