My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion
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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 grisly 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. To listen ad-free, visit myvictoriannightmare.com and join my Patreon.

  1. 8H AGO

    Ep. 68 - The Moberly-Jourdain Incident, Grave Symbols & Ghost Clubs

    On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss Victorian grave stone symbolism, The Moberly-Jourdain Incident, a tale of time-slipping, potentially residually haunted, deeply respected academics in 1901, and Ghost clubs of the 19th century. Today’s Instagram Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQxVI0fjqCV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== References: https://www.undercliffecemetery.co.uk/gallery/funerary-art/ https://www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/pages/Cem_Symbolism.htm https://arnosvale.org.uk/secrets-and-symbols-the-grave-language-of-the-victorian-cemetery/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moberly%E2%80%93Jourdain_incident https://www.ranker.com/list/moberly-jourdain-incident-and-time-travel/genevieve-carlton https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/10/31/ghost-club-yeats-dickens-secret-society-spirits/ https://www.openculture.com/2017/05/the-ghost-club.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Club https://dickenssociety.org/archives/4679 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    47 min

  2. NOV 3

    Ep. 67 - Haunted by Gloomy & Terrible Thoughts

    On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts throwing potato chips, female poison serial killers, the body of a murderer on display for the general public, a horrible uxoricide, a naked women in prison attempting to "dash her brains out," a life of romance and suffering and fancy, lady's-only gambling parlors. No boys allowed! Thank you to today’s sponsor, Rula.com! Go to Rula.com/victorian to get started today. You deserve mental healthcare that works with you, not against your budget. Today’s Instagram Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQfFlTjkXnF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== References: “Virginian Ghosts” - The Times-Picayune, Nov. 23, 1874. “Mr. J. Davis” - The Spiritualist, - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th, 1869. “A Woman Poisons Her Husband’s Food in Stark County, Indiana” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “A Murderer’s Body on Exhibition” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “A Prisoner Leaps from a Court Room Window in Kansas City, Mo., and Escapes” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872. “Horrible Uxoricide” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “An Inconsiderate Parent” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “A Wrangle Over the Remains of Botts the Murderer” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872. “Miss Eva G. Vallee, the Pretty Female Prisoner, Simulates a Fit and Attempts Suicide in the Central Police Station, New York City” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “A Sad Story” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “The She-Gamblers of San Francisco” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. "Police Report" - The Leavenworth Times, Jul. 30th, 1872.  "Forestalling the Gallows" - The Courier-Journal, Mar. 27th, 1872 "Confidence Woman Convicted" - The Daily Evening Herald, Apr. 13th, 1872 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chips https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon%27s_Lake_House https://deathpenaltyusa.org/usa1/date/1872.htm https://publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Blume-final.pdf https://mrsdaffodildigresses.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/women-gamblers-of-new-york-1884/ https://www.victorianweb.org/history/leisure/gambling1.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    47 min
  3. Bonus Episode - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

    OCT 31

    Bonus Episode - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

    I decided to re-record my favorite gothic poem of all time, Edgar Allan Poe's, The Raven, for Halloween this year. I hope you enjoy this spooky bonus episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    11 min

  4. OCT 27

    Ep. 66 - The Haunted History of The Stanley Hotel

    On today’s episode, Genevieve will conclude haunted Halloween hotel month with the dark, haunted history of the infamous Stanley Hotel that inspired Steven King’s, The Shining. She will be sharing the true and untrue tragedies that folks claim to be the origins of the spectral guests that inhabit the hotel to this day. Thank you to today’s sponsor, Lumi Gummies! Lumi Gummies are available nationwide! Go to LumiGummies.com/VICTORIAN to get 30% off your order! My Halloween Party Playlist: Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kOUlSZbILIuVsM3vJnoPR?si=ZUcPCjmySaaPTG4Jh_do8g Today’s Instagram Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQNNNMnkZQW/?igsh=MXdzcW13Z3lnYWwzYw== References: “Ghosts Ghosts!” - Richmond Independent Telegram, Sept. 1st, 1871. "Mr. Avery" - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th, 1869. https://usghostadventures.com/americas-most-haunted-hotels-and-inns/hauntings-of-the-stanley-hotel/ https://www.uncovercolorado.com/stanley-hotel-haunted-history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stanley_Hotel https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/carrie-welton https://www.lakecountypubliclibrary.org/lake-county-cemetery-records Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    45 min
  5. Extra Sneak Peak!

