This is the slightly extended version of Morbid Hair History. If you watched this on social media it had to be cut down to 3 minutes to meet platform requirements, but lucky for you I don't have time constraints on the podcast

Sources:

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green (the audio version is well done if you prefer audiobooks, but its available in all other formats as well)

https://a.co/d/eGLGxt4

John's youtube video:

https://youtu.be/CCbDdk8Wz-8?si=FUJGjCOcbSgBtTc3

https://mollybrown.org/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-how-victorians-used-common-poisons-to-become-drop-dead-gorgeous/

https://asm.org/articles/2025/may/tuberculosis-and-fatal-beauty-romanticism

https://www.revivalabs.com/7-fascinating-and-dangerous-beauty-trends-of-the-victorian-era/?srsltid=AfmBOopdLxYFAUkRdQ5rjgxn51lc4V88maSk9h4ybWVBVJkALH

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-poisonous-beauty-advice-columns-of-victorian-england