How New Electricals Made The Edwardian Home A Deathtrap | Hidden Killers | Absolute History

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  • Опубликовано: 27 мар 2019
  • The dawn of the 20th century and the reign of a new king ushered in an era of fresh inventions and innovations that transformed the way we lived. Electricity, refrigeration and a whole host of different materials promised to make life at home brighter, easier and more convenient. But a lack of understanding of the potential hazards meant that they frequently led to terrible accidents, horrendous injuries and even death.
    Dr Suzannah Lipscomb takes us back to an age when asbestos socks and radioactive toothpaste were welcomed into British homes. She reveals how their lethal qualities were discovered and why some of us are still living with the consequences of our Edwardian forebears' enthusiasm for untried and untested products.
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  • @EstherYuu
    @EstherYuu 3 года назад +377

    Everbody gangsta till an Edwardian lady pulls out her 14 inch hair pin

    • @christinabrenneman7641
      @christinabrenneman7641 3 года назад +54

      😂😂😂this is my favorite comment on here.
      An elderly lady in a retirement home once gave a hat pin to keep me safe on my walk home.
      She was so sweet. So it was so unexpected when she said.."you pin this on your lapel or inside of your sleeve and if anyone bothers you then POW!"

    • @shychameleon
      @shychameleon 2 года назад +12

      @@christinabrenneman7641 My dad told me to go by a 10 inch hat pin from the one of the local second hand stores. That was in early 1970s, Southern California. I found them too.

    • @christinabrenneman7641
      @christinabrenneman7641 2 года назад +6

      @@shychameleon nice! They are so easily hidden but so handy. 😂

    • @TaruOwO
      @TaruOwO 2 года назад +4

      14”? Damn..

  • @TheDonovanMcCormick
    @TheDonovanMcCormick 3 года назад +1650

    “Originally the cables were just wrapped up in paper and lead. A fantastic fire accelerant, brilliant.” 😂 I really like that guy.

    • @BavarianM
      @BavarianM 3 года назад +23

      He always talks like that

    • @jordankuo6662
      @jordankuo6662 3 года назад +9

      😂 Lead though? Tf 🤣

    • @megangibbs4158
      @megangibbs4158 3 года назад +44

      @@jordankuo6662 "Make sure they know it's lethal! Put some lead on it!"

    • @aimeecorkhill7327
      @aimeecorkhill7327 3 года назад +25

      It would be funny if he was your history teacher 😂

    • @RabbitsInBlack
      @RabbitsInBlack 3 года назад +12

      @@megangibbs4158 They really didn't think about Lead as that Poisonous. It was put in paint and everything.

  • @Socc3rchic88
    @Socc3rchic88 3 года назад +440

    Victorians: -[Fucking around like toddlers with gas lighting having absolutely no idea what they're doing]
    Edwardians: "Hold my beer"
    [plugs a lamp in underwater]

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 2 года назад +10

      Well you would not have known the dangers today if it wasn't for them.

    • @offwiththefairiesforever2373
      @offwiththefairiesforever2373 2 года назад +2

      LOL

    • @omega1575
      @omega1575 2 года назад +8

      I’m sorry but I have horrible news. The Edwardian mentioned died via fatal electrocution after he spilled beer on his hand and plugged in a lamp

    • @chrissymacneil3811
      @chrissymacneil3811 2 года назад +5

      I did try not to laugh….I failed.

    • @GooseWithAPassport
      @GooseWithAPassport 2 года назад +5

      @@chrissymacneil3811 didnt fail as much as a Victorian trying to curl her hair

  • @cassymarlow6111
    @cassymarlow6111 3 года назад +203

    It’s crazy to think about how many people have had to die for me to be safe and cozy

    • @kentaronagame7529
      @kentaronagame7529 3 года назад +24

      Yeah and one day people are gonna be saying the same shit about us.

    • @famineheart
      @famineheart 3 года назад +4

      Yes, this is so sad

    • @felicehappy
      @felicehappy 2 года назад +1

      I don't know why but your comment made me laugh out loud! Dark humour ha ha! Thanks for giving me a chuckle.

    • @Holesale00
      @Holesale00 2 года назад

      sacrifices have to be made in the name of progress :D

  • @suna2317
    @suna2317 3 года назад +626

    Puts bleach and asbestos on the face
    "At least I look beautiful"
    Curls hair until it falls off
    "At least I look beautiful"
    eye drops that make you blind
    "Well... at least I look beautiful, I think."
    I am extremely grateful for the time I'm in now, and to the amount of work and progress that had to be made to get to this stage. It can be easy to forget how difficult it was.

    • @lukecremecheese597
      @lukecremecheese597 3 года назад +35

      and you’ll see people in these comments criticizing our modern day, which is fair, but at least our products are tested and safe for the most part and you don’t have to worry about dying from wearing a little bit of makeup

    • @Andrew-th8jk
      @Andrew-th8jk 3 года назад +17

      @@lukecremecheese597 not even tested and safe, we just know how things work now and understand things like grounding, ac, dc, short circuiting, etc.

    • @Unholy_Mango
      @Unholy_Mango 3 года назад +28

      Honestly, shit similar to this is still happening in places with little to no regulation. It isn't just a general ignorance that leads to this stuff, it's unregulated malicious pursuit of profit. Arguably moreso. If you allow people to go unchecked, they'll lie and put their customers in danger for every last penny.

    • @Andrew-th8jk
      @Andrew-th8jk 3 года назад +4

      @@Unholy_Mango un checked? 99 percent of regulations are things like he minimum wage, or taxes, or just bs that says things have to be a certain size, it does nothing but raise the operating costs and the barrier to entry for new competition. Companies won't go un checked, supply and demand exist and so do market forces, consumers are thinking people and should become thinking people, if we remove regulations it'll do nothing but lower the price of anything and put more responsibility on the consumer to choose responsibly. A pursuit of profits isn't malicious, its better then any other pursuit, and if we can remove all of the regulations in the way of people making their own free choices it would mean that the only thing that gets you profit is voluntary trading with people, so that you both end up with what you value more at the end, which is usually money in the case of the business, and it can be exchanged for almost anything.

    • @Unholy_Mango
      @Unholy_Mango 3 года назад +6

      @@Andrew-th8jk The pursuit of profit is better than any other pursuit? The onus is on the customer to not be deceived and harmed? Check it out guys, I found exactly the kind of person who would put lead paint on baby toys

  • @Guiimps
    @Guiimps 5 лет назад +4185

    It makes us think of how many substances we may me using today that are considered safe, and they may be banned in the future

    • @justagirpup
      @justagirpup 5 лет назад +362

      I think Its not that anyone thinks they are safe. They just havent had enough negative reprocussion to address needing to change many of the proven dangerous things we use or eat every day

    • @mars.x
      @mars.x 5 лет назад +180

      I always wonder what wifi does to us

    • @Todo-1996
      @Todo-1996 5 лет назад +114

      Wifi signals for sure. That shit ain't good for you
      But it's everywhere 24/7.

    • @lilac9346
      @lilac9346 5 лет назад +132

      @@Todo-1996 for a lot of people, adverse effects from wifi are just the nocebo effect (placebo, but instead of helping its hurting)

    • @jojosg414
      @jojosg414 5 лет назад +63

      Edulcorants, lecitin, certain dishwashes, softeners and cheap cellphone radiation.
      We are already there my friend.

  • @i.p.956
    @i.p.956 3 года назад +215

    My great grandmother used to tell me stories of how her father's house was the first one to get electricity in the whole area and people would actually come to visit just to see how a lightbulb would come on and they were all amazed.

    • @Bless-the-Name
      @Bless-the-Name 2 года назад +19

      I remember when my friend was the first to have satellite TV.
      People called by and asked what's it like. He said, "Before, I had four crap channels. Now, I have a hundred crap channels."

    • @MH-be6hr
      @MH-be6hr Год назад +3

      🛋

  • @somethingsomethingusername802
    @somethingsomethingusername802 3 года назад +813

    After binge watching these I'm getting the feeling that the people of these Eras (Victorian/Edwardian) just collectively decided that life was simply far too long, and healthy living far too dull.

    • @somethingsomethingusername802
      @somethingsomethingusername802 3 года назад +12

      @Deborah Ajao I don't know, for it was nothing but a Joke lol.

    • @somethingsomethingusername802
      @somethingsomethingusername802 3 года назад +5

      @Deborah Ajao Understandable

    • @yofisofi
      @yofisofi 3 года назад +24

      On the other hand -- ignorance is bliss. Life was hard enough that they naturally sought to take advantage of every new innovation to make it a little bit easier.

    • @zippychipz2800
      @zippychipz2800 3 года назад +10

      All of these videos are over exaggerated to give shock factor. These cases were NOT a widespread issue, and only happened to 10 people at most.

