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How a Victorian discovery became the most undetectable poison of the modern age

Thallium is one of the deadliest poisons ever discovered — a tasteless, odorless metal that slips into the body unnoticed and destroys it from the inside. From Victorian flame spectroscopy to 1930s ...
Oregonian

Victorian-era homes for sale in Portland: 5 historic properties from $500K to $1.5M

Portland’s most ornate historic homes, Queen Annes and others built during the late 1800s, were overshadowed at the turn of the last century by Craftsman and Colonial Revival styles, which were seen ...
WMUR

Massachusetts woman to plead guilty to selling stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue

POLICE CHIEF TELLS NEWS 9 THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CRIMINAL TOOK PLACE. A MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN ACCUSED OF SELLING BODY PARTS THAT WERE STOLEN FROM THE HARVARD ...
The Harvard Crimson

Woman Accused of Buying, Selling Human Remains Stolen From HMS Morgue Agrees To Plead Guilty

Katrina Maclean, who allegedly bought and sold remains stolen from Harvard Medical School’s morgue, agreed to plead guilty to a charge of interstate transport of stolen goods, according to court ...
WYFF

EMT fired for allegedly taking photo of body in Anderson County morgue

THE ANDERSON COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE SAID AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO ALLEGATIONS THAT SOMEONE TOOK A PICTURE OF A BODY IN THE MORGUE. THE OFFICE SAID THE PERSON ACCUSED OF TAKING THE PICTURE ...
WLKY

Baxter Avenue Morgue celebrates 25 years of scares

ROOF WILL COST ABOUT 10,000. WITH HALLOWEEN JUST AROUND THE CORNER, THERE’S NO BETTER TIME TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. BAXTER AVENUE MORGUE IS CELEBRATING ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH ALL THE JUMPS ...
Fast Company

This futuristic new musical instrument’s branding is inspired by Victorian-era design

A new music startup created an instrument that can turn your microwave, electric toothbrush, and baby monitor into hauntingly beautiful music. Its branding converts all of those fascinating outputs ...
collider

Maika Monroe Is Entering Her “Villain Era” in Twisted New Horror Thriller ‘Victorian Psycho’ [Exclusive]

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...
The Conversation

As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era?

Alex Beattie receives funding from The Royal Society Te Apārangi. He is a recipient of a Marsden Fast Start Grant. Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of ...
The New York Times

The Letter Was Addressed ‘Resident.’ The Message Was a Time Capsule.

Stacks of Victorian-era photos, books and other documents discovered in Ohio have taken a winding path back to New York, bringing two strangers together. By Sarah Maslin Nir The letter arrived at the ...
The Boston Globe

Lawsuits against Harvard in morgue scandal can move forward, SJC rules

Harvard Medical School and a program director can be sued for its alleged failure to properly supervise a morgue manager who for several years engaged in a “macabre scheme” to sell body parts from ...
The Conversation

Influencers of a bygone era: How late Victorian women artists mastered the art of networking

Triveni Srikaran's research is funded by McMaster University, the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art at Yale University. McMaster University provides ...