5 minCivil War SurgeryWhile war weapons during the Civil War had advanced in destructiveness, medical technology had not kept pace.
7 minRabies on the FrontierRabies reached epidemic stages in some cities and territories in the 1800s and early 1900s and Americans were hysterical with fear.
6 minA Pioneer In Early Crime Forensics Until recent history, mayhem was as much a part of crime forensics as it was of crime itself.
5 minFootbinding & Prostitution in the 1800sThe tradition of foot-binding, also called “lotus feet,” was a thousand-year-old tradition in China that was brought to the United States.
5 minAmerica's Goat-Gonad GuruYou simply won’t believe this one. You’ll say this is just nuts and you’ll be right—goat nuts!
7 minThe Dark Secrets of JamestownRecent archeological digs that started twenty years ago at Jamestown have revealed shocking facts about life at Jamestown.
4 minSex Myths of the 1800s - Part 2The Victorians believed that hysteria in women could be relieved by massage—manual or mechanical—to the point of “paroxysm,”
4 minSex Myths of the 1800s - Part 1The Victorian era (1837-1901) was a time of incredible contradictions—especially when it came to sex.
6 min1800s Funeral TechnologyThe nature of battle casualties and the job of collecting the wounded and the dead was overwhelming.
5 minFreak Shows of the 1800sAlthough "freak" shows began to show up as entertainment in the mid-1500s in England, they reached their apex of popularity in the US.
2 minElectric CorsetsIn 1800s America, corsets took a strange turn toward the bizarre, even the fetishistic. The smaller the waist, the more feminine the woman.
2 minScalpingContrary to Hollywood, scalping has been practiced by warring people-especially whites- throughout human history.
2 minCocaine CandyIn the 1800s, opium was very popular, introduced first by Chinese immigrants working on the railroads.