    • @zippychipz2800
      @zippychipz2800 3 года назад +14

      ​@Deborah Ajao I'm a historian, and I like to preserve my family tree. Out of 1000+ people from 1900-1930, the death that most closely resembles what they would put in one of these videos was from a child who stepped on a nail and got tetanus, before getting the tetanus shot and dying because of how much they gave him.
      In google books, I searched up "Electrocuted" from 1901 to 1911 and got 37 pages of results. With each page having 10 results, that calculates to 370~ cases. Now, I'm not even taking into consideration that some might be the same case twice, or some might just be irrelevant, so take 37 cases a year by a grain of salt, cause it might even be less than that.
      Also, almost every video likes to over exaggerate things since it gives shock factor, which increases watch time.

  • @Cerinaya
    @Cerinaya 5 лет назад +3062

    Honestly it's amazing humanity has survived for so long.

    • @darinhilbern3444
      @darinhilbern3444 4 года назад +59

      We got numbers on our side now!

    • @gabriellewis9344
      @gabriellewis9344 4 года назад +25

      Thanks our God (for some) Jesus Christ

    • @ju4368
      @ju4368 4 года назад +7

      Cerinaya for real

    • @Squeaxx
      @Squeaxx 4 года назад +58

      People don’t stop fucking.

    • @candycummings9768
      @candycummings9768 4 года назад +11

      @@darinhilbern3444 that's not a good thing

  • @offmeds2nite
    @offmeds2nite 3 года назад +657

    the hostess playing dumb when the edwardian vibrator gets pulled out had me rolling.

    • @pureicefire
      @pureicefire 3 года назад +35

      I would like this comment but it’s at 69

    • @Kiku91
      @Kiku91 3 года назад +24

      @@pureicefire well it’s been surpassed. Nothing holding you back now 🥴

    • @MoonFrogSanctuary
      @MoonFrogSanctuary 3 года назад +5

      Where's the time stamp?

    • @Kiku91
      @Kiku91 3 года назад +69

      @@MoonFrogSanctuary 16:31 is when the device is pulled out. 16:50 is the reaction to hearing it “was also used for intimate purposes”
      👱🏻‍♀️: “oh, so THAT what it is...”

    • @offmeds2nite
      @offmeds2nite 3 года назад +3

      @@MoonFrogSanctuary 16:32

  • @ntobergta
    @ntobergta 3 года назад +1665

    “People got used to gaslighting” are we talking about Victorians or narcissists?

    • @2-d_in_a_bag
      @2-d_in_a_bag 3 года назад +54

      I FELT THAT _HELLO_

    • @poppywright1753
      @poppywright1753 3 года назад +34

      Edwardians

    • @sophyno508
      @sophyno508 3 года назад +78

      Bold of you to assume the Victorians weren't both

    • @made-line7627
      @made-line7627 3 года назад +4

      @@2-d_in_a_bag How do you italicize in comments? Cheers 🥂

    • @2-d_in_a_bag
      @2-d_in_a_bag 3 года назад +6

      @@made-line7627 put underscores (_) around words. i find it tricky when it's beside punctuation though.

  • @stephenbarnes7241
    @stephenbarnes7241 3 года назад +231

    Can Absolute History and Dr. Lipscomb PLEASE do more of the Hidden Killers series? I’ve seen them all at least twice. They’re just that interesting and bizarre to me. I need more lol

    • @evakarinpotrc8822
      @evakarinpotrc8822 2 года назад +5

      Same🙌🏻🤣

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 2 года назад +4

      Yeah, I love them, but IDK what more they can talk about.

    • @laurieb3703
      @laurieb3703 2 года назад +1

      Same!!!! My favorites!

    • @MH-be6hr
      @MH-be6hr Год назад +1

      A hidden killer: your posts on ridiculous RUclips videos! 😁

    • @lilithnorth7062
      @lilithnorth7062 Год назад

      Right!!! I love them

  • @MrWombatty
    @MrWombatty 5 лет назад +1243

    Apparently one of the women who worked painting those Radium dials survived cancer-free due to the fact that she didn't lick her paint-brush because she disliked the taste! (stated on Qi)

    • @black4ever018
      @black4ever018 5 лет назад +122

      I just got done with the book Radium Girls and it was a great read, thanks for the info!

    • @slpicnicbasket
      @slpicnicbasket 5 лет назад +34

      Yes a local school performed the play. Fascinating story

    • @elenabeatricemartinelli8426
      @elenabeatricemartinelli8426 5 лет назад +129

      wait, was licking paint brushes a thing? I mocked my aunt for ages for advising me not to do that...

    • @jimandaubz
      @jimandaubz 5 лет назад +159

      @@elenabeatricemartinelli8426 yuuup, it was not just a thing, but a thing that used to be taught to every good school boy and girl.
      And then people died.

    • @MrWombatty
      @MrWombatty 5 лет назад +135

      @@elenabeatricemartinelli8426 It does make a nice pointy tip to paint finely with (I use a rag) & it's the main reason that paints for children/students are required to be non-toxic!

  • @piratexxxking
    @piratexxxking 5 лет назад +798

    Lol when she realizes she is holding a Edwardian vibrator 16:50

    • @mr.lalnon5455
      @mr.lalnon5455 5 лет назад +214

      When they said it's supposed to be a massager I was like _sure_

    • @shashachuu
      @shashachuu 5 лет назад +120

      I immediately thought of magic wands when I saw that. Both were originally meant to be massagers but ended up being sex toys lmao

    • @deiluxx
      @deiluxx 5 лет назад +38

      Kinda hard to hide it from your mum

    • @curtisbarker9272
      @curtisbarker9272 5 лет назад +105

      The doctors of the time would prescribe such massage for relief from feminine hysteria. And the doctor would even administer the first treatment while selling the massager to the female patient

    • @sisterluke
      @sisterluke 4 года назад +89

      @@curtisbarker9272 Even funnier, before the electric "massage" device, doctors would see female patients and treat them for hysteria by stimulating their clitoris by hand to provide "relief". Doctors would frequently get tired and worn out so when the electric devices were made, they were relieved.

  • @melaniejones7335
    @melaniejones7335 3 года назад +111

    I chain watch these just to hear Nathan Goss say “It was lethal!” with a twinkle in his eye😂

  • @ZoriZM
    @ZoriZM 3 года назад +122

    Victorian and Edwardian motto sounds a lot like that catch phrase that goes... "I'm here for a good time not a long time."

  • @HobbyRat
    @HobbyRat 5 лет назад +1018

    The historian who talks about the grim & bleak nature of each of the invention had me in fits of giggles. He seems so passionate about the word 'lethal' and casually smiles on about horrendous deaths. XD

    • @-SuperCraigIsGay-
      @-SuperCraigIsGay- 5 лет назад +44

      I would be anticipating his appearance each time, lol.

    • @nikkicat254
      @nikkicat254 5 лет назад +58

      He's in other videos too, and I noticed he seems to enjoy saying things like: and there would be no escape or they would die horrible deaths! I also noticed that his upper and lower teeth are pointy, like a cat person would have! lol!

    • @justicespeaks3270
      @justicespeaks3270 4 года назад +7

      @@nikkicat254 Crown shapes to look like vampire fans and mounted to the IT is a cultural norm in the Vampire groups.

    • @TheB14HB14H
      @TheB14HB14H 4 года назад +3

      Jennifer Jones what are vampire fans

    • @angelikaskoroszyn8495
      @angelikaskoroszyn8495 4 года назад +21

      Aren't we all fascinated by the various, gruesome deaths of the past? After all the most popular videos on this channels have death in their titles. He is just more honest about it :D

  • @rottenbutterfly9675
    @rottenbutterfly9675 4 года назад +2355

    Edwardian and Victorian people : "why is everything around me exploding"

    • @leeannasloan526
      @leeannasloan526 4 года назад +22

      Lol right.

    • @Donde_Lieta
      @Donde_Lieta 4 года назад +93

      Cocaine should solve the issue

    • @brucemarsico6
      @brucemarsico6 4 года назад +41

      They never thought that. They were eager to embrace the new technology of the times....and they did.

    • @diy_cat9817
      @diy_cat9817 4 года назад +47

      No wonder they all did opium.

    • @TaruOwO
      @TaruOwO 4 года назад +13

      *CREEPER*
      aww man

  • @portaccio
    @portaccio 3 года назад +1153

    Sorry, I was trying to watch some adverts but they kept being interrupted by a history program.

    • @andreic.3204
      @andreic.3204 3 года назад +56

      have u ever heard of Adblocks in 2020?

    • @andyharpist2938
      @andyharpist2938 3 года назад +89

      its only a matter of time until YT becomes daytime tv standard and so unwatchable.

