Is capitalism responsible for the Victorian obsession with ghosts? | Haunted house stories

Stories of haunted houses regularly graced the pages of Victorian newspapers. The paranormal phenomena was investigated and given more of a critical eye than you may expect but why did ghost stories suddenly become all the rage, with thousands of copies of books selling at the time about the spooky tales.The history is stranger than you think and it may have well been to do with the industrial revolution.Today on Macabre Mini Mysteries, we uncover the Victorian obsession with Haunted Houses.Podcast: www.acast.com/macabrelondonThanks so much for watching!If you are new here, you may not know that Macabre London is a fortnightly podcast and YouTube show that delves into Londons haunted and gruesome history alongside discovering Macabre mini Mysteries from all over the world! In between fortnights we post travel vlogs & other fun content.If you like it here, then come and join our ghoul gang, hit that subscribe button and come to the dark side, it's fun here, we have stories!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PATREON——————————-If you like the podcast and YouTube shows and would like them to continue then please support us on Patreon. You can donate for as little as a price of a cup of coffee and you’ll get even more Macabre London.Our patrons get access to exclusive content and money off our new merchandise when it lands plus some exclusive goodies too (tier dependent)!www.patreon.com/macabrelondonThank you to our executive producer patrons - Amy, Barry, Bethan, Kate, Mary, Ren, Sam, Sarah and VeronicaAnd to all of our wonderful $5 tier patrons...AlexisAshleyAndrewDavidDeniseGuillermoHelenJamesJenniferJoKathrynLucyMelanieRachelSSabrinaTseanbheanWendyAnd thanks to all other patrons too!ONE OFF DONATIONS————————————————You can make a one off donation to support the show via the PayPal link here:paypal.me/macabrelondonAMAZON WISHLIST——————————————————If you’d like to purchase something that will help the production of the show or help with research then please visit my Amazon wish list. The price range starts pretty low too which means it caters for a range of budgets and really helps the show to continue.http://amzn.eu/dJxEf1V​​​​​​MY AMAZON STORE FRONT---------------------------------------------Shop the things I use for the show such as equipment and other items I use to create episodeswww.amazon.co.uk/shop/macabrelondonSOCIAL MEDIA---------------------------------------------Insta: @macabrelondonpodcastTwitter: @macabrelondonFacebook: @macabrelondonEmail: [email protected]: www.macabrelondon.com Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.