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CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead

CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead

FromRidiculous History


CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead

FromRidiculous History

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the mid-19th century, London was literally filling with corpses. When the city was in the grips of a cholera epidemic, the already-overfilled cemetaries couldn't handle the extra bodies. So when there's literally no room in the soil for another dead body, what's a city to do? To the creators of the London Necropolis Railway, the answer was simple -- build a train for the dead. Tune in to learn some grisly, ridiculous history with Ben and Noel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Apr 20, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.