    • @portaccio
      @portaccio 3 года назад +64

      @@andreic.3204 you can't adblock the app.

    • @andreic.3204
      @andreic.3204 3 года назад +18

      @@portaccio use browser on phone :)

    • @xbotdev
      @xbotdev 3 года назад +42

      @@portaccio not on iOS anyway, Android has a modified version called Vanced.

  • @akimhamlet5092
    @akimhamlet5092 3 года назад +280

    16:34 "This is an early 'massage machine"
    Suzannah: 😏

    • @milaylahire6318
      @milaylahire6318 3 года назад +59

      Nobody:
      Edwardian people discovering electricity: But can I f*ck it?

    • @solgaleo3533
      @solgaleo3533 3 года назад +8

      It’s like a hitachi: it’s supposed to be for massages but people use it to beat their meat

    • @_TJ97
      @_TJ97 3 года назад

      Ya nasty ;p

    • @_TJ97
      @_TJ97 3 года назад +1

      @@milaylahire6318 nothings bloody changed there, all men have stuck it somewhere 'interesting'

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 2 года назад

      >w>

  • @SKOMPAS
    @SKOMPAS 3 года назад +164

    It still blows my mind that ice was shipped in from the Arctic, the price of ice must have been so high on a hot summers day!

  • @prettyprettydeath
    @prettyprettydeath 5 лет назад +693

    these hijinks make me realize how we ended up with labels on hairdryers warning not to bring it into the bathtub

    • @thin_white_duke1
      @thin_white_duke1 4 года назад +15

      They just put it there so they cannot get sued.

    • @bnk091182
      @bnk091182 3 года назад +16

      And yet, even TODAY women are electrocuted doing their hair in the tub! Crazy!

    • @warpath6666
      @warpath6666 3 года назад +11

      Or "For external use only". Wait, so that would mean that ... Oh no !!! LOL 😄🤣😄🤣

    • @killman369547
      @killman369547 3 года назад +8

      @@bnk091182 Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

    • @OhWell1962
      @OhWell1962 3 года назад +4

      @@AL-jb1mh - And then having the audacity - well, in this case, that person probably doesn't even know what "audacity" means - to blame President Trump for it! How stupid can one person (and those who agree with where the blame was placed) be?

  • @kh23797
    @kh23797 3 года назад +88

    I recall how, in the 1950s, my mother still used an electric iron plugged into a bayonet light fitting in the ceiling. I also remember how, always naive about risk, she heard a loose screw rattling inside her Hoover steam iron. She grabbed a table knife to push it out-but the iron was still 'on'. _There was almighty bang!_ The 'Ivorine' handle insulated her from the current, but much of the blade had melted like a welding rod. Domestic fuses were notoriously insensitive, unlike the super-sensitive RCDs that protect us in our homes today.

    • @ThisEpicLife
      @ThisEpicLife Год назад

      I also remember people used to get tired of those fuses blowing, so they would circumvent the safety by placing a copper penny where the fuse goes.

    • @localgirl33
      @localgirl33 Год назад

      Your poor mom! Ivorine to the rescue. That's a really scary story.

    • @kh23797
      @kh23797 Год назад +1

      @@localgirl33 Yes, it was a very narrow squeak (to use that ancient term), but we all hang to life by a thread at times, don't we? Happily, she survived for another forty years...

  • @khiggins7231
    @khiggins7231 3 года назад +94

    I remember my Aunt plugging in her electric iron into an adapter in a pendent in the ceiling.

  • @skeve613
    @skeve613 3 года назад +340

    14:29 "Killed by electricity: A *shocking* accident occurred..."
    What a punster.

    • @darkbunglex
      @darkbunglex 3 года назад +3

      YEAH i noticed that too. For the time that was great copywriting

    • @MustangWriter
      @MustangWriter 3 года назад +1

      I noticed it three!

    • @shadowxxe
      @shadowxxe 3 года назад +6

      *someone dies*
      Edwardian news people: 👏😂

  • @moatddtutorials
    @moatddtutorials 3 года назад +491

    Cave Johnson: "Ah, the good old days when everything was made of asbestos."

    • @prismstudios001
      @prismstudios001 3 года назад +18

      Or Arsenic..........

    • @user-kw7kl6vl9o
      @user-kw7kl6vl9o 3 года назад +3

      LOL! very underappreciated comment! XD XD XD

    • @jeffreydavidconner
      @jeffreydavidconner 3 года назад

      @@prismstudios001 Still in wiring.

    • @HDESM
      @HDESM 3 года назад +1

      Everything still is....

    • @jasongreek2342
      @jasongreek2342 3 года назад +17

      Asbestos gets such a bad rep. It's an absolutely wonderful material, it just happens it's incredibly harmful to your health.

  • @CaptainMorganxxx
    @CaptainMorganxxx 3 года назад +172

    was a apprentice electrician in the late 1940s many of these Edwardian relics were still in use, fire irons were in almost every house , most cottages in mill towns had gas. Electricity was generated locally and was later Nationalised. Wiring then was gradually converting from lead covered to a rubber covering, Cottages were wired (Subsidised) with one 15 amp socket, and two light circuits one upstairs and one down. gas was retained for many years by tenants who could not afford extra lighting points.

    • @Sara-qi6fc
      @Sara-qi6fc 2 года назад +4

      wow!

    • @sarahoshea9603
      @sarahoshea9603 2 года назад +6

      Really cool info, thanks for sharing!

    • @laurieb3703
      @laurieb3703 2 года назад +11

      You should make a channel to share your stories!

    • @kyleyates8172
      @kyleyates8172 2 года назад +14

      I'm a modern electrician and it's crazy seeing paper covered knob and tube wiring in really old houses, along with asbestos tiles all over the basements. I got hit with a hot line with paper insulation on it in an attic, that stuff will light you up bad. No grounds at all, 5 fuse boxes, no proper meter socket at all just a 60 amp disconnect running an entire house, garage and rv. Place could've been a museum lol it even was built from the wood they cut down, true 2 inch by 4 inch walls lined in boards, all hardwood. Hardest rewire ever

    • @tinaffable
      @tinaffable 2 года назад +1

      We still use gas, at least for cooking, in our home (probably majority of people in our country).

  • @thecheezybleezy7036
    @thecheezybleezy7036 3 года назад +229

    Jesus fuck we really took a steep hill in terms of science, couple thousand years of wood working and suddenly we're on the moon

    • @thecheezybleezy7036
      @thecheezybleezy7036 3 года назад +30

      @afreen because I'm not too much bothered by the words and I have the freedom of speech

    • @acsbunny
      @acsbunny 3 года назад +2

      @@thecheezybleezy7036 this is off topic but your dog is adorbs

    • @beesquestionmark
      @beesquestionmark 3 года назад +12

      @afreen not everyone is religious

    • @thecheezybleezy7036
      @thecheezybleezy7036 3 года назад +4

      @@acsbunny I appreciate it, it was my friends dog but he had it him put down because of cancer complications, his name was bear

    • @chad7554
      @chad7554 3 года назад +3

      Just imagine and we lead to believe that they made to moon on the first try... moon landing Kinda sounding pretty much like bull to me after watching this documentary...

  • @fyeelessarndra3392
    @fyeelessarndra3392 5 лет назад +584

    Asbestos-lined water tank and lead pipes....the Edwardians really had it bad, didn't they?

    • @janrees4887
      @janrees4887 5 лет назад +42

      Though not as bad as those before them- women's crinolines used to catch on fire if they walked too close to an open flame,which was all too frequent in Victorian times, and corsets with hoop skirts trapped women in their burning clothes and even just suffocated them when a strong gust forced the skirt to invert like a ruined umbrella, or even attacked them when they tried to walk over stiles or sometimes down steep stairs

    • @nicoleyoung0511
      @nicoleyoung0511 4 года назад +8

      jan rees you’re right about the skirts catching on fire, though that was really only a problem for working-class women as they would be the ones working close to fires. And they were a general fire hazard, but it wasn’t very common to get ‘trapped’ in your burning clothes, at least not any more that it is today. The rest of what you’ve said, however, is false. The crinoline could not invert like an umbrella and suffocate anyone because it was made out of progressively larger lightweight steel hoops that were only attached to each other by fabric. Crinolines were actually very flexible and they were fully collapsible.

    • @paulhunter1525
      @paulhunter1525 4 года назад +11

      Asbestos was still being used in building public housing and insulation of water tanks and furnaces in 1960 and 70s

    • @jballew2239
      @jballew2239 4 года назад +13

      The asbestos "lining" of the early water heaters was used as insulation, it would not normally see contact with water unless the inner jacket cracked or rusted through. That they were fueled by gasoline, kerosene or gas using an open flame, in the kitchen was usually a larger hazard.
      There are still many cities using lead or leaded steel water supply lines. They depend on the lead oxide that forms on the inside of the pipe to keep people from being poisoned. This is a great deal of the issues found in the City of Flint's water system. A change in the Ph of the water supplied to the system removed the oxide, allowing free lead into the water.

