My Victorian Nightmare
My Victorian Nightmare explores mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and spooky events from the Victorian Era. The podcast delves into topics like spiritualism, grisly murders, grave robbing, and pseudo psychotherapy, all set against a backdrop of lace corsetry and romantic poetry. Hosted by Genevieve Manion, it offers a unique perspective on the culture of shared sorrow and ornament that defined the era.
Episodes
Ep. 116 - Scientifically Studied Victorian Ghost Stories
In this episode, Genevieve will share a number of Victorian ghost encounters recorded by The Society for Psychical Research: the ghostly women in black, mysterious reflections of deceased fathers, smiling dead sisters at the foot of the bed and much, much more.Thank you to today’s sponsors!Alloy is the only menopause platform with a scalp-to-lash hair care solution. Visit myalloy.com and use code
Ep. 115 - Lizzie Borden: Monster or Maligned?
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the facts of the Lizzie Borden axe murder case — what we know to be true, what the Netflix series Monster got wrong, what it got right, and exactly why this particular axe murder case, versus so many others, caught fire when it did.Thank you to today’s sponsors!AquaOmega: One of the highest-dose omega-3 supplements per serving, no fish burps, and for every b
Ep. 114 - The Souls Behind the Stones
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the sudden deaths, shattered dreams, haunting tales, gothic obsessions, mysteries and answers – the true stories behind 3 of the most intriguing graves in Greenwood, Evergreen and Père Lachaise cemeteries. The Graves of Charlotte Canda, George Rodenbach and “Midnight Mary,” Mary E. Hart.Thank you to today’s sponsor!Alloy is the only menopause platform with a
Ep. 113 - The True Inspirations Behind Dracula & The Film’s Iconic Costumes
In this episode, Genevieve will do a deep dive into Bram Stoker’s notes, interviews and musings about the inspiration behind his vampiric creation, Dracula, and then she will discuss the inspiration behind some of the most iconic costume designs in film history: Eiko Ishioka’s richly inspired, deeply symbolic costumes for Francis Ford Coppola’s film, Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Thank you to today’s spo
Ep. 112 - Damnit, Mary Ann Cotton!
In this episode, Genevieve will bring us back to the murder scenes, the time-slips, the haunted lunatic asylums and hotels of past episodes, and share the back stories to their creations.Thank you to today’s sponsors!Spoiler: you can feel amazing in menopause. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for 20% off your first order!AquaOmega: One of the highest-dose omega-3 supplements per serving, n
Ep. 111 - The Tragically HAUNTED History of the Kreischer Family
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the tragic history of the Kreischer family, the many deaths, mob murders and truly creepy hauntings of the Kreischer family mansion that still stands to this very day. She will also discuss the recent discovery of a body that received a vampire burial in the 16th century and what other “deviant” and “anti-revenant” burial practices entailed.Thank you to toda
Ep. 110 - Cannibal Cats and Ghosts with Guns
In this episode, Genevieve will dive back into the Illustrated Police News, The 19th century’s worst newspaper. She will discuss horrifying murder attempts with hot pokers, deadly champagne suppers, the science of decapitation, men falling dead at funerals, ghosts with guns, cannibal cats and much, much more. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Hel
Ep. 109 - The Fascinating Funeral Industry of the 19th Century
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the funeral industry of the 19th century and a few of her favorite death-centered professions that are no longer in high demand today, but were positively fascinating: funeral cookie bakers, corpse-watchers, mutes and professional mourners. Thank you to today’s sponsor, Alloy!Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use
Ep. 108 - Haunted Underground Stations & Unusual Death Omens
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss verifiable accounts of tragedies that many believe explain the hauntings of 2 London Underground stations: Bank and Farringdon. She will also discuss a few unusual omens that Victorians believed predicted certain doom.Thank you to today’s sponsor!Try the original estrogen-powered M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for $20 off yo
Ep. 107 - The TRAGIC Paris Charity Bazaar Fire of 1897
