The Victorian Household Items That Were Secretly Killing People | Hidden Killers | All Out History

My grandmother died of Mesothelioma from asbestos. She worked in a textile mill from 1929-69. When she got cancer, the doctor equated her condition to black lung disease.

My mom was electrocuted as a toddler by a cloth covered extension cord. All she did was drool on it because she was teething. She's lucky to have survived. This was in the 70s in a tiny town

Is that laundry machine why we have the term "mangled"? Fascinating

My grandmother had "servant stairs" in her old Victorian. The treads were narrow, the space was narrow, they were worn, and they went around a curve. Loved them as a child. Wouldn't go near them as a young adult.

3:30 - I heard of an old Chinese fairytale about this. In which a rich but cheap farmer requests wine for his birthday from his three sons. He has a big barrel in which each of his sons can pour their gift of wine. However, each of the sons thinks that it will be cheaper to pour water instead of wine, after all, one small jar of water will not matter much when added to the two jars of real wine, right? And when the farmer saw the barrel was not completely full, he filled it up with a bit of water. After all, what difference would that little bit of water do to the three jars of real wine? And when they raised their glass in celebration, all four of them tasted only water but dared not to say anything lest they have to reveal their deceit. Thus they praised the drink for being quite a good wine...

4 hours of deadly household appliances?? Ok. Lets get comfy.

Several hours of deadly appliances is just the content I need while doing home renovations

I actually had one of those spinal abscesses they talk about around 15:00. Mine unfortunately did reach the spinal cord and caused paralysis, but fortunately did not kill me. Of course, I was fortunate to live in the age of modern medicine so they were able to remove the abscess in surgery and after a month of rehabilitation I was able to walk again with a walker. Within another month, a cane. Within a few more months with no support. I still don't have everything I used to and never will, but I am very thankful to God for what I have. Most who get what I had are not so fortunate, and I was told it has a 25% mortality rate.

It's amazing that any of us are even here, with everything our ancestors went through and survived.

I remember as a child that my mamaw had extremely steep stairs. The grandchildren, including myself, fell down those stairs at least once a month. A lot of times we would fall straight down and hitting your back on the way down. It would knock the breath completely out of you and you would have an enormous bruise.

Imagine what we have in our homes right now that will be in a video like this in 100 years.

A quick thank you to all my ancestors who lived long enough to get me here

The fact that the manufacturers knew the dangers of radium, leaving their women vulnerable/susceptible, then blaming the disastrous affects it had on the women is evil. The sugar addiction we have today is unreal. There's processed sugar in virtually every processed food. It's no wonder our bodies crave it. That's another thing I cut out of my daily food intake. I've experienced dramatic changes in my body and wellbeing without it.

1:15:20 The look on her face after the woman tells her about one particular alternate use for the "device" .🤣

Dr Lipscomb's enthusiasm for history is contagious.

I love how every time they found something new, they started to use it on everything and immedtly. They started to eat it, bathed on it, painted their walls and clocks with it... Not even second thinking that there might be something dangerous about it. No, just let your kids play with it and maybe after 50 years find that it kills everything it touches.

“300 or so children died every year, and thats just not something we would tolerate today” we tolerate much worse today

Suzannah has to be my favorite...narrator? Host? Whatever her title would be. I don't know why, but there's just something so incredibly engaging about the way she explains things.

I hope they make an updated modern day version of this called Hidden Killers of the Modern Day Home so they can include non stick pans with PFAS, titanium dioxide, artificial food dyes, things of that nature.

The victorian era always creeps me out. Something about it, especially Victorian england is just creepy.