Ep. 39 - In a Malicious and Diabolical Manner

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

History

4.6 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss a ghost sighting of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, an insane hatchet murder, a brass burglar blown away by a buckshot, a demented opera singer’s stalker, a lamp light disaster, a gory game of cards, a nearly naked man frozen to death in a sinkhole, and much, much more! References for today’s episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Lady_of_Raynham_Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Nilsson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_laundry https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/history-of-smallpox-vaccination “Murder at Louisville” - The Oregonian, January, 10th 1872. “A Swedish Horror” - The Sioux City Journal, September 25th, 1885. "Mother in Lawlessness" - The Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. "A Burglar Killed by a Trap Gun" - The Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. "Miss Nilsson's Demented Lover" - The Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. "A Life of Shame Quickly Ended " - The Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. "An Affecting Scene"- The Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. "A Gory Game of Cards" - The Illustrated Police News, January 4th, 1872. "A Doctor Insane with Smallpox Freezes to Death on an Iowa Prairie"- The Illustrated Police News, January 11th, 1872. 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 spooky events from the Victorian era.
0:19.6	Because to me, there's just something especially intriguing,
0:23.2	creepy, and oddly comforting about horror and mayhem from the 19th century. So, listener discretion
0:30.8	is advised.
0:54.4	Hello, friends, and welcome to this my 39th episode. I hope that you had a beautiful week. I threw my neck out while sneezing on my birthday, which is something to look forward to if you have yet to reach your 40s. It was pretty depressing at first, but then it gave me a perfect excuse to do what I
1:00.4	really wanted to do on my birthday, which was absolutely nothing. Not one thing, apart from me
1:06.2	eating a pint of gelato and watching Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, which was so wonderful.
1:11.7	If you haven't seen that one in a while, to me it's Tim Burton's last really good movie.
1:18.3	I just love Christopher Walken's pointy little creepy teeth and Tim Burton's large-breasted witchy,
1:23.7	ex-wife floating in the flowery air. And that scene where the kid goes into the room with the Iron Maiden and she falls out of it,
1:30.7	that's just as good as it gets for me.
1:33.6	The whole vibe is exactly where I wanted to spend my birthday.
1:37.6	Don't worry, though.
1:38.3	I have a fun birthday weekend planned, so I will be celebrating with friends.
1:43.6	I just got exactly what I wanted for my birthday and I couldn't be more delighted.
1:47.2	But hey, I just heard something and I think it's going to blow your mind.
1:55.0	What if I told you that the Loch Ness Monster is the ghost of a dinosaur.
2:03.6	You never considered that, did you? Me neither.
2:08.6	I have nothing else to say about it though until I see some hard data.
2:12.6	This is obviously conjecture at best, but truly, it would just explain so much.
2:23.9	Today for you, dear listener, I have a fabulous show planned. I have an insane hatchet
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