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the Paris Charity Bazaar fire of 1897: how an event devoted to gaiety, high society socializing and generosity became one of the deadliest fire tragedies in French history.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!The Burglar Bitten by a Skeleton ToteToday’s Instagram PostReferences:https://www.geriwalton.com/the-t
Ep. 106 - The Lincoln Assassination & Its HORRIFIC Aftermath
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the shocking, little-known disasters and tragedies that began to unfold even before the smoke had cleared: the psychological unraveling of Mary Todd Lincoln, The Ford Theater collapse of 1893, the unthinkable murder/attempted suicide of the Rathbones and the numerous hauntings of the Ford Theater that still
Ep. 105 - The NOTORIOUS Case of Dr. Crippen
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the murder case of Dr. Hawley Crippen: one of the most sensational murder cases in English history. We’ll discuss The glitz and glamour, the torrid affairs, the astounding escape attempt by sea, and the modern scientific discoveries that have raised serious concerns that maybe, they got the wrong guy.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free
Ep. 104 - Haunted Theaters and Their Tragic Histories
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss two Victorian theater tragedies, the lives and deaths of illusionist Sigmund Neuberger, otherwise known as the Great Lafayette, and actor William Terriss, as well as their alleged hauntings of the theaters where they met their tragic ends; The Adelphi Theater in London, and the Festival Theater in Edinburgh.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreo
Ep. 103 - MASSACRE on the Mary Russell
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss one the 19th century’s most shocking maritime murder cases, the massacre on the Mary Russell in 1828: a story of the slow unraveling of a captain’s sanity, bloodshed, and survival against all odds on the open seas. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram post:https://www.instagram.com/p/DaoAJhTD
Ep. 102 - Metallic Immortality: Cast Iron Coffins & Electroplating The Dead
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the cast iron Fisk coffins of the mid-19th century, and the shockingly bizarre and disturbing proposals to electroplate dead bodies so that they may become golden, silver, brass or bronze statues that you could keep in your home forever.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram post References:htt
Ep. 101 - The DARK History Behind the 19th Century’s Most Haunting Paintings
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the dark histories and meanings behind three 19th century masterpieces: Edvard Munch’s electrifying “The Scream,” Théodore Géricault’s devastating “Raft of the Medusa,” and John William Waterhouse’s haunting Pre-Raphaelite work, “The Lady of Shalott.”Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram post:
Ep. 100 - The HAUNTED History of Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery
In this, our 100th EPISODE, Genevieve will discuss the paranormal and downright bizarre events that have taken place in Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery in Chicago. We will also travel back to some of our favorite horrifying events, and we might run into some friends along the way!Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram post:https://www.inst
Ep. 99 - The HORRIFYING Confession of a Haunted Killer: Thomas Bedworth
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss one of the most unsettling true crime stories in English history: The (seriously) true story of Thomas Bedworth, a man who claimed to be compelled to confess to murder by the ghost of his victim, Elizabeth Beesmore.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram PostReferences:https://www.gutenbe
Ep. 98 - The History and Hauntings of The Lemp Family Mansion
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the rise and steep fall of the Lemp dynasty; the heartbreak and mysteries that surrounded the family, and the alleged hauntings of the Victorian mansion they made their home.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram PostReferences:https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-lempmansion/https://en.w
Ep. 97 - Passion, Poison and Betrayal: The Death of Charles Bravo
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss The death – or murder, of Charles Bravo. More than a century later, his death remains one of England’s most chilling unsolved mysteries; a case tangled in forbidden affairs, social ambition, horrifying abuse and whispers of revenge. Was it suicide, was it a mistake or cold blooded murder?Thank you to today’s sponsors!Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscr
