History of Grief: Sky Burials & Victorian Death Photos

History of Grief: Sky Burials & Victorian Death Photos

Why did the Victorians dress up their dead relatives for photo shoots?


What are the origins of embalming? And why do most of us have such a separated relationship with death?


Helping Kate get to the bottom of all of this is the wonderful Brandy Schillace, author of Death's Summer Coat: What the History of Death and Dying Teaches Us About Life and Living.


This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.


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