The Worst Jobs in History | Groom of the Stool, Tosher, Match Stick Girl
For the Love of History - world history, women’s history, weird history
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Show Notes
🛑 Step away from the keyboard, put down your lukewarm coffee, and get ready for a journey through the most stomach-churning, backbreaking, and downright horrifying jobs in history! This week, we’re diving into the roles that made people question their life choices—often while covered in filth, plague, or both.
What’s Inside This Episode?
💩 Tosher – Because someone had to shovel Victorian human waste (spoiler: it was as bad as it sounds)
🔥 Sin Eater – the poor unfortunate souls that ate bread and took one for the team (self-inflicted eternal damnation)
🪱 Leech Catchers – keeping up with leech demand was a full-time job
🤿 Can Oppeners – it is not at ALL what you think it is, think boom boom balloons underwater
🤮 And so much more
Why You’ll Love It:
If you’ve ever thought your job was bad, this episode will make you grateful for ergonomic chairs and lunch breaks. We’re talking about professions that were dangerous, disgusting, and (somehow) still essential to society. History has never smelled worse—and we’re here to tell you all about it!
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