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The Victorian Obsession with Death and Superstition

30 Morbid Minutes

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The Dedication of Queen Victoria

She wore black every day for 40 years following his death and kept their home in the exact same state as it was on the day that he died. She even went as far as to have her servants set out his clothes daily, clean his chamber pot. "I couldn't mourn like this, but I would definitely expect to be mourned in such a fashion," she says.

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