This seems like as good a time to share this too-good-to-check fact as any:
Victorian haunted house tropes:
residents getting progressively sicker for no known reason
residents act strangely and don’t remember it
seeing things that can’t possibly be real
general feelings of dread
house collapses or explodes for no reason
The victorian haunted house trope got codified shortly after the introduction of gas heating. Bad gas heating can lead to both carbon monoxide poisoning and explosions. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include:
general sickliness
weird behavior
memory problems
hallucinations
general feelings of dread
So maybe the haunted house tropes are rooted in part in cutting edge heating tech.
This seems like as good a time to share this too-good-to-check fact as any:
Victorian haunted house tropes:
residents getting progressively sicker for no known reason
residents act strangely and don’t remember it
seeing things that can’t possibly be real
general feelings of dread
house collapses or explodes for no reason
The victorian haunted house trope got codified shortly after the introduction of gas heating. Bad gas heating can lead to both carbon monoxide poisoning and explosions. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include:
general sickliness
weird behavior
memory problems
hallucinations
general feelings of dread
So maybe the haunted house tropes are rooted in part in cutting edge heating tech.