Here you’ll find mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian Era. If you consider yourself an ent...
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing the very macabre ways in which French Victorians would entertain themselves: the death-themed cabarets, horror shows in old gothic chapels, and the very upsetting and morbid curiosities that Parisians would literally trample over each other to get a glimpse of.References for today's episode:https://daily.jstor.org/the-cabarets-of-heaven-and-hell/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Guignolhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/paris-morgue-public-viewinghttps://dianamarin.com/tag/the-uncanny-cabaret-du-neant/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_de_L%27Enferhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_du_Ciel
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Ep. 29 - Butchery with Banjos and Vinegar Valentines
On today's episode, we will have butchery with banjos, naked maniacs decapitating people, Lesbians, more butchery, some charming insults that Victorians liked to send to one another on Valentines day, and a very special love poem.References for today's episode:“A Naked Man's Horrible Deeds,” Illustrated Police News, December 18, 1880"Butchered" With a Banjo,” Illustrated Police News, July 3, 1880“Bloody Butchery,” Illustrated Police News, January 31, 1880https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/misogyny-created-a-space-for-women-to-f-ck-in-the-19th-century-d32f6ab34e48https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/misogyny-created-a-space-for-women-to-f-ck-in-the-19th-century-d32f6ab34e48https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-same-sex-valentines-day
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Ep. 28 - Horrors of the Victorian Lunatic Asylum
On today's episode, Genevieve takes you on a tour of the Victorian Lunatic Asylum. She'll discuss the history of the institution, surprising and spine-chilling facts, as well as her very own terrifying experience of the time she broke into the Overbrook Asylum in New Jersey.
References for today's episode:
https://cpp-college.netlify.app/programs/education-blog/victorian-mental-health-and-women-part-one-american-asylums
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/victorian-mental-asylum
https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/netflix-2017/how-victorian-women-were-oppressed-through-the-use-of-psychiatry/1607/
https://www.talkspace.com/blog/history-inhumane-mental-health-treatments/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/americas-most-haunted-hospitals-and-asylums/overbrook-asylum/
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/8bcb0263e26f4ceeb6d41a00cfc72b7a?item=1
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Ep. 27 - Curious Capers and Spiritual Speculations
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss the 5 Points slum, a church lunatic, a woman that takes investment advice from her dead husband, a cannibalistic affair between 2 ladies, the curious caper of an unruly cow, a locomotive disaster, mayhem, mysterious tragedies and a man who saved an entire New Hampshire town because he loved his girlfriend a little too much.
References for today's episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Scapular%E2%80%93St._Stephen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Points,_Manhattan#:~:text=The%20local%20politics%20of%20%22the,racial%20integration%20in%20American%20history
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Ep. 26 - The Grave Trains of London
In today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the grisly history of the graveyard that is London, and the subterranean train system built in the Victorian era within and around the final resting places of literally millions of tightly packed Londoners.
References for today’s episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enon_Chapel
https://gizmodo.com/how-corpses-helped-shape-the-london-underground-1493312117
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66507599
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/london-crossrail-bedlam-big-dig
https://www.timeout.com/london/news/londons-victorian-necropolis-railway-station-is-for-sale-060424
https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/london-underground-station-built-right-21001175
https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/where-we-go/blog/the-forgotten-story-of-london-necropolis-railway
https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-forgotten-men-of-the-london-underground/
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 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. Join the community Instagram @myvictoriannightmare
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