Ep. 25 - Murder, Blackmail, and Raving Maniacs

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

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4.6 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On today's show, Genevieve has a robber who becomes a raving maniac in prison, a very shocking confession followed by a very grisly request, a woman poisoned by laudanum and nearly frozen to death, a footrace between a phrenologist and a zippy young lady, a thief who nearly blows his own head off, a wife’s vengeance with a pen knife, murder, blackmail, and an unfortunate sled accident on an historic Boston Street, among a few others. References for today's episode: https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2015/06/the-murder-of-pet-halsted.html https://pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2017/03/05/phrenology-and-scientific-racism-in-the-19th-century/ https://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/shields.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Exposition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to my Victorian nightmare. I'm your host, Genevieve Mannion,
0:09.1	and I'm here to talk about mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise
0:16.1	spooky events from the Victorian era. Because to me, there's just something especially intriguing,
0:22.6	creepy, and oddly comforting about horror and mayhem from the 19th century. So, listener
0:30.3	discretion is advised.
0:47.0	Hello, friends, and welcome to this, my 25th episode. I hope that you all had a lovely week.
0:56.6	I had a perfectly cozy one myself. Recovering after New Year's week, not reading the news, ever. I don't need to hear anything about anything that is happening in my country. I think I saw something briefly about how we may
1:01.2	end up in a war with Denmark and Canada or something, and I didn't need to hear any more current
1:05.0	events. They're stupid and embarrassing. I do a perfectly good job embarrassing myself. I do not need the so-called
1:12.1	leaders of this nation's assistance in this endeavor. Thank you, please. I did, however,
1:16.7	also happen to get a glimpse of the horrifying fires in California. So much love and support
1:23.6	to my California friends and listeners. My God, you poor people. This is a tragedy beyond
1:30.6	comprehension. If you're wanting to help, I've checked a few highly rated groups to donate to,
1:37.3	a few being the American Red Cross, Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation, and a charity
1:44.1	called Direct Relief.
1:45.9	Please give, if you're able, so many loving thoughts coming your way.
1:49.9	Apart from learning about these events, like I said, I am boycotting all news media to keep
1:56.0	myself sane over the next four years and possibly beyond.
1:59.3	However, this boycott does not apply to the illustrated police news law courts and record
2:05.5	from which I will be reading today.
2:08.2	Everyone's favorite, salacious, violent, preposterous, and silly tabloid from the 1800s.
2:15.3	I've got some bone-chilling, heartbreaking, and slippery articles from an 1871
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