60 Minute Shows
#1 The Amazing Medicine Show - Understanding Quackery, dangerous medicines and devices from the Victorian era to the early 20th century
Discover patent medicines and the HIDDEN INGREDIENTS
Discover STRANGE and DANGEROUS medicines
Discover strange devices, some which did absolutely nothing!
#2 The Oddities Show Discover facts about sideshow oddities, oddities museums and the amazing PT Barnum museums (mature audiences recommended)
Introduction to who the Barnum Museums of the 1800's and later sideshows had for attractions
Introduction to several of the famous "Oddities" who entertained the audiences at Barnum's two New York museums, with a peek into the Massachusetts Middleborough Historical Museum Tom Thumb collection
A glimpse of some items from private collections
Acquisition and display tips
How to find other intriguing objects to round out your cabinet of curiosities
#3 The Poisons and Cures Show -
Find out how some of the poisons were used in the past and how "cures" were sold, making SHOCKING amounts of money for the purveyors, from hundreds of years ago to the 18th century and the early 20th century
Who were some of the famous poisoners of the past?
What has been commonly used as poison?
What were some of the historic "cures" or poison "detectors"??
How have cures been sold?
What dangers did the cures have?
30 Minute Shows
#1 Famous Oddities and Using Vintage Frames for Displays
See many of the famous ODDITIES who were a part of the P.T. Barnum museums of New York in the 1800's, and some from the early 1900's. Presentation shows how to use a vintage frame for displaying famous oddities.
#2 Strange and Dangerous Medicines
Discover strange and dangerous medicines that were used in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, especially PATENT medicine. Learn about the dangerous medicines that existed before the Food and Drug Act of 1906!
#3 Poisons and Cures (30 minute version)
Poisons that were used for assassination, rat removal, and even evolved to being used as a coloring agent and medicine are quite facinating! Discover how "cures" were sold, making SHOCKING amounts of money for the purveyors, from hundreds of years ago to the 18th century and the early 20th century. Bizarre devices from the civil war to the early 1900's are sure to entertain!
#4 A Touch of Memento Mori and More"
Come to Dr R. Snick's newest talk about a strange and beautiful custom of wearing jewelry with the hair of loved ones, living and dead. With an introduction of "Memento Mori" history to concentrating on the Victorian period. Other types of Victorian jewelry will also be revealed.
Presentations can be tailored to your audience's interests
Contact Major Blaze (AKA Doctor R. Snick) at andrei@majorblaze.com or text 916.812.8507