Ep. 28 - Horrors of the Victorian Lunatic Asylum

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

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4.6 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

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 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 discretion
0:30.8	is advised.
0:43.7	Hello, friends, and welcome to this my 28th episode.
0:47.1	I hope that you had a wonderful week.
0:49.5	Mine was a little wild.
0:54.8	First of all, hello to all of my new Apple podcast listeners.
1:02.4	Out of nowhere, a listener brought to my attention that I was number 12 in Apple Podcasts, top podcasts?
1:05.3	Like I was ahead of John Stewart Show.
1:07.1	It was crazy.
1:10.6	I looked at my analytics and it was like an explosion, which was really nice. I mean, it didn't last,
1:11.9	though. I was only there for like two days. Then I got sandwiched between Ben Shapiro and Candice
1:17.5	Owens, and I got very uncomfortable in there. There must be a conservative slant to Apple Podcast
1:24.1	listenership, I think. I apparently made some people very angry after being featured.
1:29.4	One guy who one starred my show said I shouldn't piss off 75 million voters, which I am
1:36.4	flattered that he believed my listenership was that high. I also got called a shrieking blue hair type,
1:43.5	which, yes, I did have blue hair once. I was 16,
1:49.6	but like, shrieking, not so much. I have smoked far too many clove cigarettes to shriek without
1:55.1	coughing, even if I wanted to. But I also got some really lovely comments and ratings from some very sweet people there, too.
2:03.3	So thank you for those.
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