On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing the very macabre ways in which French Victorians would entertain themselves: the death-themed cabarets, horror shows in old gothic chapels, and the very upsetting and morbid curiosities that Parisians would literally trample over each other to get a glimpse of.
References for today's episode:
https://daily.jstor.org/the-cabarets-of-heaven-and-hell/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Guignol
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/paris-morgue-public-viewing
https://dianamarin.com/tag/the-uncanny-cabaret-du-neant/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_de_L%27Enfer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_du_Ciel