This week, Tracey answers the age-old question: Why were the Victorians so spooky?

The answer includes Rowan’s favorite fact to tell at parties, a bit about women writers, and a scandalizing detail about…naked ghosts?

Sources

Cambridge

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-the-gothic/genesis-of-the-victorian-ghost-story/BF01E846C601BD0D534B56EBF0E740A6

Interesting Literature

https://interestingliterature.com/2015/10/10-classic-victorian-ghost-stories-everyone-should-read/

Victorian Era

https://victorian-era.org/ghost-stories-of-the-victorian-era.html

Old Style Tales

https://www.oldstyletales.com/single-post/2018/06/23/spooky-spotlight-the-best-victorian-ghost-stories

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/23/ghost-stories-victorians-spookily-good

Victorian Web

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/genre/ghoststories/cooke1.html

British Library

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-victorian-supernatural

History Channel 

https://www.history.com/news/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories

Jstor

https://daily.jstor.org/the-dressy-ghosts-of-victorian-literature/