Ep. 96 - Victorian Death Superstitions & Medical Miracles
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss fascinating superstitions and beliefs that Victorians held about death and cemeteries, as well as some of the origins of those beliefs. And we will discuss how medical science in the 19th century wasn’t just horrific, it was groundbreaking, and not only developed cures, treatments and techniques that we still use today to save lives, but how medical scien
Ep. 95 - Dark Floriography & The Demonic Sallie House
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the elegant and insulting language of flowers, Victorian Floriography and the demonically haunted Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Chicago : Lewis
Ep. 94 - Deadly Ghosts, Body Snatching & Bizarre Victorian Fads
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the case of the Hammersmith Ghost, The Hope Street Body Snatching Scandal of 1826, as well as little-known, strange, disturbing and silly Victorian fads.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2015/10/the-case-of-a-ghost-haunted-england-for-over-tw
Ep. 93 - The Wraiths of St. Mark’s Eve & Cursed Victorian Objects
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the terrifying Victorian St. Mark’s Eve practice of waiting for wraiths (the ghosts of future dead people) to reveal themselves and walk through church doors at midnight. She will also discuss haunted and cursed objects like the Delhi Purple Sapphire, The Conjured Chest and the lost Franklin Exhibition-inspired painting, “Man Proposes, God Disposes.”Subsc
Ep. 92 - The DARK History of Griffith Park & The Queen’s 8 Assassins
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the numerous failed assassination attempts made on Queen Victoria’s life, and the simply horrifying history of Griffith Park in Los Angeles California.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today' Instagram PostReferences:https://www.ebiketoursla.com/blog/zovbltqpf6w9m8nsgs9vbjmyz9kfgmhttps://laghosttour.
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Ep. 91 - The CURSE of Cleopatra’s Needle and Greyfriars Haunted Kirkyard
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the dark history of Cleopatra’s Needle and the most haunted cemetery in Edinburgh, Greyfriars Kirkyard.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2022/06/07/the-curse-of-cleopatras-needle/https://greyfriarskirk.com/community/history-heritage/https
Ep. 90 - Cheeseman Park HAUNTINGS & The Plaistow Horror
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the terribly haunted Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado, and the unthinkable murder of Emily Harrison Coombes, otherwise known as The Plaistow Horror.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:https://denverterrors.com/cheesman-park/https://visitdenver.com/blog/post/haunted-che
Ep. 89 - Fluffy Black Vampire Ducks
On today’s episode, Genevieve will take us back to creepy field trips of yore: the murder scenes, spooky cemeteries and cult compounds of episodes past, and give a little more dimension to each episode where we took these trips.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!
Ep. 88 - Old Salem Prison Ghosts & The MURDEROUS Wakemanite Cult
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss ghost sightings in the Old Salem Jail, The 1856 Wakemanite cult killing of Justus Mathews and their connection to the “maniac murderer” Charles Stanton.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:https://www.demandinggenealogist.com/uploads/7/3/3/0/7330460/news05-04.pdfhttps://
Ep. 87 - Trunk Murders and New England Vampires
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the “alleged” New England vampire, Nellie Vaughn as well as the murders of Albert N. McVicar and Elsie Sigel, two victims mysteriously found in trunks.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/ccca/emma-ledoux-housewife-prostitute-biga
Ep. 85 - HORRIFIC Niagara Falls History & The Avenues of Death
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss “temporary insanity” in the Victorian era, men demanding to be executed, the horrifying history of Niagara Falls, shocking murders, women falling out of windows, New York’s westside cowboys on the avenues of death and much, much more.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:
Ep. 84 - The HORRIFIC Thames Torso Murders
