#Paris

Medieval Death: The Danse Macabre

Ms. 109 (2011.40), fol. 156 c 1493-1510. Getty collection. In the late Middle Ages, life was tough and brief, and King Death presided...

Drowned maidens: Victorian depictions of female suicide

Trigger warnings: this post references some recent cases of suicide that some readers may find distressing. **** “The death of a...

The Paris Morgue – Dark Tourism in the 19th Century

Dark tourism The Paris Morgue on the Quai du Marche. Public domain via Wikimedia. Anyone familiar with David Farrier’s recent Netflix...

Toxic Socks and other Fashion Fatalities

The nineteenth century may have seen the grim and grimy Industrial Age take hold of Britain and other industrial nations, painting the...

Floats the Dark Shadow…Gilles de Rais collides with Belle Epoque Paris

Floats the Dark Shadow by Yves Fey Floats the Dark Shadow is sub-titled ‘A Mystery of Paris’ and that seems apt as Fey has captured the...