My Victorian Nightmare – Détails, épisodes et analyse

On today’s’s episode, Genevieve is diving back into the Illustrated Police News Law Courts and Record: everyone’s favorite bananas, blood-soaked, spooky little tabloid from the 1800s. She will have a hat-wafting seance, a thrilling search for a dead body, wax necks, jealous husbands, mayhem, a shocking discovery in a penitentiary, an alarming growth of intoxication among young ladies, 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 Show: https://www.magicianmasterclass.com/post/how-do-magicians-levitate#viewer-aqfts “The Last “Thing” in Fashion, The Wax Neck” Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. “Spiritual Manifestations at a Seance in Boston on New Year’s Eve” Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. “Thrilling Search for the Body of a Murdered Man in MacDonald Co, Mo.,” Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. “A Young Lady Outraged and Then Murdered in Arkansas,”  Illustrated Police News, Dec, 28 1871. “A Leap to Death in Cincinnati - An Unknown Unfortunate Jumps From a Bridge to Eternity,” Illustrated Police News, August, 28 1873. “Taking a Farmer’s Wife, Baby and Potatoes to Market,” Illustrated Police News, Dec 7th, 1872. “How a Jealous Husband in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Returned Home and What He Found There,” Illustrated Police News, Dec 7th, 1872. “Alarming Growth of Intoxication Among Young Ladies - Sad Scene in a New Jersey Ferry Boat,” Illustrated Police News, Dec 7th, 1872. “Extra Penance in a Penitentiary,” Illustrated Police News, Nov 30th, 1871. “Mayhem,” Illustrated Police News, July 6th, 1876. “A New Jersey Cannibal Gormandizes a Policeman’s Cheek,” Illustrated Police News, Dec 21st, 1871. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On todays episode, Genevieve will return to 19th century London to discuss the Jack the Ripper murders case. She'll discuss the timeline, the victims, the suspects, and a few little known facts about the still open Whitechapel murders case. She’ll also discuss a very courageous photo shoot, and give her fairly coherent review of “The Monkey.” 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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/kate-eddowes-last-night.htm https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/jack-the-ripper-victim-elizabeth-stride.htm https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/mary-kelly.htm https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/suspects.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Eddowes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Stride https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Kelly "Bolton Spiritualists Vision of the Whitechapel Murderer "- The Bolton News, Oct 8, 1888 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, Genevieve will discuss a lunatic asylum escapee in a washtub boat, a steamboat slaughter, a tragic murder on a lovely evening, a clergyman’s narrow escape from certain death, a fit of apoplexy, hatchets, razors, insanity, and a somewhat tragic ice skating accident that luckily has a meet-cute happy ending. 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: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/11/nellie-bly-blackwells-island/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat) https://genealogytrails.com/ill/woodford/tradgies.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's episode, we’re still celebrating the Holiday season with some weird, wonderful, and downright irresponsible Victorian Christmas traditions! 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: https://www.history.com/news/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/652043/victorian-christmas-traditions https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/12/shock-of-the-old-11-murderous-and-macabre-victorian-christmas-cards https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34988154 https://historycollection.com/strange-and-delightful-holiday-traditions-of-the-victorian-era/ https://www.marthastewart.com/1097532/decorative-past-tradition-christmas-pickle-ornament Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's episode is Christmas themed! Genevieve will be discussing a family hatchet fight, an assault with a pot roast, an assault with a teapot, a fruit and nut plundering, an insane chimney sweep, a grizzly Christmas day murder, A tragic Christmas Day train disaster, a Chamber of Horrors, and a few more truly horrific Christmas day events. 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: https://www.measuringworth.com/blog/?p=256 https://www.postalmuseum.org/blog/victorian-christmas-boxes/#:~:text=These%20tokens%20were%20known%20as,form%20of%20money%20or%20alcohol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_railroad_accidents https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/arsenic/arsenic-a-murderous-history/#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20the%20eighteenth%20century,common%20in%20the%20market%20place Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's episode, Genevieve keeps with Victorian Christmas tradition, and tells a terrifying ghost story: The Signal Man, by Charles Dickens. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's episode, Genevieve dives back into the salacious, at times terrifying, at times, grisly, at times charming Illustrated Police News Law Courts and Record, from which she will read about Bleecker Street harpies punching cops in the face, some discomfiture of an older gentleman who gets a parasol stuck in his mouth, a madhouse ax murder, a man on a smashing spree, a saloon slaying, a murderously jealous lover, and a man killed by a coffin. 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: https://cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2020/03/02/killed-by-a-coffin/ https://www.loc.gov/item/ca07000366/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's episode, Genevieve digs deep into the murder trial of Mary Ann Mailman at the hands of her husband, Peter Mailman in 1873. The trial was full of salacious accusations of affairs, jealous husbands, heartbreaking testimony, flagrant slut shaming from the defense, and details of the murder that shook Nova Scotia to the core. 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 Reference: The Trial of Peter Mailman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's episode, Genevieve pulls out a few articles from the Illustrated Police News Law Courts and Record: volumes between 1871 and 1875. She'll provide you with your Weekly Dose of Blood, a very concerning case of 2 men either infected with rabies, or turning into werewolves - it’s a bit unclear, a Frenchman nearly eaten alive by rats, a grisly wedding party, a blood-thirsty maniac, a woman melting down exquisitely on stage, and a damsel giving an impromptu acrobatic performance on the streets of Chicago. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's minisode, Genevieve reads her 3 favorite spooky Victorian Halloween poems! Edgar Allan Poe's, The Raven, Lake of the Dismal Swamp by Thomas Moore, and The Broomstick Train or the Return of the Witches by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices