My Victorian Nightmare

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 unraveling of Mary Todd Lincoln, The Ford Theater collapse of 1893, the unthinkable murder/attempted suicide of the Rathbones and the numerous hauntings of the Ford Theater that still linger to this very day.
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References:
https://ghostcitytours.com/washington-dc/haunted-washington-dc/fords-theatre/
https://dcghosts.com/fords-theatre/
https://www.nps.gov/foth/learn/historyculture/the-collapse-of-ford-s-theatre.htm
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/06/07/henry-reed-rathbone/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/abraham-lincoln-funeral
https://fords.org/an-african-american-hero-emerges-from-the-tragic-fords-theatre-collapse-of-1893/
https://msmagazine.com/2012/12/05/mary-todd-lincoln-a-lunatic-or-just-grieving/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Todd_Lincoln
The_assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln_%28IA_assassxxxxxx00linc%29.pdf
https://www.americanheritage.com/haunted-major

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 attempt by sea, and the modern scientific discoveries that have raised serious concerns that maybe, they got the wrong guy.
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References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen
https://prashganendran.com/the-notorious-dr-crippen-and-the-hilldrop-crescent-murder/
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-10802059
https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-notorious-case-of-dr-crippen/

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 alleged hauntings of the theaters where they met their tragic ends; The Adelphi Theater in London, and the Festival Theater in Edinburgh.
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References:
https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-great-lafayette/
https://folkhorrorrevival.com/2017/01/08/the-great-lafayette
https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/explore-the-uks-most-haunted-theatres-with-ghost-stories_1661281/
https://sancass.medium.com/the-man-who-had-two-funerals-bf740ad6a0fe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Neuberger
https://www.victorianvoices.net/ARTICLES/STRAND/1893B/S1893B-DogCemetery.pdf
“Lafayette’s Funeral - Great Gathering in Edinburgh” - Liverpool Daily Post, May 15th, 1911.
https://london-beyond-time-and-place.com/william-terriss-the-ghost-of-a-murdered-actor/
https://bowstreetmuseum.org.uk/adelphi-murder/
https://www.thomaswhodgkinson.com/features/hello/
https://www.haunted-britain.com/the-ghost-of-william-terriss.htm

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 survival against all odds on the open seas. 
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References:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/mary-russell-19th-century-massacre-legal-case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Russell_murders
https://historyireland.com/forced-from-this-world-massacre-on-the-mary-russell/
https://whyhorror.blog/2022/11/18/why-mary-russell/
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921892/4899086/5181471

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 or bronze statues that you could keep in your home forever.

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References:

https://katieisms.substack.com/p/the-true-history-behind-the-stunning-coffins-in-frankenstein

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-fisk-mummy-case

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

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-electroplating-corpses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holmes_(mortician)

https://mthistoryrevealed.blogspot.com/2013/10/polishing-mothers-silverand-mother-too.html?m=1

“Explosion of a Metallic Coffin” - The New York Times, Nov. 6th, 1858.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-the-quest-to-preserve-lenins-body-helps-the-living

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/survival-of-rare-anglo-saxon-coffins/

https://www.agweb.com/news/business/farmland/who-was-lady-red-farm-mystery-lingers-over-woman-iron-coffin

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