Morbid History

Description

Morbid History presented by award-winning filmmaker Lorrisa Julianus “Because you’re just more interesting when you’re dead!” From grand corpse larceny in medieval Venice to the iron coffins popping up in Lincoln Park, this light-hearted presentation takes you around the world with spine-tingling true tales you never learned in history class. Ideal for ages 10+, teens, adults, and seniors. 

In this year’s presentation, Lorrisa covers, among other topics:

• The bizarre burials of the Habsburg royal family 
• The terror of Resurrectionists digging up your bones 
• American cemetery history and lore 
• The morbid truth of the Smithsonian collections
• Chicago’s largest cemetery, which never really got moved.