About this episode

This episode discusses a significant April Fools Day prank in 19th century London involving various professions.

This is a Subscribers-Only episode from 2024 in which I tell our producer Miranda about a wild April Fools Day prank that took place in 19th century London involving hundreds of people from bakers and undertakers to bankers and politicians. If you like what you hear go to patreon.com/americanhysteria or subscribe on Apple+, we have a huge back catalogue with lots more stories like this one. Produced by Miranda Zickler Additional editing by Kaylee Jasperson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Chelsey Weber-Smith

Topics covered

• pranks
• 19th century
• London
• society
• culture
• history

Keywords

• April Fools Day
• prank
• 19th century
• London
• society
• culture
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: patreon.com, Apple+

Places: London

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