    • @danielaweber8491
      @danielaweber8491 4 года назад +3

      In 100 year they talk abouth our stupidity

  • @nikieart157
    @nikieart157 5 лет назад +3161

    The male historian seems a little too happy each time he talks about ppl getting electrocuted...

    • @adarawinder3856
      @adarawinder3856 5 лет назад +175

      Happy someone else noticed that

    • @CIubDuck
      @CIubDuck 5 лет назад +442

      "A CHILD could touch the live wires and instantly die" he said with a shit eating grin

    • @-SuperCraigIsGay-
      @-SuperCraigIsGay- 5 лет назад +244

      Lol, I had to hold back laughter every time he appeared.

    • @courtneyraiyn-eshaiyn7815
      @courtneyraiyn-eshaiyn7815 5 лет назад +21

      Oh dear...

    • @Musicandlyrics2400
      @Musicandlyrics2400 5 лет назад +148

      And at 36:47 ‘’your blood could pool on your heart! 😃’’

  • @mick7909
    @mick7909 3 года назад +48

    The electric tablecloth is the one I just can't understand why anyone thought that would be a good idea...."Hay Tim you know what this dining room could really use, no what? The possibility of random high voltage electric shocks.

  • @SnazzBot
    @SnazzBot 3 года назад +36

    I think this show balances the professionalism of TV with the efficiency of RUclips very well. Top work .

    • @captainboggles
      @captainboggles 3 года назад

      its a BBC production

    • @SnazzBot
      @SnazzBot 3 года назад +5

      @@captainboggles shows how far they have come , no silly title screens being repeated every 5 minutes or recapings .

  • @ayanasmith8991
    @ayanasmith8991 4 года назад +539

    I LOVE Dr. Kate Williams. Her mannerisms when she explains things makes me feel like she is spilling some tea. 😂😂😂

    • @alanna-maryquinn1193
      @alanna-maryquinn1193 4 года назад +26

      I always get excited when shes on screen! You can tell shes so passionate about the subjects and just makes everything so interesting.

    • @Krompierre.
      @Krompierre. 4 года назад +15

      Sexiest voice on the series. I could listen her for some time tbh

    • @clydearnold1931
      @clydearnold1931 3 года назад +18

      Oh trust me, us Americans have spilled a *LOT* of tea, a whole shipload!

    • @gourdtube
      @gourdtube 3 года назад +11

      @@Krompierre. I don't know man, I'd study king Edward's left nut my whole life if it meant Dr. Lipscomb would interview me about it.

    • @r.m.5548
      @r.m.5548 3 года назад

      I feel the opposite, she is too soft spoken to hear clearly and idk what accent that is, it sounds not fake but very.....stressed like she's putting on a fake voice

  • @SecurityDivision
    @SecurityDivision 5 лет назад +208

    Oh THAT massage machine! :D

  • @EnDB
    @EnDB 3 года назад +32

    It's crazy how dangerous they knew asbestos is, but kept using it. I remember schools shutting down in the 80's to remove it.

    • @cocoaorange1
      @cocoaorange1 11 месяцев назад +1

      I was a Chicago teen in the 80's, I recall the danger.

  • @adie.m.d
    @adie.m.d 3 года назад +38

    Ah yes. The period where people expires faster than their perishable foods

  • @TheSprinklerNinja
    @TheSprinklerNinja 3 года назад +419

    RUclips: how many ads can we put on your video?
    Absolute history: just f me up.

    • @cegf3d
      @cegf3d 3 года назад +5

      Almost always youtube puts ads on videos automatically, that's why in some videos there's like 7 ads in the beginning and just a few on the rest of the video

    • @ShitHappensRLY
      @ShitHappensRLY 3 года назад +15

      yt doesn't even ask. Authors just push "monetize" button and yt puts as many ads as possible depending on the length of the video. Unfortunately it's the only way to get some revenue apart yt premium users which aren't so common I suppose

    • @LunaticCharade
      @LunaticCharade 3 года назад +18

      @@ShitHappensRLY i would suggest adblock.. no ads here ;)

    • @LunaticCharade
      @LunaticCharade 3 года назад +6

      @@ShitHappensRLY There are some with one or two ads, others have serveral in and after.. tubers sure have a choice, if they want no ads, only in beginning, in middle and also signle or dual ads in middle

    • @misterkaos.357
      @misterkaos.357 3 года назад +15

      **Laughs in AdBlock**

  • @mambowman
    @mambowman 5 лет назад +180

    sad part is that nothing's really changed and death for profit is still just as prevalent just hidden elsewhere. eg. sackler family,monsato etc

    • @rimckd825
      @rimckd825 4 года назад +4

      And most prevalent with conservatives IMO.

  • @professorplum3858
    @professorplum3858 2 года назад +26

    I lived in an old building (around 140 years old now) that still had electrical wires wrapped in silk. They were no longer being used of course due to how dangerous and flammable they were, but it was still interesting to see.

    • @MH-be6hr
      @MH-be6hr Год назад +4

      I've seen knob and tube wiring in an early Edwardian mansion when I was a kid.

  • @shirleyashton3597
    @shirleyashton3597 3 года назад +55

    I worked in a chemical works that made Azo dyes and needed dry ice for the process. This was made using ammonia as a refridgerant but the machine would often go wrong and we had to evacuate. Luckily there was a fire station opposite. After one such episode, were I can remember rushing downstairs through clouds of ammonia holding my breath, we got back in the lab later to find our cold coffees were ph 14!

    • @MH-be6hr
      @MH-be6hr Год назад +5

      😯😵😵😰😱

  • @SuperMarbelle
    @SuperMarbelle 5 лет назад +818

    A good time to be poor. The rich were the first to try things as they could afford. By the time things were worked out, then the poor might be able to afford.

    • @applejellypucci
      @applejellypucci 4 года назад +58

      Never thought of it that way.

    • @marenbartlog5165
      @marenbartlog5165 4 года назад +251

      The poor were the ones working in the asbestos factories and painting the radium clocks

    • @xAlexZifko
      @xAlexZifko 4 года назад +119

      definitely not a good time to be poor lmao

    • @Lianspain
      @Lianspain 4 года назад +151

      There's never been a good time to be poor

    • @abvvi3319
      @abvvi3319 4 года назад +89

      The rich brought the poison while the poor unknowingly made it.

  • @dayvoid2714
    @dayvoid2714 3 года назад +303

    My guy in the plaid shirt seems to be feeling the weight of everything he's relaying in such a deep way its a whole mood.

    • @lassaut6794
      @lassaut6794 3 года назад +4

      Its a whole mood? What does that mean?

    • @paulcraig7666
      @paulcraig7666 3 года назад +30

      He means.... (Whispering in a bad English accent) It's positively lethal.

    • @jeremymurphy7320
      @jeremymurphy7320 3 года назад +20

      I wonder if he's yet recovered from the production of this piece. He really seemed to feel as if he should have warned all thise people that they were putting themselves in danger

    • @fieldsobrietytest4462
      @fieldsobrietytest4462 3 года назад +2

      @@lassaut6794 Similarly to how the phrase sounds, it can range from meaning "I agree with this" to "this is relatable".
      Google is your friend for stuff like this; highlight the word, right click, and click "search google for".

    • @lassaut6794
      @lassaut6794 3 года назад +3

      @@fieldsobrietytest4462 oh I'm aware of google search. I ask on this thread to get the kids that use this sort of slangs version of it. I usually don't get a coherent response. Especially "vibe check" or "issa vibe". Wtf is that?

  • @justineharper3346
    @justineharper3346 3 года назад +47

    I think the Radium Girls deaths are the most horrific deaths I’ve ever heard of

    • @LlamaLlamaMamaJama
      @LlamaLlamaMamaJama 2 года назад +3

      So horrific I wouldn’t even wish them on their bosses (who elevated CYA into the exosphere). The first time I read Kate Moore’s book, I think I erupted in gut-clutching sobs at least 4 times.
      I remember decades ago hearing about “radiation poisoning” and thinking “leukemia”…. after learning of THIS story it seems like the deaths from cancer were the most merciful. Well maybe not the one with a two-football sized tumor in her vag… and that huge sarcoma showed in that one photo here… but even those seemed an easier compared to some 😭. I’ve seen/heard more podcasts, RUclips videos, etc than I can count… truly nothing prepared me for the horror I would feel while reading the book. I think of how agonizing a single tooth abscess or even a sinus infection is…. I was a trauma nurse for years and have seen horrible things that can happen to faces…. I can’t begin to get my head around what some of THESE girls (yes, girls… many were teenagers) endured.