    OCT 27

    Extra Sneak Peak!

    This sneak peak is one of the EXTRAS that you receive every week when you join The Fan Coven at myvictoriannightmare.com! In this episode, Burned in a Furnace, we will have a tale of cold blooded murder, ashes, bones, bombshell accusations in the courtroom, and not one but two foiled prison escape attempts. This is the murder of William Bachman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    16 min

  6. OCT 20

    Ep. 65 - Fresh From the Silent Tomb

    On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts, ghosts and more spooky ghosts, including ghost trains! As well as the capture of 2 midnight grave robbers, Mary Todd Lincoln incognito at a seance, and Scottish Halloween traditions from 1876. Thank you to today’s sponsors, Pride and Prejudice and Hello Fresh! Listen to the new Pride and Prejudice at http://audible.com/janeausten Go to http://hellofresh.com/victorian10fm for 10 Free Meals + a Free Item for Life! Today’s Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DP6csKxDqkW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== References: “A Haunted House in Brooklyn” - The Times-Picayune, Nov. 23rd, 1874. "Mr. J.S. Steele" - The Spiritualist, Dec. 1869. "Chicago Hyenas" - Chicago Tribune, Mar. 4th, 1872. "Mrs. Lincoln Seeking the Spirit of Her Husband in Boston" - Illustrated Police News, Feb. 29th, 1872. "The Late Railroad Accident" - The Daily Journal, Jan. 11th, 1856. "Halloween" - Anaheim Gazette, Nov. 4th, 1876. https://www.thoughtco.com/supernatural-and-spooky-events-1773802#:~:text=The%20Bell%20Witch%20Terrorized%20a,The%20animal%20ran%20off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maco_light https://www.ourstate.com/maco-light/ https://www.whitehousehistory.org/seances-in-the-red-room https://web.archive.org/web/20111228012923/http://www.wilmingtonrailroadmuseum.org/content/joebaldwin.php https://www.historicrailpark.com/otr-blog/the-haunting-of-the-ln-line-the-legend-of-the-ghost-train/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    46 min

  7. OCT 13

    Ep. 64 - America’s Most Haunted Hotel

    On today’s episode, Genevieve will be talking about the disturbing history and hauntings of the Crescent Hotel, built in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in 1886. She will also receive a reading from Medium, Jennifer Page, from the I Talk to Ghosts Podcast, and she will also discuss the horrifying haunted history of Leap Castle in Ireland. Today’s Instagram post: References: https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/leap-castle/ https://crescent-hotel.com/about/history/ https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-crescent-hotel-americas-most-haunted-hotel/ https://steemit.com/history/@winstonwolfe/the-macabre-history-of-the-crescent-hotel-in-eureka-springs-arkansas https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/crescenthoteleurekasprings https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/it-came-from-the-vault-ghost-hunting-with-rhonda-carpenter-the-crescent-hotel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    46 min

  8. OCT 6

    Ep. 63 - Vampires Need Vacations Too

    On today’s episode, Genevieve will be taking you back to some of our favorite cemeteries, public hangings, creepy seances and ax murders that we’ve enjoyed together in episodes of yore! Thank you to today’s sponsor, Rula.com Go to Rula.com/victorian to get started today with convenient therapy that’s covered by insurance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    48 min
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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 grisly 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. To listen ad-free, visit myvictoriannightmare.com and join my Patreon.

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  • Creator
    Genevieve Manion
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    74
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Genevieve Manion
  • Show Website
    My Victorian Nightmare

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