Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from 1833 until ...

The spooky Halloween spirit becomes omnipresent and almost unavoidable as soon as the clock strikes midnight on October 1. While most choose to adorn their homes with pumpkins and playful skeletons, ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Queen Victoria was the monarch of mourning. After the death of her husband ...

LINCOLN, R.I. — Every year since 2011, Simon E. Thornton has died again, been embalmed again and mourned again for the Hearthside House Museum's annual exhibit, "Death and Mourning in the Victorian ...

Source: Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian society of the late 1800s was obsessed with death. Queen Victoria set the tone for this after the death of ...

In time for Halloween, Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles will present its 13th annual Mourning Tours, an interactive opportunity that explores how people during the Victorian era dealt with death ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - If you’re looking for a little advanced fright ahead of this year’s Halloween celebrations, the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society has a treat for you — In Memoriam: A ...

Editor’s note: It’s important to note that the mourning traditions discussed in this story are reminiscent of one family’s personal experiences during the Victorian era in Tennessee. Mourning ...

Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from 1833 until ...

Source: Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian society of the late 1800s was obsessed with death. Queen Victoria set the tone for this after the death of ...