    • @katnumn
      @katnumn Год назад +1

      It's very upsetting

  • @v.j.bartlett
    @v.j.bartlett 2 года назад +22

    The stories of the hat pins being used as a weapon of defense is perfectly true! My great-great-grandmother used one for precisely that purpose one winter evening on her way home from the linen factory.😆

    • @ritageorge8748
      @ritageorge8748 6 месяцев назад

      My great aunt was a NY hatter&Millie had a Giant stuffed pin cushion shoe with at least 8near foot long hat pins with fake 'jeweled' tops-I love the&still use her mil needles to repair-must be 5in of hard steel

  • @caramelcoffees
    @caramelcoffees 4 года назад +191

    i clicked this thinking it would be your usual youtube top ten list but i ended up getting quite an in depth education. thanks! really fascinating stuff

    • @h.r.9563
      @h.r.9563 4 года назад +4

      I know! Feel like I'm watching the BBC

  • @maximilienrobespierre7927
    @maximilienrobespierre7927 5 лет назад +394

    Am I the only one who's troubled by that dude's maniacal smile when he says "absolutely lethal"?

    • @icansurviveuniversity.imra1405
      @icansurviveuniversity.imra1405 5 лет назад +13

      19:20 look at his eyes. even thou he smiles you see compassion right after.

    • @icansurviveuniversity.imra1405
      @icansurviveuniversity.imra1405 5 лет назад +9

      25:00 right after the smile is compassion

    • @dgconway89
      @dgconway89 4 года назад +2

      I can survive university. I'm Rachel! Llr

    • @MzShonuff123
      @MzShonuff123 4 года назад +5

      He seems like someone who’s definitely turn out to be the killer in an Agatha Christie book.

    • @thegoodnessness
      @thegoodnessness 4 года назад +2

      Fegelein, I think someone is or was very upset with you.. they kept yelling your name.

  • @winterkrash
    @winterkrash 3 года назад +12

    2:13 we still have that kind of sewing machine from Singer and it still works.

  • @itseliz_8.13
    @itseliz_8.13 3 года назад +29

    I cant wait for them to make one about the *dangers of cell phones* in 2020

    • @partygarnele2405
      @partygarnele2405 3 года назад +7

      *boomer moment*

    • @pumpkinhills7611
      @pumpkinhills7611 2 года назад +1

      Maybe not cell phones, but certainly the Samsung smart phones that had burnt people's faces due to how faulty they were

  • @nebbisoda
    @nebbisoda 5 лет назад +142

    these "deadly historical home" videos are so interesting! I really hope you do more, my favorite so far is the victorian home.

  • @aewtx
    @aewtx 5 лет назад +604

    Early 1900s: Had lack of fundamental understanding of electricity. Produced electric tablecloths.
    Today: Electric blankets

    • @anthonyfox585
      @anthonyfox585 5 лет назад +26

      aewtx I guess that in some respects not much has changed since then lol

    • @lainiwakura1776
      @lainiwakura1776 5 лет назад +93

      I remember when electric blankets were actually dangerous back in the 90's. I assume the technology has improved nowadays since I haven yet to hear about the dangers of them now.

    • @DanaTheInsane
      @DanaTheInsane 5 лет назад +18

      @@lainiwakura1776 I was using them back in the 70's!

    • @mitylene_bailey
      @mitylene_bailey 5 лет назад +33

      I'm lying on mine watching this...

    • @ComeUndun.
      @ComeUndun. 5 лет назад +28

      I got one from my uncle for Christmas in 2007, and I was so scared about getting electrocuted or burned alive that I never used it. I still have no idea how people feel comfortable washing those things on the washer and dryer.

  • @YOOBEAR
    @YOOBEAR 3 года назад +69

    It's amazing how humanity didn't kill itself off 😂

    • @cleobinx
      @cleobinx 3 года назад +2

      I’m still amazed at that as well 🤣

    • @alexisalexi5161
      @alexisalexi5161 3 года назад +6

      There's still time.

    • @annabees
      @annabees 2 года назад +1

      I think we are, we just have *that* much collective self preservation to overcome anihilation XD

    • @denyshadials5702
      @denyshadials5702 2 года назад +2

      Oh we’re working on it, unfortunately.

    • @97firebirdstraight12
      @97firebirdstraight12 2 года назад

      yet…

  • @scottbrandon9390
    @scottbrandon9390 2 года назад +9

    Imagine university students who had Suzannah Lipscomb as a history professor for anything on British history. It would be the highest enrolled course on campus.

  • @TaylorAmelia
    @TaylorAmelia 4 года назад +79

    My grandmother who was born in 1927 always referred to radiation as radium. I eventually realized why

    • @Kowalskithegreat
      @Kowalskithegreat 3 года назад +6

      @MichaelKingsfordGray was that really necessary? on a year old comment? you have a lot of hate in your heart

    • @295g295
      @295g295 3 года назад +2

      49:49 radium

    • @howardmunro5464
      @howardmunro5464 3 года назад

      Honey, We Do NOT want you TO Touch The Westinghouse Electric TOASTER! Your Mommy or Daddy will take the risk of Touching the Westinghouse Electric Toaster every morning at Breakfast!

  • @nonih9338
    @nonih9338 5 лет назад +72

    Thanks for repackaging these documentaries for us. They're very well made and interesting.

  • @MegaAstroFan18
    @MegaAstroFan18 3 года назад +28

    Dr. Kate Williams really does have a good storytelling voice and style. I'm telling you, if you wanted someone to tell you campfire stories really well, I think she'd be a shoe-in.

  • @strawberry-xr4et
    @strawberry-xr4et 3 года назад +19

    cant imagine seeing a lady with a whole ass bird on her head and being like “hey hot stuff, wanna ditch this shabby old party and go have some fun?”

    • @liquidsleepgames3661
      @liquidsleepgames3661 2 года назад +2

      are you saying you would like to take a gander under the dress

    • @sarahoshea9603
      @sarahoshea9603 2 года назад

      You know how pissed I'd be if some dude wanted to hang out under my skirt with his goose?! I mean a guinea hen or pheasant perhaps would be fine but, geese are the literal devil. I wouldn't have it

  • @karyannfontaine8757
    @karyannfontaine8757 5 лет назад +240

    Year ago we asked our grandmother, who was born in the early 1880s , what the greatest invention of her lifetime was. She said: Electricity. She used to tell stories of the the lamp lighter, gaslight, candles and lanterns.

    • @aa-vk6hd
      @aa-vk6hd 5 лет назад +25

      Is she the oldest living Human on earth?
      Fucking Lie

    • @Alloicious
      @Alloicious 5 лет назад +19

      selin tombas co Only half the U.S. homes in 1925 had electric power. Like most tech-it came to the less fortunate last. My great grandmother didn’t have electricity for a long time and told us youngins’ about those days. Don’t be ignorant.

    • @dannabats
      @dannabats 5 лет назад +20

      So she is 120 yera old eh?

    • @Alloicious
      @Alloicious 5 лет назад +65

      dannabats You realize people can tell stories and then die right? Where in the actual fuck are these retarded comments coming from?

    • @karyannfontaine8757
      @karyannfontaine8757 5 лет назад +38

      @@dannabats Sounds like it. I spilled wine on my keyboard and the "s" does not always work. Supposed to read Years ago.

  • @MrSaemichlaus
    @MrSaemichlaus 3 года назад +257

    Face cream advertisment: _This magical product will stop your aging forever_
    Me: Yes, yes it will, absolutely!

    • @kmsleyang8972
      @kmsleyang8972 3 года назад +4

      💀💀💀💀💀😂😂😂😂

    • @sdgathman
      @sdgathman 3 года назад +3

      I've seen better results from facial muscle exercisers, e.g. "jawzercise". Anything that gets the blood flowing is much better than creams. Maybe a cream with hot peppers to stimulate blood flow ...

    • @Mira4Mummy
      @Mira4Mummy 3 года назад +3

      Immediate effect!

    • @pvtrichter8816
      @pvtrichter8816 3 года назад +1

      @MrSaemichlaus yes death has that tendency to stop aging permanently [full sarcasm here ] LOL! Cheers!

    • @kevinrushmere
      @kevinrushmere 3 года назад

      @@pvtrichter8816 ruclips.net/video/t1TcDHrkQYg/видео.html

  • @mjc7771
    @mjc7771 3 года назад +36

    Wow really makes you think what killers we might be missing today

    • @erikincph
      @erikincph 3 года назад +3

      Distraction by mobile phones , 🤔 maybe?

