# Ep. 81 - Madame Tussaud's MACABRE Origin Story

An episode of [My Victorian Nightmare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1749899895), 9 Feb 2026, 40 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4338502215.mp3

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, life-saving dog - all this and much, much more. Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! Today's Instagram Post References: https://www.delish.com/food-news/a70248518/toxic-levels-arsenic-found-in-candy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Horrors_(Madame_Tussauds) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Tussaud https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/04/madame-tussaud-edward-carey-little “A Haunted House” - The Jeffersonian, Dec. 3rd, 1859. The Spiritualist, Feb. 15th, 1870. “Terrible & Fatal Accident At The New Theatre” - The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser, Jan 1st, 1870. A Girl Pursues her Faithless Lover and Shoots him in a Row-Boat while Crossing the Sound to Elizabethport, N. J. - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 11th, 1872. Death Laughs at the Laughing Gas, Behind the Dentist’s Chair - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 11th, 1872. “A Well-to-do Jerseyman’s Wife Begging in the Streets of New York” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872. “MADE HER OWN SHROUD” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 21st, 1872. “A MOTHER-IN-LAW’S SACRIFICE” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 11th, 1872. Extraordinary Shipwreck and Wonderful Sagacity of a Dog - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 18th, 1872. Which the Human and which the Brute—Wonderful Sagacity of a Mare which Assists her Drunken Owner Home by the Coat Collar - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 11th, 1872

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