My Victorian Nightmare

By: Genevieve Manion
  • Summary

  • Here you’ll find mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian Era. If you consider yourself an enthusiast of creepy Victorian history, you probably already know about the age of spiritualism, the grizzly murders, the grave robbers, twisted pseudo psychotherapy, and memento mori – But I try to dig a little deeper. This was a time full of lace corsetry, romantic poetry, and a deep reverence and affection for the dead. It was a culture of shared sorrow, ornament and elegance, prudishness and scandal, bone chilling children’s stories, and for whatever reason, I just feel at home there. There’s something strangely comforting about the heebie jeebies this era gives me. If you find yourself equally enchanted by things that most people would find horrifying, this podcast is probably for you. Join the community Instagram @myvictoriannightmare
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Episodes
  • Ep. 27 - Curious Capers and Spiritual Speculations
    Jan 27 2025

    On today's episode, Genevieve will discuss the 5 Points slum, a church lunatic, a woman that takes investment advice from her dead husband, a cannibalistic affair between 2 ladies, the curious caper of an unruly cow, a locomotive disaster, mayhem, mysterious tragedies and a man who saved an entire New Hampshire town because he loved his girlfriend a little too much.

    References for today's episode:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Scapular%E2%80%93St._Stephen

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Points,_Manhattan#:~:text=The%20local%20politics%20of%20%22the,racial%20integration%20in%20American%20history

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    38 mins
  • Ep. 26 - The Grave Trains of London
    Jan 20 2025

    In today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the grizzly history of the graveyard that is London, and the subterranean train system built in the Victorian era within and around the final resting places of literally millions of tightly packed Londoners.


    References for today’s episode:


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


    https://gizmodo.com/how-corpses-helped-shape-the-london-underground-1493312117


    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66507599


    https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/london-crossrail-bedlam-big-dig


    https://www.timeout.com/london/news/londons-victorian-necropolis-railway-station-is-for-sale-060424


    https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/london-underground-station-built-right-21001175


    https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/where-we-go/blog/the-forgotten-story-of-london-necropolis-railway


    https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-forgotten-men-of-the-london-underground/

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    40 mins
  • Ep. 25 - Murder, Blackmail, and Raving Maniacs
    Jan 13 2025

    On today's show, Genevieve has a robber who becomes a raving maniac in prison, a very shocking confession followed by a very grizzly request, a woman poisoned by laudanum and nearly frozen to death, a footrace between a phrenologist and a zippy young lady, a thief who nearly blows his own head off, a wife’s vengeance with a pen knife, murder, blackmail, and an unfortunate sled accident on an historic Boston Street, among a few others.


    References for today's episode:


    https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2015/06/the-murder-of-pet-halsted.html

    https://pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2017/03/05/phrenology-and-scientific-racism-in-the-19th-century/

    https://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/shields.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Exposition

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    38 mins

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