    • @mjc7771
      @mjc7771 3 года назад +6

      @@erikincph yes I agree. Chronic sleep deprivation maybe

    • @gigamilk6981
      @gigamilk6981 3 года назад +6

      Sugar and salt probably

    • @Justgirliethings6
      @Justgirliethings6 3 года назад +2

      Vaccines

    • @erikincph
      @erikincph 3 года назад +4

      @@Justgirliethings6 I suggest you study a bit regarding the outcome of the biggest vaccination programs since the first vaccination was invented...

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek 3 года назад +21

    This presenter is always so beautiful & sophisticated ❤️

  • @fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName
    @fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName 3 года назад +286

    Millennial death: he ignored the warning label.
    Edwardian death: he bought a refrigerator

    • @Taricus
      @Taricus 3 года назад +30

      Millennial death: He ate a tide pod.

    • @JENDALL714
      @JENDALL714 3 года назад +22

      @@Taricus Drives into a Lake because GPS said turn here.

    • @Taricus
      @Taricus 3 года назад +1

      @@JENDALL714 ROFL 🤣

    • @linda1lee2
      @linda1lee2 3 года назад +5

      @@JENDALL714 Years ago I read of a retired couple that drove into a canal blindly following GPS.

    • @pizzamandude
      @pizzamandude 3 года назад +5

      Millennial death: hit by car, stepping off the curb without looking, engrossed in his phone.

  • @carolelegault9545
    @carolelegault9545 5 лет назад +582

    Maybe in a near future we will watch a documentary on how dangerous it "was" to spray our food with pesticides

    • @btapann
      @btapann 5 лет назад +52

      They will look back in horror, just as we look back in viewing this documentary with the horrific knowledge of these types of dangerous products used during the Edwardian period 😱

    • @irkaart5556
      @irkaart5556 5 лет назад +31

      Yes every generation laughs at the ones before...except we are poisoning each other just the same!!

    • @hqi1321
      @hqi1321 5 лет назад +90

      It'll probably be secondary to documentaries about how we polluted our atmosphere with irresponsible gas vehicles, choked the oceans with plastic, and gave everyone measles because we forgot vaccines work.
      Or, there might be no documentaries because we'd all be dead.

    • @aewtx
      @aewtx 5 лет назад +38

      But we are already aware of the dangers. The companies just choose to overlook it. Because, you know, money.

    • @sweetieblue6108
      @sweetieblue6108 5 лет назад +4

      @@hqi1321 lol

  • @wieslawirzyniec4527
    @wieslawirzyniec4527 3 года назад +3

    The lady with the necklace who spoke about the pins nailed it. She stole the show :D

  • @InternetMameluq
    @InternetMameluq 3 года назад +32

    Makeup in 1900: here put some heavy metals on yourself
    Makeup in 2000: Turns out just regular dirt works and isn't poisonous.

    • @abigailblackstock4928
      @abigailblackstock4928 Месяц назад

      Ehhh, there's still toxic crap in modern makeup. The documentary "America the Beautiful" goes over it.

  • @RADIUMGLASS
    @RADIUMGLASS 4 года назад +205

    The radium girls graves in New Jersey still emit radiation. It was used also in bottled water, sold as a "health benefit" and you can see the advertisements in the newspapers from the 1920s.

    • @rimckd825
      @rimckd825 4 года назад +10

      Theirs are radioactive... and those of the men who suppressed the truth are hopefully extremely hot...

    • @raquellofstedt9713
      @raquellofstedt9713 4 года назад +5

      Yep. The "ghost girls" still glowing today.

    • @donalddrysdale246
      @donalddrysdale246 3 года назад +7

      sure, but how are WE any better with the 5G coming, never mind all the cell/micro radiation the last 30 years?

    • @stevenherrold5955
      @stevenherrold5955 3 года назад

      ITS FUNNY TO LOOK BACK IN TIME they thought they living in modern technology days today we say how silly can you be

    • @keepinmahprivacy9754
      @keepinmahprivacy9754 3 года назад +9

      @@donalddrysdale246 Well, you're talking about different types of radiation that have different effects on the cells in our bodies. Radiation from decay consists of alpha, beta, and gamma rays. The alpha and beta rays are actually heavier particles that can easily destroy tissue, which is why they are handy in destroying cancerous tissue. Gamma rays are composed of photons, so they are electromagnetic radiation, like 5g and microwaves. Now, EM radiation can definitely be harmful to the body, as it is with gamma rays, but that mostly depends on the wavelength, because with photons, the wavelength is inversely proportional to the energy. Our cells can tolerate most low energy, longer wavelength EM radiation, like visible light, or radio waves, except for infrared, because in the infrared range, photons have just the right amount of energy to be easily absorbed by other particles to drive them up to higher energy levels (heating them up). As you get to the shorter, high energy wavelengths past visible light, then you get to the really dangerous stuff, like ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays, etc. Still, even the less harmful wavelengths of EM radiation can do damage if you can concentrate the radiation intensely enough, for example, with a visible light laser, or a microwave oven. Conversely, we can tolerate the higher energy radiation better if it is less concentrated. So the UV radiation from the sun is more tolerable in the morning or evening than midday, because it is being scattered more by passing through a greater distance of atmosphere before it reaches us.
      Basically, with the cell phone and microwave radiation, it is pervasive, but it is both lower energy and unconcentrated, since it is being emitted from all different directions and the larger emitters are probably at a greater distance from you. Might still be an issue if you have a giant cell tower outside your living room window, though, time will tell I guess.

  • @kalinadog7176
    @kalinadog7176 5 лет назад +688

    "And this is for massage?"
    "Ostensibly from massage, it was often used for more intimate sorts of purposes as well"
    "OH *thats* what this is ...... right "
    Lmfao

    • @bunkyman8097
      @bunkyman8097 4 года назад +89

      I believe this was prescribed by your doctor for "hysteria"! I think that's hysterical!

    • @Dumb_Killjoy
      @Dumb_Killjoy 4 года назад +53

      "Massage" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @pixie_stix_
      @pixie_stix_ 4 года назад +19

      that was so awkward tho

    • @BlackCroft666
      @BlackCroft666 4 года назад +9

      That is way s*x toys are more accepted for women than those for men.

    • @mnadiyoung6120
      @mnadiyoung6120 4 года назад +17

      @Gayle Elizabeth what ?

  • @CyclingUrchin
    @CyclingUrchin 3 года назад +102

    I love how many women professionals this channel has

    • @froxy3371
      @froxy3371 2 года назад

      It's sad that more man have careers that women don't fit to work in

    • @princessexpistol
      @princessexpistol 2 года назад

      Me too! 😊

  • @michaelbutler1619
    @michaelbutler1619 Год назад +7

    In the 1970’s, there was a Marvel Comics villain called Asbestos Lady. She was one of the archenemies of The Human Torch, who she fought off with a gun that shot asbestos bullets, and protected herself from his flames with an asbestos-lined uniform. No surprise, she later died from mesothelioma.

  • @gk6732
    @gk6732 5 лет назад +229

    the the blond guy with the vampire teeth smiling creepily while describing horrible deaths in a calm pleasant tone of voice lmaooo wtf

    • @justagirpup
      @justagirpup 5 лет назад +5

      Saw that part as soon as I read this and fully agree its a disturbing countenance for such a morose story

    • @dragonloverxxl34
      @dragonloverxxl34 4 года назад +8

      Sounds like my type of guy, I'm like that too

    • @ChubbyTeletubby
      @ChubbyTeletubby 3 года назад +8

      Absolutely LETHAL.
      *smiles devilishly*
      Death induced in the most horrific way imaginable.
      *grins with immense pleasure*
      Absolutely no chance for survival. These gases and powders are the most dangerous cancer inducing substances with the added chance of going blind and mad in the process - death is agonizing.
      *smiles with delight*

    • @blazefairchild465
      @blazefairchild465 3 года назад +2

      I would not like to tell him my ggrandmother died by vacuum sweeper. No one else was home & the kids came home from school to find her with her new birthday present, (electric sweeper ) she had somehow electrocuted herself.

    • @qwerkyqwerty5241
      @qwerkyqwerty5241 2 года назад

      @@ChubbyTeletubby this comment made me laugh thank u random stranger

  • @TimeForDunston
    @TimeForDunston 5 лет назад +474

    Good grief Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is killing it in that red dress.

    • @lilliantsweets7601
      @lilliantsweets7601 5 лет назад +33

      AwfulMusik I know, right?! She looks slamming!!!

    • @TimeForDunston
      @TimeForDunston 5 лет назад +31

      CupKate Sweets Beauty and brains.

    • @malachityeejl5129
      @malachityeejl5129 5 лет назад +30

      I know right? She's so pretty omg

    • @TimeForDunston
      @TimeForDunston 4 года назад +19

      Ang Bon well aren't you an angry little baby? All wound up are we?

