The Dark History of Edinburgh's Victorian Slums - Surviving Unimaginable Poverty

Edinburgh's beautiful old town streets hide a dark past and a horror story for the people who lived it. Discover the shocking truth of 19th Century slum life for some of Edinburgh's poorest inhabitants – poverty so extreme in its misery that few of the city's wealthier citizens familiar with the splendour of the New Town, would have believed it. 📣 JOIN to support the channel as a Member:    / @factfeast   👍 Support the channel (donations): Send a Super Thanks from the video page Do you like history? SUBSCRIBE and click the bell icon to keep up-to-date. Please support the channel by sharing this video on social media 📲 ✅ It really helps the channel grow so we can bring you more content to watch 📺 Thank you ▶️ Edinburgh Old Town Slums (Part 1):    • Edinburgh Old Town Slums (High-Rise Hovels...   ▶️Edinburgh Old Town Slums (Part 2):    • Edinburgh Old Town Slums (Poor Children of...   ▶️ Edinburgh in the 19th Century (Filthy Tenements and Dirty Residents):    • Evil Slums of Edinburgh in the 1800s (Filt...   ▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist):    • Victorians   ▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist):    • Worst Jobs in Victorian History   ▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist):    • Edwardians   ▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist):    • Victorian Workhouses   ▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist):    • Criminal Past   ▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist):    • American Slums and Tenements   ▶️ History of the American West (Playlist):    • History of the American West   Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com Blackfriars Wynd Cowgate, A hopeless drunkard lying on his bed, Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science by John Coakley, An artist sketching an elderly man, A man holding his nose to avoid breathing in a miasma, Wentworth Street Whitechapel by Wellcome Collection; Bath street Edinburgh By University of Edinburgh; Edinburgh castle scotland by Le Monde en Video CC BY-SA - Fleshmarket Close by Simon Johnston via geograph.org.uk; Dark Close, Edinburgh by Magnus Hagdorn #VictorianEdinburgh #VictorianScotland #EdinburghSlums #19thCenturyEdinburgh #VictorianDocumentary #VictorianEraDocumentary #VictorianLife #VictorianSlums #Victorian #19thCentury #HistoryDocumentary