My Victorian Nightmare
Genevieve Manion
125 episodes · Explicit
Here you’ll find mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian Era. For ad-free listening, witchy content, Victorian True Crime Extras and Dark Poetry, join The Patreon!
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Ep. 118 - The Vampire Panic of Highgate Cemetery & Victorian Devil Sightings
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss a few fabulous alleged devil sightings in Victorian England as well as High Gate Cemetery’s history of hauntings, occult ritualistic activity and simply insane vampire panics.…
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Introducing | The Death of Edgar Allan Poe
This is the first episode of The Death of Edgar Allan Poe. You can find all episodes on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and ad-free on Patreon. This is a chilling five-part narrative podcast, written and…
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Ep. 117 - A Victorian Witch Killing & The History of Witch Hunting
In this episode, Genevieve will share the history of witch hunting in England, and the murder case of a man in Victorian England suspected of witchcraft. The disturbing murder of Old Dummy in 1863. Thank you to…
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Ep. 116 - Scientifically Studied Victorian Ghost Stories
In this episode, Genevieve will share a number of Victorian ghost encounters recorded by The Society for Psychical Research: the ghostly women in black, mysterious reflections of deceased fathers, smiling dead sisters…
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Ep. 115 - Lizzie Borden: Monster or Maligned?
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the facts of the Lizzie Borden axe murder case — what we know to be true, what the Netflix series Monster got wrong, what it got right, and exactly why this particular axe murder…
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Ep. 114 - The Souls Behind the Stones
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the sudden deaths, shattered dreams, haunting tales, gothic obsessions, mysteries and answers – the true stories behind 3 of the most intriguing graves in Greenwood, Evergreen…
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Ep. 113 - The True Inspirations Behind Dracula & The Film’s Iconic Costumes
In this episode, Genevieve will do a deep dive into Bram Stoker’s notes, interviews and musings about the inspiration behind his vampiric creation, Dracula, and then she will discuss the inspiration behind some of the…
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Ep. 112 - Damnit, Mary Ann Cotton!
In this episode, Genevieve will bring us back to the murder scenes, the time-slips, the haunted lunatic asylums and hotels of past episodes, and share the back stories to their creations. Thank you to today’s…
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Ep. 111 - The Tragically HAUNTED History of the Kreischer Family
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the tragic history of the Kreischer family, the many deaths, mob murders and truly creepy hauntings of the Kreischer family mansion that still stands to this very day. She will…
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Ep. 110 - Cannibal Cats and Ghosts with Guns
In this episode, Genevieve will dive back into the Illustrated Police News, The 19th century’s worst newspaper. She will discuss horrifying murder attempts with hot pokers, deadly champagne suppers, the science of…
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Ep. 109 - The Fascinating Funeral Industry of the 19th Century
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the funeral industry of the 19th century and a few of her favorite death-centered professions that are no longer in high demand today, but were positively fascinating: funeral…
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Ep. 108 - Haunted Underground Stations & Unusual Death Omens
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss verifiable accounts of tragedies that many believe explain the hauntings of 2 London Underground stations: Bank and Farringdon. She will also discuss a few unusual omens that…
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Ep. 107 - The TRAGIC Paris Charity Bazaar Fire of 1897
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the Paris Charity Bazaar fire of 1897: how an event devoted to gaiety, high society socializing and generosity became one of the deadliest fire tragedies in French history.…
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Ep. 106 - The Lincoln Assassination & Its HORRIFIC Aftermath
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the shocking, little-known disasters and tragedies that began to unfold even before the smoke had cleared: the psychological…
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Ep. 105 - The NOTORIOUS Case of Dr. Crippen
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the murder case of Dr. Hawley Crippen: one of the most sensational murder cases in English history. We’ll discuss The glitz and glamour, the torrid affairs, the astounding escape…
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Ep. 104 - Haunted Theaters and Their Tragic Histories
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss two Victorian theater tragedies, the lives and deaths of illusionist Sigmund Neuberger, otherwise known as the Great Lafayette, and actor William Terriss, as well as their…
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Ep. 103 - MASSACRE on the Mary Russell
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss one the 19th century’s most shocking maritime murder cases, the massacre on the Mary Russell in 1828: a story of the slow unraveling of a captain’s sanity, bloodshed, and…
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Ep. 102 - Metallic Immortality: Cast Iron Coffins & Electroplating The Dead
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the cast iron Fisk coffins of the mid-19th century, and the shockingly bizarre and disturbing proposals to electroplate dead bodies so that they may become golden, silver, brass…
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Ep. 101 - The DARK History Behind the 19th Century’s Most Haunting Paintings
In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the dark histories and meanings behind three 19th century masterpieces: Edvard Munch’s electrifying “The Scream,” Théodore Géricault’s devastating “Raft of the Medusa,” and John…
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Ep. 100 - The HAUNTED History of Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery
In this, our 100th EPISODE, Genevieve will discuss the paranormal and downright bizarre events that have taken place in Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery in Chicago. We will also travel back to some of our favorite horrifying…
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Ep. 99 - The HORRIFYING Confession of a Haunted Killer: Thomas Bedworth
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss one of the most unsettling true crime stories in English history: The (seriously) true story of Thomas Bedworth, a man who claimed to be compelled to confess to murder by…
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Ep. 98 - The History and Hauntings of The Lemp Family Mansion
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the rise and steep fall of the Lemp dynasty; the heartbreak and mysteries that surrounded the family, and the alleged hauntings of the Victorian mansion they made their…
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Ep. 97 - Passion, Poison and Betrayal: The Death of Charles Bravo
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss The death – or murder, of Charles Bravo. More than a century later, his death remains one of England’s most chilling unsolved mysteries; a case tangled in forbidden…
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Ep. 96 - Victorian Death Superstitions & Medical Miracles
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss fascinating superstitions and beliefs that Victorians held about death and cemeteries, as well as some of the origins of those beliefs. And we will discuss how medical science…
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Ep. 95 - Dark Floriography & The Demonic Sallie House
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the elegant and insulting language of flowers, Victorian Floriography and the demonically haunted Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas. Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to…
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Ep. 94 - Deadly Ghosts, Body Snatching & Bizarre Victorian Fads
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the case of the Hammersmith Ghost, The Hope Street Body Snatching Scandal of 1826, as well as little-known, strange, disturbing and silly Victorian fads. Subscribe to the…
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Ep. 93 - The Wraiths of St. Mark’s Eve & Cursed Victorian Objects
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the terrifying Victorian St. Mark’s Eve practice of waiting for wraiths (the ghosts of future dead people) to reveal themselves and walk through church doors at midnight. She…
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Ep. 92 - The DARK History of Griffith Park & The Queen’s 8 Assassins
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the numerous failed assassination attempts made on Queen Victoria’s life, and the simply horrifying history of Griffith Park in Los Angeles California. Subscribe to the…
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Victorian True Crime Extras Sneak Peek!