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the horrific, Jack-The-Ripper-adjacent serial killer murder cases, the Thames Torso Murders.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:“THE WHITECHAPEL TRAGEDY”- East London Advertiser, Saturday, 21 September 1889.“THE LONDON TRAGEDIES” - The Daily Telegraph, MONDAY, OCTOBER
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In this episode, we discuss how to work with the raw, vulnerable and painful feelings that eclipse season reveals, we'll discuss why and how to do shadow work: allowing our darkest parts to have their say, and we'll have a gentle, heart opening meditation to make shadow work easier. Learn more ab
Ep. 83 - A Criminal LUNATIC Murderer and Master Painter of Fairies
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the “criminal lunatic murderer” and master painter of fairies, Richard Dadd, the ballsiest, fraudulent mediums of all: the Davenport brothers, men attacked with swords, the tough lives of newsboys, and blood-thirsty female whisky-slingers, all this and much much more.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Tod
Ep. 82 - Madame Vesta la Viesta’s Galactic Love Affairs & The Meek’s Family Murders
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss Madame Vesta la Viesta, the galactic mystic and clairvoyant, suicidal ghosts, mediums in spirit cabinets, and the horrifying Meeks family murder of 1894. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:“The Haunted House” - The Jeffersonian, Dec. 3rd, 1859.“THE APPEARANCE OF SPIRIT
Ep. 81 - Madame Tussaud's MACABRE Origin Story
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss Madame Tussaud's macabre origin story, haunted houses, fatal theater accidents, murder in a row boat, murder in a furnace, death in a dentist’s chair, and a courageous, life-saving dog - all this and much, much more.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:https://ww
Ep. 80 - The MYSTERIOUS Exhumation of Elizabeth Siddal
On today's episode, Genevieve will be discussing legal cases brought about by hauntings, the legendary and mysterious exhumation of Elizabeth Siddal, otherwise known as Ophelia, ghost globules, spirit photography, and the utterly tragic Bradford Sweets poisonings of 1858. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Instagram Post For Today's Episod
Ep. 79 - Nikola Tesla’s VIOLENT & Luminous Visions
On today's episode, Genevieve will have little known, strange and unusual facts about Nikola Tesla, ghosts with deep and ghastly wounds, a woman smoking a pipe in a hearse, corpse flinging, pickax murders and a woman’s revenge with a rolling pin. All this and much, much more. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Instagram Post For Today's Ep
Ep. 78 - The Donner Party Tragedy
On today's episode, Genevieve will have the tragic tale of the Donner Party, the group of 87 pioneers who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1847, who were driven to commit acts of cannibalism to survive. She will also discuss the séances of “The Naked Medium,” Eva Carrière, as well as how the dead define “space.”Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial f
Ep. 77 - Skeletons in a Beer Vat and Poe’s Final Resting Place
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss astral projecting souls, an interview with a dead woman, skeletons found in a beer vat, terrible mutilations, an unexpected corpse - a number of unexpected corpses, actually, diamond studded murder weapons, and much, much more.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Instagram Post For Today's EpisodeRe
Ep. 76 - NOTORIOUS Female Poisoners of the 19th Century
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss not one but 2 female poisoners of the 19th century. Adelaide Bartlett and Mary Ann Cotton. This episode will be dripping with chloroform and arsenic.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Instagram Post For Today's EpisodeReferences For Today's Episode:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimlico_Mystery
Ep. 75 - SPOOKY Ghosts of the Tower of London
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss the ghosts of The Tower of London, Welsh fasting girls, rabid brides, maniacs with razors, an attempted murder at a christening, a great deal of homicidal arson and a fatal masquerade.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Instagram Post For Today's EpisodeReferences For Today's Episode:“The Tower
Ep. 74 - The Origins of TERRIFYING Victorian Christmas Creatures
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss the Yule Cat, Krampus and the Yule Goat, as well as a few other deeply disturbing monsters that roam the countryside, looking to slice children open and replace their insides with straw and rocks every Christmas. Some of these creatures have ancient origins, but they all really shined in the Victorian era.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the P
