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 grisly 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 culture of shared sorrow, ornament and elegance, prudishness and scandal, bone chilling children’s stories, and for whatever reason, I just feel at home there. There’s something strangely comforting about the heebie jeebies this era gives me. If you find yourself equally enchanted by things that most people would find horrifying, this podcast is probably for you. To listen ad-free, visit myvictoriannightmare.com and join my Patreon.
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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 grisly 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 culture of shared sorrow, ornament and elegance, prudishness and scandal, bone chilling children’s stories, and for whatever reason, I just feel at home there. There’s something strangely comforting about the heebie jeebies this era gives me. If you find yourself equally enchanted by things that most people would find horrifying, this podcast is probably for you. To listen ad-free, visit myvictoriannightmare.com and join my Patreon.
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.
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References for today’s episode:
https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2022/01/i-caught-them-in-act.html
https://www.instagram.com/chrisnetzelofficial?igsh=b3NmY2hoMzQ4aTZn
"A True Ghost Story" - The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Jan. 19th, 1879.
"Solomon, King of Israel" - The Spiritualist, Nov 19th, 1869.
"One Dead, the Other Dying" - The Atlanta Constitution, Jul. 13th, 1892.
"A Beautiful Young Kentucky Girl Cuts Her Own Throat" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.
"Effect of a Diabolical Plot to Burn a Man by Charging His Pipe With Gunpowder at Cincinnati" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872.
"A Kansas Horror" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 15th, 1872.
"A Spaniard at Terre Haute, Indiana, Mistakes the Noise of a Serenading Party for an Earthquake and Jumps out of a Window" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872.
"Ghastly Freight on a Camden and Amboy Locomotive in Lawrence, N.J." - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872.
"A Bloody Mystery in Cincinnati" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.
“Coroners Inquest” - The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 7th, 1872.
"The Brooklyn “What Is It.” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872.
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My Victorian Nightmare
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 grisly 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 culture of shared sorrow, ornament and elegance, prudishness and scandal, bone chilling children’s stories, and for whatever reason, I just feel at home there. There’s something strangely comforting about the heebie jeebies this era gives me. If you find yourself equally enchanted by things that most people would find horrifying, this podcast is probably for you. To listen ad-free, visit myvictoriannightmare.com and join my Patreon.
