Wrong outfit? Suspicious behavior? Know a little too much about herbs? Congratulations, you're a witch!

This week on Dressed for the Grave, we're digging into witch hunts, deadly fashion judgments, and the absurd accusations that could land you in serious trouble.

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This week, Noelle takes us to the eerie Island of the Dolls in Xochimilco, while Melissa dives into Frozen Charlotte, Okiku, and La Pascualita.

We're talking haunted folklore, creepy doll history, and how dresses, hair, veils, and tiny shoes can turn a toy into something that feels just a little too human.

Dressed for the Grave; Where fashion meets its darkest consequences. 🖤

Content warning: Occupational poisoning, severe illness, disfigurement and death.

The women are sick, the evidence is mounting, and somehow radioactive face cream is still getting a sales pitch.

In the final installment of our radium series, Melissa and Noelle follow the Radium Girls' fight for compensation in New Jersey and Illinois, millionaire Eben Byers's disastrous enthusiasm for Radithor, and Tho-Radia's promise of a scientifically improved complexion.

From courtroom delays to beauty-counter bullshit, we explore what happened after the warnings became public and the lasting legacy of the women who painted those luminous dials.

Listen to Parts 1 and 2, follow Dressed for the Grave, and leave us a review.

And remember: Dress to impress yourself, not the coroner.

In Part 2 of Dressed to Glow: Beauty, Poison & the Radium Girls, the sparkle finally turns sinister.

We're diving into the women who painted glowing watch and clock dials with radium, the infamous "lip, dip, paint" technique and the horrifying illnesses that followed.

Turns out, glowing in the dark is significantly less glamorous when your jaw starts falling apart.

Before the Radium Girls became one of history's most infamous workplace tragedies, radium was everywhere. Beauty creams, health tonics, glowing watches, miracle cures, and products promising vitality with a radioactive little sparkle.

In Part 1, we dive into the radium craze, the women who painted luminous watch dials, the fashion and nightlife surrounding the job, and how something marketed as modern, glamorous, and healthy turned deadly.

Welcome to Dressed to Glow: Beauty, Poison & the Radium Girls, Part 1.

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Correction: At the beginning of the episode, Melissa says King George III. She meant King George IV. Too many Georges. Apologies to the monarchy and anyone keeping score. 👑

In Part 2 of our Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire episode, we dive into the aftermath of the March 25, 1911 disaster, including the investigation, the trial of factory owners Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, the fight for accountability, and the reforms that followed.

It's a story of grief, outrage, courtroom drama, and the workers whose deaths helped force changes in workplace safety and labor law.

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Before the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory became synonymous with disaster, the shirtwaist was the blouse of the modern woman: crisp, fashionable, mass-produced, and often stitched by young immigrant workers laboring long hours for miserable pay. In Part 1 of Dressed to Burn, Melissa and Noelle enter New York City's booming garment industry to explore the Gibson Girl ideal, the rise of ready-to-wear fashion, the crowded sweatshops behind it, and the workers who risked arrest and violence during the 1909 Uprising of the 20,000.

Meet labor organizer Clara Lemlich and Triangle owners Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, the so-called "Shirtwaist Kings," as fashion, immigration, class, and labor unrest begin converging inside the Asch Building. The locked doors are already in place, the fabric scraps are piling up, and history has begun quietly arranging the furniture for March 25, 1911.

Listen to Dressed to Burn: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Part 1, then share the episode with someone who loves fashion history, women's history, labor history, or a perfectly tailored blouse with a horrifying backstory.

From ancient Rome's Vigiles and leather fire helmets to breathing apparatus, SCBA, modern turnout gear, and today's fight over PFAS, we're tracing the deadly history of firefighter clothing and protection. Firefighting gear was designed to stand between the human body and an inferno, but smoke, chemical exposure, contaminated equipment, and toxic substances within the gear itself have created dangers that can follow firefighters long after the flames are gone.

Joined by firefighter Chris Barney, we examine the old "dirty gear" culture that treated soot-blackened coats like medals, the growing evidence connecting firefighting with occupational cancer, and the push for cleaner practices and safer protective equipment.

Listen now, follow Dressed for the Grave, and share this episode with a firefighter, first responder, or family who understands what answering the call can cost.