Ep. 73 - An Insane Pioneer Pistol Murderess & Religious Maniacs
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss corpse-related practical jokes, jealousy and suicide, an insane pioneer pistol murderess, a religious maniac family annihilation, men bitten by mad dogs and the madcap frolic of a cross-dressing widow in New York City.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Instagram Post For Today's EpisodeReferences
Ep. 71 - Victorian Frozen Weather DISASTERS
On today's episode, Genevieve will have nearly naked women clinging to lampposts, throat-slittings, self-shootings, women choking out would-be burglars, Dante’s Hell of ice, men chopped to pieces, a man named "Chicken" sentenced to hang, and a serenading lover nearly drowned - but he’s OK, that one turns out OK, thank God.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free tria
Ep. 70 - GRISLY Victorian Train Murders
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be taking you back to the blood-smeared Victorian railways. She will be discussing the murders of Sarah Hart and Thomas Briggs, as well as the “Philip Experiment” where scientists believed they conjured a ghost out of thin air.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram PostReferences For Today’s Episode
Ep. 69 - Poison MANIA & Women Delivered in Coffins
On today's episode, Genevieve will have unpleasant stabbings, poison mania, an accident that will ruin your week, women mysteriously delivered in coffins, men swallowing wedding rings, opium eaters, charred, lifeless remains and much, much more.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:“Christmas Ghosts and Scie
Ep. 68 - The Moberly-Jourdain Incident, Grave Symbols & Ghost Clubs
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss Victorian grave stone symbolism, The Moberly-Jourdain Incident, a tale of time-slipping, potentially residually haunted, deeply respected academics in 1901, and Ghost clubs of the 19th century.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram PostReferences:https://www.undercliffecemetery.co.uk/gallery
Ep. 67 - Serial Poisoners & Potato Poltergeists
On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts throwing potato chips, female poison serial killers, the body of a murderer on display for the general public, a horrible uxoricide, a naked women in prison attempting to "dash her brains out," a life of romance and suffering and fancy, lady's-only gambling parlors. No boys allowed!Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon fre
Bonus Episode - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
I decided to re-record my favorite gothic poem of all time, Edgar Allan Poe's, The Raven, for Halloween this year. I hope you enjoy this spooky bonus episode!Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!
Ep. 66 - The Haunted History of The Stanley Hotel
On today’s episode, Genevieve will conclude haunted Halloween hotel month with the dark, haunted history of the infamous Stanley Hotel that inspired Steven King’s, The Shining. She will be sharing the true and untrue tragedies that folks claim to be the origins of the spectral guests that inhabit the hotel to this day.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free list
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Ep. 65 - CREEPY Victorian Halloween Traditions & Haunted Lincoln History
On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts, ghosts and more spooky ghosts, including ghost trains! As well as the capture of 2 midnight grave robbers, Mary Todd Lincoln incognito at a seance, and Scottish Halloween traditions from 1876.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram postReferences:“A Haunted House in Brooklyn” - The Times
Ep. 64 - The Crescent: America’s Most HAUNTED Hotel
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be talking about the disturbing history and hauntings of the Crescent Hotel, built in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in 1886. She will also receive a reading from Medium, Jennifer Page, from the I Talk to Ghosts Podcast, and she will also discuss the horrifying haunted history of Leap Castle in Ireland.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for
Ep. 63 - Take’n a SPOOKY Vacation
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be taking you back to some of our favorite cemeteries, public hangings, creepy seances and ax murders that we’ve enjoyed together in episodes of yore!Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!