    • @CuteBrainiacGirl
      @CuteBrainiacGirl 4 года назад +27

      She is ungodly gorgeous. I looked it up, and she is 40. How??

  • @OofusTwillip
    @OofusTwillip Год назад +7

    No, the hair was NOT "covered with asbestos" during early permanent waving! The hair was wound onto rods, and each rod was wrapped with a foil-backed fabric pad soaked in perming solution, then clamped with a heating clip, connected to a "chandelier" of electric wires.
    The danger was that, if the solution in the pad dried up too quickly, the hair could start to smoulder. To cool it, the hairdresser would pour water onto it, which would, of course, often give the client a bit of an electric shock.

  • @friendly4465
    @friendly4465 3 года назад +4

    36:50 Whys this guy always smiling when talking about death or serious illness? I love him

  • @RicardoJunqueira
    @RicardoJunqueira 3 года назад +36

    I'm loving this channel. Just found it last week and can't keep away from it.

  • @valerieengle5309
    @valerieengle5309 4 года назад +131

    I had to smile at the mention of using hat pins to defend your virtual. My grandmother was born in 1900, she told me about sitting in a movie theatre while holding your hat pin upright in your lap. Just in case the man sitting next to you attempted to get fresh with you.

    • @donalddrysdale246
      @donalddrysdale246 3 года назад +5

      ya, women still grab any blunt or sharp instrument they can.

    • @balderii7340
      @balderii7340 3 года назад +4

      Virtue,... It's called virtue.

    • @miyojewoltsnasonth2159
      @miyojewoltsnasonth2159 3 года назад +3

      @@balderii7340 But I love the conception of "defending your virtual-" -something or other.
      As written, @Valerie Engle can certainly be said to be lacking virtue.

    • @balderii7340
      @balderii7340 3 года назад +1

      @@miyojewoltsnasonth2159 Then you only use it in the combination: virtual-this-or-that. As a noun it's "virtue".

    • @miyojewoltsnasonth2159
      @miyojewoltsnasonth2159 3 года назад +2

      @@balderii7340 I _know_ you use it in a structured combination.
      That's why I wrote: "-something or other"
      Then you for some weird reason tried to "correct" me and wrote: "-this-or-that"
      Please explain the difference between:
      1. "virtual something or other"
      2. "virtual-this-or-that"

  • @nerrissarichards
    @nerrissarichards 3 года назад +7

    I like how our host is dressed, she looks lovely. I really enjoy these videos.

  • @Gertyutz
    @Gertyutz 3 года назад +7

    The problem was that there weren't any codes or regulations yet. Now every city publishes an electrical code, and there are industry-wide standards.

  • @roguewolf7053
    @roguewolf7053 4 года назад +203

    1924...they KNEW the dangers of Asbestos. YET...my dad was exposed during the 1950s-1960s in the US!!😡😡 He died in 2005 from mesothelioma cancer. 😞😞 He was MAINLY exposed helping building ships & submarines for the US military, working at a NASA engine testing center & chemical plants. The makers of the products he & those around him used KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS!! But gave NO WARNINGS! Ugh...pisses me off so much. I knew that they had known...I didn’t realize it was since the 1920s though. 🤬🤬🤬

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 4 года назад +22

      Rogue Wolf
      Sorry for you loss, my friend. It is truly unforgivable - the greed of man.

    • @nicole.stanhope
      @nicole.stanhope 4 года назад +9

      I’m so sorry for your loss... Their greed and their lies were despicable! I’m sure karma got them.

    • @r.wilhelm1026
      @r.wilhelm1026 4 года назад +12

      sorry for your loss
      also, the sad thing is that in my country asbestos still isn't banned and people are exposed to it, especially those who works directly with it
      and why people should have these diseases or even die ? it's just for simple reason, that asbestos is cheaper than its analogues, thus companies don't want to loose their profits

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 4 года назад +3

      @Wilhelm Foamborn
      Besides saving money, the intention is to actually assist in depopulation.

    • @waterandafter
      @waterandafter 4 года назад +3

      No companies were required to warn about any ingredients, including food.

  • @CineNOV579
    @CineNOV579 5 лет назад +46

    for those who are interested, I would highly recommend the book "Radium Girls"; it's a very gripping book that details the integration and deadly nature of Radium

  • @Tyler380
    @Tyler380 3 года назад +8

    I have been an electrician for many years.. I remember reading about all this stuff in school.. Some of the problem is you can't see electricity and years ago they lined boiler rooms in military barracks with asbestos. Guess where the electrical panels were? I wouldn't do a job if there was asbestos in the area..

  • @toshley6192
    @toshley6192 3 года назад +430

    Why do all of the people she interviews whisper like they are talking about some horrific, taboo secret? That one guy sounds like he's on the verge of tears..

    • @tesityr6722
      @tesityr6722 3 года назад +105

      If I may, that is a common conversing expression of enthusiasm, found widely in the UK, especially when conversing in regards to historical topics.

    • @toshley6192
      @toshley6192 3 года назад +32

      @@tesityr6722 Thanks for explaining it. :) I can respect it a lot more knowing it's not just a crappy directing choice lol.

    • @kdw75
      @kdw75 3 года назад +11

      They are sad about what has happened to their once great country. lol

    • @driver2909
      @driver2909 3 года назад +4

      Turn up your volume!

    • @InternetMameluq
      @InternetMameluq 3 года назад +29

      Did you miss the part where millions of people die needlessly from anything and everything? Using the kitchen was like 'Nam.

  • @mikerose1441
    @mikerose1441 3 года назад +114

    16:45 Her realization of what she was holding along with the look on her face is priceless

    • @jarls5890
      @jarls5890 3 года назад +31

      If you look a few seconds before that - you can see a distinct thinly veiled smirk on her face. She knew right away.

    • @robhemp5548
      @robhemp5548 3 года назад +6

      They made a movie about that (Hysteria).

    • @cmh2111
      @cmh2111 3 года назад +3

      Oh, thats what its for, ya right. lol

    • @anthonylatempa6921
      @anthonylatempa6921 3 года назад

      =

    • @drivinsouth651
      @drivinsouth651 3 года назад +2

      That was the Prince Albert clitoris stimulator. I couldn`t get it away from my g/f unless I had an erection...women, lol!

  • @nomduclavier
    @nomduclavier 3 года назад +57

    That rather makes it sound like Victoria was holding them back. Rude.

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 3 года назад +30

    “What’s this!? ‘High Voltage’!? Well, I don’t need safety gloves, because I’m Homer Simpso-“ ⚡️ 💀

    • @venus_envy
      @venus_envy 3 года назад +2

      RIP Frank "Grimey" Grimes ✏️

  • @paul6925
    @paul6925 5 лет назад +220

    Regarding asbestos. It was only completely banned in my country (Canada) in 2018. Unbelievable. Doesn’t give me much hope for reducing carbon emissions.

    • @amazingsupergirl7125
      @amazingsupergirl7125 5 лет назад +1

      Paul M What?! WoW

    • @paul6925
      @paul6925 5 лет назад +25

      Amazing Supergirl Yep! And Canada is the first in North America to completely ban it. Canada has some of the largest asbestos mines in the world so lobbyists delayed a complete ban by decades.

    • @richardsanchez9190
      @richardsanchez9190 5 лет назад +8

      Its banned from being used but don't you guys still export it?

    • @nurrakugy5126
      @nurrakugy5126 5 лет назад +1

      Another reason why I love Canada

    • @princesadelaos
      @princesadelaos 5 лет назад +4

      @@nurrakugy5126 Canada is one of the two biggest asbestos exporters in the world

  • @t.adamcollins2162
    @t.adamcollins2162 4 года назад +89

    To be fair, arsenic soap will definitely kill a pimple.

    • @douglasgriffiths3534
      @douglasgriffiths3534 3 года назад +2

      No thanks. I used to just deal with them, and let them disappear on their own. Fortunately, I never got many of them. Peroxide worked on them too, once they were opened. (Jan Griffiths).

    • @ChessMasterNate
      @ChessMasterNate 3 года назад +2

      Tea tree oil will kill the infection just fine.

    • @sdgathman
      @sdgathman 3 года назад +1

      Nanograms (an extremely tiny amount for the innumerate) of arsenic are actually essential to human fertility. It doesn't take much to kill you, but you don't want to eliminate it entirely.

    • @sarab7242
      @sarab7242 3 года назад

      ..and the person attached to it

    • @tracieb9339
      @tracieb9339 3 года назад

      Lmao that's fare.... one can argue that it's too effective

  • @neila128
    @neila128 3 года назад +7

    The historian Madeleine at 40:06 has a really awesome and quirky style!

