Here you’ll find mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian Era. If you consider yourself an enthusiast of creepy Victorian history, you probably already know about the age of spiritualism, the grizzly murders, the grave robbers, twisted pseudo psychotherapy, and memento mori – But I try to dig a little deeper. This was a time full of lace corsetry, romantic poetry, and a deep reverence and affection for the dead. It was a cultu ...
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Minisode 2 - Coffin-Shaped Boxes and Unbearable Cliffhangers
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On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss coffin-shaped boxes in mysterious huts, a case of suspended animation, a struggle in an elevator with a lunatic, and some other disturbing, little “Items of interest” as they’re called in the 1878 volume of The Illustrated Police News Law Courts and Record which are indeed very interesting items. We’ll als…
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Ep. 13 - The Most Haunted House in America
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On today's episode, Genevieve discusses "America's most haunted house®" - The Whaley House of San Diego California. She'll dive into the bone chilling back story, as well as the spooky hauntings that delight (and seriously creep out) visitors today. References for today's episode include: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaley_House_(San_Diego,_Calif…
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Minisode 1 - Broad Blown as Fresh as Hell
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In today's (first!) minisode, Genevieve reads articles from the "Weekly Dose of Blood" in an 1873 volume of The Illustrated Police News Law Courts and Record publication, as well as a spooky little article about a thieving somnambulist.Door Genevieve Manion
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Ep. 12 - Morbid Curiosity and Murderous Spirits
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In today's episode, Genevieve will discuss Mediums getting attacked by spirits, men drinking their own blood, live burials, nuns getting struck with lightning and rising from the dead – it’s going to be a spooky rollercoaster.Door Genevieve Manion
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Ep. 11 - Horrors of the Victorian Circus
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In today's episode, Genevieve talks about Victorian circus horrors. The freak shows, fires, riots, kidnappings, train wrecks and morbid taxidermy. References for today's episode: https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/freak-shows https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2011/septemberoctober/statement/the-circus-you-never-knew https://victorian-era.org/vi…
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Ep. 10 - Body Snatchers and Women on the Rampage
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In today’s episode, Genevieve dives back into the Illustrated Police News from 1871 - the insane Victorian publication full of grizzly murders, botched suicides, body snatchers, mice in donuts – it was a publication full of complete chaos.Door Genevieve Manion
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Ep. 9 - Dangerous and Deadly Victorian Fashion
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In today's episode, Genevieve discusses how Tuberculosis influenced fashion, hazardous beauty routines, deadly hatpins, the dangers of corsets, and strange, kind of gross beauty trends, as well as some really weird and intriguing facts about Victorian fashion. References for today's episode: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-tubercu…
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Ep. 8 - Hideous Orgies and Coffin-Shaped Tables
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Today’s episode is going to be a little different. Genevieve will be reading horrifying stories from the Illustrated Police News from 1871, and giving context to the stories. Warning: Some of these are deeply disturbing, and related to child abuse, domestic abuse and suicide. If you’re triggered by these topics, please be aware that they will be di…
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Ep. 7 - The Dawn of Victorian Spiritualism
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In today's episode, Genevieve dives into the spine tingling world of Victorian Spiritualism. She'll talk about where it all began, what a Victorian materializing seance would entail, the ways mediums would trick people into believing they were talking to dead people, and the history of the Ouija board. References for today's episode: https://www.th…
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Ep. 6 - The Wild World of Victorian Vampires
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In today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the wild world of Victorian vampires. She'll discuss vampire panic and vampire autopsies of the 1800s, real vampires - or at least, folks who were believed to be real vampires, and the inspirations for everyone's favorite vampire, Dracula. References for today's episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_E…
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Ep. 5 - The Life and Times of Typhoid Mary
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On today's episode, Genevieve talks about the life and times of a Ms. Mary Mallon, otherwise known as Typhoid Mary – much to her chagrin. References for today's show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon https://the-line-up.com/north-brother-island https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/north-brother-island https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2019/03/28/ar…
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Ep. 4 - The Horror of Victorian Children’s Stories
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In today's episode, Genevieve talks about the deeply disturbing world of Victorian Children’s stories and the twisted origins of some nursery rhymes of the time that we still enjoy today. References for today's episode: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/04/the-creepy-and-harsh-lessons-of-early-childrens-books/ https://news.ufl.edu/archive/19…
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Ep. 3 - The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
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In today's episode, Genevieve covers the life and mysterious death of beloved gothic fiction writer, Edgar Allan Poe. My Main References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a45782209/edgar-allan-poe-death-mystery/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-p…
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Ep. 2 - The Victorian Cult of Death
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In this week's episode, Genevieve talks about elaborate Victorian funeral traditions, what was, and was not, acceptable mourning fashion of the day, Queen Victoria’s obsession with her dead husband that sparked the trends, the hardship and power of 19th-century widowhood, as well as the almost fetishistic keepsaking of the deceased.…
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Ep. 1 - The Legend of Octavia Hatcher
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In this episode, Genevieve covers the mysterious death of Octavia Hatcher – a women who died in 1891 who, according to legend, was buried alive.Door myvictoriannightmare
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