This is a sneak peek of the Victorian True Crime Extras episodes that Patreon subscribers receive each week! To receive My Victorian Nightmare ad-free, and receive Victorian True Crime Extras, visit Patreon to find out…
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Ep. 91 - The CURSE of Cleopatra’s Needle and Greyfriars Haunted Kirkyard
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the dark history of Cleopatra’s Needle and the most haunted cemetery in Edinburgh, Greyfriars Kirkyard. Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for…
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Ep. 90 - Cheeseman Park HAUNTINGS & The Plaistow Horror
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the terribly haunted Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado, and the unthinkable murder of Emily Harrison Coombes, otherwise known as The Plaistow Horror. Subscribe to the…
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Ep. 89 - Fluffy Black Vampire Ducks
On today’s episode, Genevieve will take us back to creepy field trips of yore: the murder scenes, spooky cemeteries and cult compounds of episodes past, and give a little more dimension to each episode where we took…
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Ep. 88 - Old Salem Prison Ghosts & The MURDEROUS Wakemanite Cult
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss ghost sightings in the Old Salem Jail, The 1856 Wakemanite cult killing of Justus Mathews and their connection to the “maniac murderer” Charles Stanton. Subscribe to the…
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Ep. 87 - Trunk Murders and New England Vampires
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the “alleged” New England vampire, Nellie Vaughn as well as the murders of Albert N. McVicar and Elsie Sigel, two victims mysteriously found in trunks. Subscribe to the…
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Ep. 85 - HORRIFIC Niagara Falls History & The Avenues of Death
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss “temporary insanity” in the Victorian era, men demanding to be executed, the horrifying history of Niagara Falls, shocking murders, women falling out of windows, New York’s…
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Ep. 84 - The HORRIFIC Thames Torso Murders
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the horrific, Jack-The-Ripper-adjacent serial killer murder cases, the Thames Torso Murders. Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free…
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Fan Coven Sneak Peak! Lunar Eclipse Shadow Work & Meditation
Here's a little sneak peak of the content that is offered in the Fan Coven! Click here for more info! In this episode, we discuss how to work with the raw, vulnerable and painful feelings that eclipse season reveals,…
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Ep. 83 - A Criminal LUNATIC Murderer and Master Painter of Fairies
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the “criminal lunatic murderer” and master painter of fairies, Richard Dadd, the ballsiest, fraudulent mediums of all: the Davenport brothers, men attacked with swords, the…
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Ep. 82 - Madame Vesta la Viesta’s Galactic Love Affairs & The Meek’s Family Murders
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss Madame Vesta la Viesta, the galactic mystic and clairvoyant, suicidal ghosts, mediums in spirit cabinets, and the horrifying Meeks family murder of 1894. Subscribe to the…
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Ep. 81 - Madame Tussaud's MACABRE Origin Story
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss Madame Tussaud's macabre origin story, haunted houses, fatal theater accidents, murder in a row boat, murder in a furnace, death in a dentist’s chair, and a courageous,…
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Ep. 80 - The MYSTERIOUS Exhumation of Elizabeth Siddal
On today's episode, Genevieve will be discussing legal cases brought about by hauntings, the legendary and mysterious exhumation of Elizabeth Siddal, otherwise known as Ophelia, ghost globules, spirit photography, and…
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Ep. 79 - Nikola Tesla’s VIOLENT & Luminous Visions
On today's episode, Genevieve will have little known, strange and unusual facts about Nikola Tesla, ghosts with deep and ghastly wounds, a woman smoking a pipe in a hearse, corpse flinging, pickax murders and a woman’s…
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Ep. 78 - The Donner Party Tragedy
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…
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Ep. 77 - Skeletons in a Beer Vat and Poe’s Final Resting Place
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,…
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Ep. 76 - NOTORIOUS Female Poisoners of the 19th Century
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. Subscribe to the…
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Ep. 75 - SPOOKY Ghosts of the Tower of London
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…
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Ep. 74 - The Origins of TERRIFYING Victorian Christmas Creatures
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…
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Ep. 73 - An Insane Pioneer Pistol Murderess & Religious Maniacs
On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss corpse-related practical jokes, jealousy and suicide, an insane pioneer pistol murderess, a religious maniac family annihilation, men bitten by mad dogs and the madcap frolic…
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Ep. 71 - Victorian Frozen Weather DISASTERS
On today's episode, Genevieve will have nearly naked women clinging to lampposts, throat-slittings, self-shootings, women choking out would-be burglars, Dante’s Hell of ice, men chopped to pieces, a man named "Chicken"…
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Ep. 70 - GRISLY Victorian Train Murders
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be taking you back to the blood-smeared Victorian railways. She will be discussing the murders of Sarah Hart and Thomas Briggs, as well as the “Philip Experiment” where scientists…
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