  • @Brightstarlivesteam
    @Brightstarlivesteam 3 года назад +10

    In Camberley the local Electricity Company persuaded the owners of houses in my parents street to convert from gas lighting to electric lighting, by offering "free" installation in exchange for a weekly payment, When we moved into our house in 1957, the previous owner's had paid for their own installation, but some house owners were still paying this charge on their electricity bills. The gas lighting points were still visible in the rooms, where the pipe work had been plugged off. Also street lighting was gas powered and the local council employed gas lighters to turn on the street lights. In fact the street light was placed on the road and not moved on to the footpath until all electric street lights were installed.
    The electric cables were two core with a lead sheath with the sheath acting as the earth wire and gas pipes were made of a lead composite. My parent's had the house rewired with three core plastic sheath wiring.

  • @ryano.5149
    @ryano.5149 4 года назад +57

    I dig the gentleman who is apparently enthralled by the fact that plugging in an appliance in the Edwardian era could end up with you being instantly and forcefully ejected from your home by a gas explosion! I don't know if his delivery is intentional, but boy is it entertaining to watch! lol

  • @retiredtom1654
    @retiredtom1654 4 года назад +52

    When my dad was a young man, he had many jobs in the small Kansas town he lived in. He told me the story about repairing an elderly women's electrical ceiling socket in her dinning room. The socket was above her prized dinning table and she demanded dad place a bowel under the socket so that the "juice" that came from the outlet would not damage her table. Funny to my dad, but a real concern to the old women.

    • @andrewaronson3364
      @andrewaronson3364 4 года назад +1

      it's basically a juice. did you know cheese is a kind of meat

    • @Kowalskithegreat
      @Kowalskithegreat 3 года назад +1

      @MichaelKingsfordGray oh! you're a troll, now it all makes sense!

    • @marlabeard5352
      @marlabeard5352 3 года назад

      Andrew Aronson A tasty yellow beef

  • @Dr.K.Wette_BE
    @Dr.K.Wette_BE 3 года назад +7

    7:32 What is that weird feeling I get when Nathan Goss speaks ? It is like he is about to cry any second.

  • @lashesonpointsalon
    @lashesonpointsalon 3 года назад +8

    The guy in the plaid shirt (edit: Nathan Goss) is so sick of everyone’s shit I love it 😂😂😂

  • @Tarodenaro
    @Tarodenaro 5 лет назад +70

    I love how that bearded bald guy delivers terrible, dangerous ordeal for the Edwardian with such a happy face.

    • @donalddrysdale246
      @donalddrysdale246 3 года назад

      your the third person here that's mentioned that---people need to stop being so naïve about who someone might be.

    • @balderii7340
      @balderii7340 3 года назад +1

      He wasn't bald.

  • @shanemike3070
    @shanemike3070 5 лет назад +270

    Thomas Edison didnt invent anything that i know of, his assistants and employees did it all and he took the credit

    • @lainiwakura1776
      @lainiwakura1776 5 лет назад +50

      He's also a thief and tried to discredit Tesla (or did, I know Tesla died in poverty). Plus he killed an innocent elephant just to prove AC electricity was bad.

    • @gameraspindlethorn6229
      @gameraspindlethorn6229 5 лет назад +1

      lain iwakura topsy!

    • @malachityeejl5129
      @malachityeejl5129 5 лет назад +9

      He also stole the moving picture camera from Louis Le Prince >:((

    • @pixelfox9666
      @pixelfox9666 5 лет назад +5

      @@lainiwakura1776 Edison himself had nothing to do with Topsy's death. Electrocution was decided on for Topsy's "execution" because it was relatively humane, and the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn got the job as they were the closest power company. Edison himself had nothing to do with any of it, having lost his position in the company and selling all his stock a decade earlier, around the time the "War of Currents" ended.

    • @iamsmartacus
      @iamsmartacus 5 лет назад +3

      If I remember correctly, he personally invented the phonograph. Most of the rest of "his" inventions were actually created by the employees in his lab.

  • @Arktober-Ghost
    @Arktober-Ghost 3 года назад +110

    Literally had to pause the video at the bit about radium condoms. Don't get me wrong, it's so tragic but of COURSE people put this mystery element in condoms, because heehoo glow-in-the-dark peepee.

    • @oktopussy9628
      @oktopussy9628 3 года назад +27

      Those things probably also were extra good for preventing pregnancy due to radiation near ballsack

    • @partygarnele2405
      @partygarnele2405 3 года назад +16

      @@oktopussy9628 yeetus yeetus fetus deletus

    • @Momo_Kawashima
      @Momo_Kawashima 2 года назад +14

      "Heehoo glow-in-the-dark peepee"
      I'm dying

    • @Alexandra-qc9te
      @Alexandra-qc9te 2 года назад +6

      Y'all are hilarious !! And did you see the name of the condom? " Nutex" 😂😂😂😂

    • @hoaxer1490
      @hoaxer1490 2 года назад +3

      DIY condom
      *looks at glitter and hotgule with evil intent*

  • @dirkbruere
    @dirkbruere 3 года назад +6

    The kind of house I grew up in. Built in 1880s, lead pipes, ancient electrics, asbestos and an outside loo.

  • @Sashazur
    @Sashazur 3 года назад +22

    It would be cool to see a video with a comparison of electrical sockets in the UK vs. USA. The UK sockets are much better designed for safety - each one has a switch, and they’re recessed so a loose plug doesn’t become a shock hazard. There’s also a fuse inside each plug. It goes beyond that - in bathrooms light switches are all suspended and non-conductive from the ceiling. I’d be curious to see statistics on accidental home electrocutions in the USA vs. UK.

  • @Kyntteri
    @Kyntteri 5 лет назад +291

    _"Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?"_
    - Morpheus, 1999

    • @cr-jj1nr
      @cr-jj1nr 5 лет назад +12

      No the matrix was in 1999 real life was in 2699

    • @Kyntteri
      @Kyntteri 5 лет назад +20

      @@cr-jj1nrWhile here in Matrix, I like to use context appropriate time stamps set by the mainframe.

    • @ingolfurmagnusson4786
      @ingolfurmagnusson4786 3 года назад

      Genius comment. I was kind of doing the same thing as Neo. Fortunately the woman in the red dress was talking but not that old man Fishburne so I got the gist of it.

    • @omarb155
      @omarb155 3 года назад +4

      She is fun to look at

    • @bobbyrice
      @bobbyrice 3 года назад

      That's EXACTLY what I thought when I saw that full figure in that dress!

  • @blanchequizno7306
    @blanchequizno7306 3 года назад +9

    All the contributors to these productions are brilliant. I love hearing all these experts' perspectives and observations. So informative.

  • @kim79710
    @kim79710 5 лет назад +361

    The narrator lady is absolutely gorgeous

    • @sandramorrison99
      @sandramorrison99 5 лет назад +30

      That hair!!! OMG!!! I subbed just to see if it's any different- or REALLY NATURALLY LIKE THAT!!!

    • @JB-vd8bi
      @JB-vd8bi 5 лет назад +37

      Suzannah Lipscombe is her name. She wrote these episodes as well.

    • @KitKatToeBeans
      @KitKatToeBeans 5 лет назад +23

      sandramorrison99 Her curls are definitely real. I'm jealous.

    • @Stitcher1964
      @Stitcher1964 5 лет назад +24

      The redhead, Dr. Kate Williams, was also beautiful.

    • @nancy1694
      @nancy1694 5 лет назад +18

      She reminds me off Cameron diaz

  • @darksidegryphon5393
    @darksidegryphon5393 5 лет назад +79

    There is a lesson in asbestos, no matter how good it is, there is a catch, especially if it is a "miracle".

    • @anti-ethniccleansing465
      @anti-ethniccleansing465 4 года назад +4

      DarkSideGryphon
      It is still massively here in America. Millions upon millions of buildings and homes still have “popcorn ceilings,” which are made with asbestos, including my apartment and my cousins’ home. My parents had the ceiling removed off of our family home sometime in the 90s or early 2000s. The world trade center was also chosen to be the mark of destruction because it proved to be much too costly to remove all the asbestos.

    • @yourinnerlawyer4035
      @yourinnerlawyer4035 4 года назад +1

      @@anti-ethniccleansing465 yeah, but removing it can be way more dangerous than leaving it alone.

    • @waterandafter
      @waterandafter 4 года назад +1

      @@yourinnerlawyer4035
      Only bad when airborne.

    • @yourinnerlawyer4035
      @yourinnerlawyer4035 3 года назад

      @@waterandafter umm yeah, that's what I said.

    • @killman369547
      @killman369547 3 года назад

      @@anti-ethniccleansing465 Yeah, my home had popcorn ceilings that we just got rid of. Who the actual fuck though popcorn ceilings looked good? Whoever they were someone should've beaten them over the head with a stick.