Ep. 102 - Metallic Immortality: Cast Iron Coffins & Electroplating The Dead

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the cast iron Fisk coffins of the mid-19th century, and the shockingly bizarre and disturbing proposals to electroplate dead bodies so that they may become golden, silver, brass or bronze statues that you could keep in your home forever.

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References:

https://katieisms.substack.com/p/the-true-history-behind-the-stunning-coffins-in-frankenstein

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-fisk-mummy-case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-electroplating-corpses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holmes_(mortician)

https://mthistoryrevealed.blogspot.com/2013/10/polishing-mothers-silverand-mother-too.html?m=1

“Explosion of a Metallic Coffin” - The New York Times, Nov. 6th, 1858.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-the-quest-to-preserve-lenins-body-helps-the-living

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/survival-of-rare-anglo-saxon-coffins/

https://www.agweb.com/news/business/farmland/who-was-lady-red-farm-mystery-lingers-over-woman-iron-coffin