My Victorian Nightmare24 Mars 2025

Ep. 35 - Deathbed Confessions & HORRIFIC Elevator Accidents

On today’s episode, Genevieve will have a deathbed confession, the accidental death of a horse fancier, a horrific elevator accident, a horrific mowing machine accident, naughty picture book advertisements, a butchered brother in law, a case of Victorian cat fishing, a hairbreadth escape, and more! Subscribe to the Newsletter! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://myvictoriannightmare.myflodesk.com/myukzmys04⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠htps://www.patreon.com/cw/MyVictorianNightmare/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠ References for today’s episode: “The Avondale Horror. A Deathbed Confession” - The Illustrated Police News, November 30, 1871. “A Bottle of Horse Medicine Kills a Horse Fancier” - The Illustrated Police News, December 21, 1871. “A Chambermaid Crushed by an Elevator” - The Illustrated Police News, December 14, 1871. “A Man Butchers his Brother In Law in Tippecanoe, Ohio - Tragical Result of a Whisky Quarrel” - The Illustrated Police News, November 9th, 1871. “Marrying By a Photographic Proxy - An innocent Nebraskan Ensnared by a Touched-Up Picture” - The Illustrated Police News, December 28, 1871. “A Truly Terrible Death - A mowing machine Literally Slices a Man to Pieces” - The Illustrated Police News, August 29th, 1873. “Affray Between Two Ladies of Fashion in the Streets of St. Louis” - The Illustrated Police News, December 7, 1871. “A Saddening Story” - The Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. “A Hairbreadth Escape - A Mississippi Girl Saves a Drowning Man in a Curious Manner” - The Illustrated Police News, August 28, 1873. https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2022/09/fifth-avenue-hotel-opulence-atop.html https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2010/10/i-sit-on-your-grave-new-yorks-hidden.html https://wynninghistory.com/2019/03/04/avondale/ https://thetroyhistoricalsociety.org/obits/John%20Aston.htm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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 ...

8 Juni 45min

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 i...

1 Juni 45min

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 h...

25 Maj 44min

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. Thank you to today’s spo...

18 Maj 46min

Hidden History - Special Preview!

Check out Hidden History! In this preview, Dr. Harini Bhat discusses the Dancing plague of 1518. The city of Strasbourg was overtaken by one of the strangest epidemics in recorded history. It wasn't t...

18 Maj 10min

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. Th...

11 Maj 44min

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...

4 Maj 44min

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 Thank...

27 Apr 44min