My Victorian Nightmare

On today's episode, Genevieve will have the tragic tale of the Donner Party, the group of 87 pioneers who became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1847, who were driven to commit acts of cannibalism to survive. She will also discuss the séances of “The Naked Medium,” Eva Carrière, as well as how the dead define “space.”

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References For Today's Episode:

https://www.kqed.org/news/11844011/donner-party-pt-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-donnerparty/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Carri%C3%A8re

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/22/eva-carriere-the-lying-spiritualist-ectoplasm-was-said-to-come-from-every-orifice-of-her-body/

“Spirit Wrapping in John Wesley’s Family” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th 1869.

“A Spirit on SPACE” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th 1869.
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On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss astral projecting souls, an interview with a dead woman, skeletons found in a beer vat, terrible mutilations, an unexpected corpse - a number of unexpected corpses, actually, diamond studded murder weapons, and much, much more.

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References For Today's Episode:

“CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES” - The Sidney Journal, Feb. 25th, 1870.

The Spiritualist - Dec. 31st, 1869.

“Two Dead Men Found at the Bottom of a Beer Vat in a Brewery in Baltimore, Md.” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 28th, 1872.

“ARIZONA’S HORRORS” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 28th, 1872.

“BOUGHT A CORPSE” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 28th, 1872.

“O’Connell, the Celtic Blunderer, Pulls the Wrong Tooth from Mrs. McCarty, and what He Received for His Services, at Hyde Park, - Mass” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 28th, 1872.

“A Bloody Fight in a Saloon on Mulberry Street, New York” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 28th, 1872.

“THE MURDERED PRINCESS” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 28th, 1872.

“CHARGE AGAINST A MEDICAL MAN” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 28th, 1872.

https://www.mdhistory.org/here-at-last-he-is-happy-the-death-and-burial-of-edgar-allan-poe/
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On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss not one but 2 female poisoners of the 19th century. Adelaide Bartlett and Mary Ann Cotton. This episode will be dripping with chloroform and arsenic.

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References For Today's Episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimlico_Mystery

https://mayfairtimes.co.uk/2022/04/the-pimlico-poisoning/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/pimlico-poisoning/24405/

https://thethreepennyguignol.com/2024/04/17/the-impossible-case-of-the-pimlico-poisoning/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Cotton

https://www.historyhit.com/who-was-mary-ann-cotton/

https://www.wired.com/2012/02/arsenic-and-the-forgotten-serial-killer/

https://www.visitheritage.co.uk/things-to-do/cultural-history/true-crime/mary-ann-cotton

“CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES” - The Sidney Journal, Feb. 25th, 1870.

“SEANCES AT THE SPIRITUAL LIBRARY” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 31st, 1869.
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On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss the ghosts of The Tower of London, Welsh fasting girls, rabid brides, maniacs with razors, an attempted murder at a christening, a great deal of homicidal arson and a fatal masquerade.

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References For Today's Episode:

“The Tower Ghost” - The Sydney Mail, Feb. 26th, 1870.

“THE WELSH FASTING GIRL” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 31st 1869.

“A Rabid Bride” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 28th, 1872.

“A Truant Wife in a House of Ill-Fame at Washington” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

Josephine Creamer vs. Charles Creamer - Petition for Divorce - Puget Sound Dispatch, Aug. 1st 1872.

“A Man and His Wife Murdered and Burned in Indiana” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“Struggle for Life in the Grasp of the Madman Purdy, at Newburg, N.Y.” — The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 21st, 1872.

“A Bloody Christening in Boston — Timothy Cannon Stabs His Cousin”- The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872.

“A Deserted Maiden of St. Louis Attempts to Burn Her Recreant Lover Alive” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 21st, 1872.

“Fatal Result of a Masquerading Joke at Millerton, New York” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 7th, 1872.

https://www.walks.com/blog/tower-of-london-ghosts/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Jacob

https://ghil.hypotheses.org/2151
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On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss the Yule Cat, Krampus and the Yule Goat, as well as a few other deeply disturbing monsters that roam the countryside, looking to slice children open and replace their insides with straw and rocks every Christmas. Some of these creatures have ancient origins, but they all really shined in the Victorian era.

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References For Today's Episode:

“Ghost Story” - The Halifax Courier and Guardian, Nov. 19th, 1853.

“The Human “Double” - The Spiritualist, Jan. 14th, 1870.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_cat

https://education.turpentinecreek.org/2023/12/09/the-spooky-legend-of-the-yule-cat/

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2025/12/krampus-origins-and-development-of-a-winter-devil/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BDla

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta

https://www.tumblr.com/themousefromfantasyland/635704522538450945/the-creatures-of-yuletide-the-yule-goat

https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/life/2018/12/20/yule-goat-holidays-and-good-crops/2369257002/

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/storey/the-yule-goat/

https://london-overlooked.com/chelsea/

https://www.curiousarchive.com/emilie-sagee-bilocation-doppelganger/

https://english.nepalnews.com/s/explainers/the-rise-fall-and-acquittal-of-nepals-buddha-boy-everything-you-need-to-know/
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