Ep. 62 - Why Women Were Buried in Wedding Dresses
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss women buried in wedding dresses, dismembered bodies in trunks, shawl disputes leading to knife attacks, a death by kicking written in flabbergasting detail, and a lady blitzed out of her bloomers on laughing gas, attempting all manner of gymnastics for an adoring crowd. She will also discuss Spiritualist philosophy of the 1800s and a family’s terrifying g
Ep. 61 - The CHILLING Mystery of the Ghost Ship, Mary Celeste
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss one of the most confounding and eery nautical mysteries of all time: The Ghost ship, Mary Celeste. This was a brigantine ship owned by Captain Benjamin Briggs that was found floating all by its lonesome in the Atlantic in 1872, with all of its crew, the captain, his wife and baby - nowhere to be found.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon f
Ep. 60 - That Haunted House on Kirkland Street
On today's episode, Genevieve will have a series of mysterious and tragic murders in the southwest, men frozen to death, dogs playing with dead bodies in basements, nose pullers, lost wigs, and highly inappropriate sarcasm regarding incredibly violent vigilante justice. We'll also have a haunted house in 1878 with too many skeletons buried in the basement to know who's who.Subscribe to
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Ep. 59 - The HAUNTING History of the Trans-Alleghany Lunatic Asylum
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be taking you to the haunted Victorian era-built Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. She will discuss its horrifying history and its present-day spectral inhabitants. She will also discuss the Cock Lane Ghost story, as well as a 19th century, Groucho Marks-style mishap that occurred at a seance.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-fr
Ep. 58 - MYSTERIOUS Suicides & Lying Spirits
On today’s episode, Genevieve will have bullets – right between the eyes, mysterious throat slittings, diabolical plots involving corn pipes, buffalo hunters frozen to death, mysterious suicides, mangled men caught in cow-catchers and Spanish men falling out of windows, cursing all the way down. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for to
Ep. 57 - Zona Shue - The Only Ghost to SOLVE Her Own Murder
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the Greenbrier Ghost; the only ghost, supposedly, who ever helped to solve her own murder. She will also discuss how to avoid becoming a Chinese hopping vampire, and exactly who, and who should not, attempt a “Dark Séance.”Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences for tod
Ep. 56 - BONE-CHILLING Chinese Ghost Stories From the 1800s
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss a number of brutal murders, throat slittings, girls shooting themselves in the face, sleighing accidents, smallpox in a corn-crib, horse burglars - meaning burglars who are horses - scenes from a scaffold, swallowed pen knives and so much more.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for today’s
Ep. 55 - The Bloody Benders - Homestead of Horrors
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing The Bloody Benders, a Victorian era family of serial killers who were confirmed to have murdered at least 11 people in their Kansas home, but it’s estimated that that number was more likely closer to 20. She will also discuss a police officer’s deadly encounter with a ghost, as well as exactly how to perform a seance without a trained medium, accord
Ep. 54 - Onion Syrup Poisonings & Razor Suicides
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss onion syrup poisonings, vigilante justice, razor suicides, jealous quarrels, horrible… truly horrible murders, Russian piggy-back rides and a narrow escape from death that ends in quite a significant amount of blushing. She will also discuss why executions are usually done at the crack of dawn, a little about spirit photography and why some ghosts mai
Ep. 53 - Mary Shelley's Exquisite Grief
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss the life of Mary Shelley. The mother of science fiction. The mother of gothic horror. We will discuss her tragic life, her poetic romance, her monster, and the ways she spun the most unimaginable grief, like a silken web, into a masterpiece.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!
Ep. 52 - Murder MANIA & Collapsing Floors
The Fan Coven is officially available at myvictoriannightmare.com! And on this week’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing a particularly terrifying seance held in 1869, murderously presumed witchcraft, a deadly lesbian love affair, love-cracked raving lunatics, collapsing floors, revolting decapitations, and a lady who dressed up as a ghost and nearly scared someone else, and herself, to death.
