Ep. 34 - The HORRID History of Victorian Body Snatchers

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

History

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the repugnant trade of body snatching in the Victorian era, she’ll discuss the ways families fought back, she’ll introduce you to the 2 most infamous body snatchers of all time; Burke and Hare, and we’ll run into a few friends along the way. Subscribe to the Newsletter! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://myvictoriannightmare.myflodesk.com/myukzmys04⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠htps://www.patreon.com/cw/MyVictorianNightmare/membership⁠⁠⁠⁠ References for today’s episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24794 https://www.civilwarmed.org/bodysnatching/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coffin-torpedos https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028490/1881-01-20/ed-1/seq-8/ https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/beating-the-bodysnatchers https://99percentinvisible.org/article/grave-guns-coffin-torpedoes-vintage-defenses-aimed-foil-grave-robbers/ https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=history https://history.utk.edu/from-grave-robbing-to-giving-your-own-body-to-science-a-short-history-of-where-medical-schools-get-cadavers/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.4	Hello and welcome to My Victorian Nightmare.
1:07.0	I'm your host, Genevieve Mannion, and I'm here to talk about mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations,
1:13.6	disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian era.
1:19.6	Because to me, there's just something especially intriguing, creepy, and oddly comforting
1:25.6	about horror and mayhem from the 19th century. So, listener discretion
1:31.1	is advised.
1:38.8	Hello, friends, and welcome to this my 34th episode.
1:48.2	I hope that you had a life-altering week.
1:52.6	I hope that you bathed in the blood of that full-blood moon lunar eclipse on Friday.
1:55.3	Lots of folks taking out the trash.
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