Haunted History: A Look at the Victorian Funeral

Join us for a specially themed Haunted History event as we explore the traditions and elements of the Victorian funeral. Rosedale resident Dr. David Caldwell (1799-1861) died the same year as Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria –yes, the very Queen for whom the Victorian age is named, and whose mourning of her husband influenced funeral traditions of the time. Along with members of the Charlotte Area Paranormal Society (CAPS), the Historic Rosedale staff will discuss many of these funeral traditions -some macabre, some sentimental – and lead you through our 1815 home as it would have looked during a mourning period, as well as sharing stories of the ghostly residents who remain from this moment in time. The tour will be held both inside the house and outside in the gardens and grounds surrounding our historic home and reconstructed blacksmith shop. Spaces for this tour are limited for a cozy story-telling experience and to prevent, as the Victorians believed, the spirits of the dead from taking the spirits of the living with them!