Ep. 51 - The Woolfolk Family Massacre
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing the Woolfolk family massacre: the annihilation of a family of 9 that occurred in 1887. The details are harrowing, horrible, heartbreaking, and some are truly…strange. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for today's episode:https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archae
Ep. 50 - Spectral Lodgers & RUM-CRAZED Dentists
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss a man mangled with a carving knife, another skeleton where it does not belong, the growing evil that is young women leaving their homes, a rum-crazed lunatic dentist, a man killed by a jar of peaches, and a couple of rats that exhibited an admirable commitment to teamwork. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon
Ep. 49 - England's MOST Haunted Houses
On today's episode, Genevieve will be discussing not one, but two of the most haunted Victorian homes in England: The Borley Rectory as well as a little unsuspecting cottage in Essex that was once known as The Cage of St. Osyth, which was once the site of a medieval witch prison. We will also learn exactly what happens when you die, according to a Spiritualist newspaper from the 1800s.Subscrib
Ep. 48 - Spiritualist CHAOS & a Corpse Sent to a Candy Maker
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss a family that is a complete disaster, the absurdities of hypnosis, a hatchet murder, a man who luckily couldn’t quite properly operate a firearm, utter pandemonium at a spiritualist lecture, a corpse sent to a candy maker, a man frozen to a boat, yet another man killed by a coffin, and the single worst death ever discussed on any show up until today, hand
The Willington Mill Haunting With SIGHTINGS Podcast
In this very special collaborative episode between SIGHTINGS and MY VICTORIAN NIGHTMARE, venture into an eerie haunted house from the 19th century, and discover why some doors were meant to stay sealed shut. Check out SIGHTINGS on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to Podcasts!Story Music tracks used by kind permission of CO.AGSubscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free
Ep. 46 - MURDER on the Victorian Railways
On Monday’s episode, Genevieve will discuss not 1, not 2, but FOUR grisly train murders from the Victorian era – one with a wild twist! All complete with frick’n sound effects and everything: The murder of Issac Gold (1881), William Pearson (1901), Elizabeth Camp (1897), and Mary Money (1905).Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for Today
Ep. 45 - SPOOKY Skeleton Discoveries & Murderous Ghosts
It’s our 1 year anniversary episode!!!! Today, Genevieve will have some brutal vigilante justice, deadly vengeance, another spooky skeleton discovery, a hammer murder, 1800s red pill propaganda, a mysterious murder-suicide, a clairvoyant shot by a spirit hand, and a devout, salvation-seeking rooster, named Cochin - all courtesy of the Illustrated Police News Law Courts and Record, our favorite goo
Ep. 44 - The GRUESOME History of Corpse Medicine
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing corpse medicine; the century’s old practice of using dead bodies to treat everything from jaundice to infertility to cataracts – and when you hear about how they specifically treated that last one, it’s really gonna bum you out.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for today’s episode:https:
Ep. 43 - TRAGIC Waterwheel Accidents & Coal Oil Disasters
On today’s’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing a young girl caught in a waterwheel, stonings, pickaxings, a harrowing coal oil disaster, a ludicrous fall in a church, a man’s head blown to atoms, men in drag wreaking havoc upon street harassers, a man who visit’s his wife’s grave and leaves with her - it’s not what you think, booby traps gone terribly wrong and so much more.Subscribe to the Ne
Ep. 42 - The TRUTH About the Winchester Mystery House
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing a topic that she’s said numerous times she would never cover: The Winchester Mystery House. She will thoroughly debunk all of the falsehoods, embellishments and downright lies about its very generous, very kind creator, Sarah (Sallie) Winchester, and her weird and wonderful house. You’ll also learn some great trivia night factoids in the process.Sub
Ep. 41 - The CREEPIEST Victorian Skeleton Encounters
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss ghosts frightening country bumpkins, really spooky skeleton encounters, a hatchet attack by a blind man, a man trying to slice his own head off and a young lady with enough pluck and presence of mind to save the very day.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for today’s episode:“A Ghost at Large”
Ep. 40 - The BLACKEST Black Widow - Belle Gunness
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the all-female Victorian gang, the 40 Elephants, as well as the thieving, poisoning, barbarous, butchering Belle Gunness: Hell’s Belle herself. Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for today’s show:https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/triflers-need-not-apply-the-sNexttory-of-deadly-belle-gunnesshttps:/
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