You're invited to a Victorian Parlor Talk, including cream tea and a fascinating conversation on a specific topic. Cost is $40, including a $20 non-refundable deposit paid here, and the balance paid on-site.

Victorian Parlor Talk: A Deadly Obsession

The Victorians were obsessed with death. And honestly…they were onto something. This Halloween season, step into the Victorian parlor and discover a world where death was public, ritualized, beautifully memorialized—and impossible to ignore.

They photographed their dead.

They wore mourning clothes for years.

They turned a loved one’s hair into jewelry.

They covered the mirrors.

They feared being buried alive.

They held séances to speak with the dead.

And then there were the Memento Mori—objects created to remind us of one unavoidable truth: we are all going to die.

Join a local death doula for an entertaining and thought-provoking Victorian Parlor Talk exploring the era’s extraordinary relationship with death—and what their customs might have to teach us about our own relationship with mortality today. Your evening includes a one-hour talk, Victorian-inspired high tea, and a hands-on activity where you’ll create your own Memento Mori.

Led by a local death doula, this first Victorian Parlor Talk invites the death curious to step beyond the usual Halloween ghosts and ghouls and explore something much more intriguing: our human fascination with death—and what we can learn from those who came before us.

Come curious. Stay for the tea. Leave thinking differently about death.

Jennifer Cullinane is a Baltimore end-of-life doula and the founder of Cardinal Light Doula Services, LLC. Jennifer’s approach is rooted in the belief that death is a profound mystery and that each person deserves information, non-medical companionship, and emotional support as they consider what a meaningful and personalized dying experience looks like for them. You can learn more at Jennifer’s website https://cardinallightdoula.com