# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcgZ749opb1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69633431-wild-history-uk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3093522b90.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26T14:16:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

## Caption

Mary Wilden went into Worksop workhouse in the 1830s with nowhere else to go. Once inside, whoever ran the ward began to hurt her — long enough for ulcers to form, long enough for lice to take hold, until she was found lying in her own filth.

By 1839 she was dead. A writer investigated and published every wound. The inquest still called it natural causes.

Send this to someone who thinks the good old days were better.

#BritishHistory #UKHistory #VictorianHistory

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victorianhistory, britishhistory, ukhistory

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