Death After Dark: The Death Industry of the 19th Century

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  • Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion dimly lit during the night welcoming guest into its candle-lit halls for the Death After Dark tour. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion dimly lit during the night welcoming guest into its candle-lit halls for the Death After Dark tour. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
  • Death After Dark: The Death Industry of the 19th Century
    Death After Dark: The Death Industry of the 19th Century
  • A wicker basket coffin, once used for the viewing of Georgia’s 59th Gov. Joseph Mackey Brown. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    A wicker basket coffin, once used for the viewing of Georgia’s 59th Gov. Joseph Mackey Brown. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
  • A coffin table in the kitchen of Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion used to prepare bodies and also host food. According to the tour, this room commonly had a problem with flies, likely influenced by this furntiture. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    A coffin table in the kitchen of Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion used to prepare bodies and also host food. According to the tour, this room commonly had a problem with flies, likely influenced by this furntiture. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion hosts Death After Dark each October, allowing people to tour the mansion by candlelight after usual hours to learn about legends, death, mourning practices, and more from the 19th century.Docents in mourning attire lead three different tours on the chosen night. Guests are taken through the majority of the rooms in the mansion, where everything is dim...

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