Ep. 41 - Bitten by a Skeleton

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

History

4.6 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss ghosts frightening country bumpkins, really spooky skeleton encounters, a hatchet attack by a blind man, a man trying to slice his own head off and a young lady with enough pluck and presence of mind to save the very day. Get 15% off OneSkin with the codeVICTORIAN at ⁠https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod References for today’s episode: “A Ghost at Large” - The Illustrated Police News, Sept. 10th, 1881. “A Baltimore Woman Killed by a Blind Man” - The Illustrated Police News, Dec. 14th, 1871 "A Burglar Bitten by a Skeleton" The Illustrated Police News - Jun. 27th, 1874. "The Discovery of Skeletons at Birmingham" - The Illustrated Police News - Jun. 21st, 1879. "Extraordinary Discovery of a Skeleton" - The Illustrated Police News - Jul. 16th, 1870. "A Horrible Story From the Sea" - The Illustrated Police News - Oct. 26th, 1872. “Foreign Arrivals and Sailings” - Glasgow Herald - Apr. 4th, 1872. “A Brother of the Baltimore Borgia Attempts Suicide” - The Illustrated Police News - Nov. 30th, 1871. “Pluck and Presence of Mind” - The Illustrated Police News - May. 20th, 1875. “Foreign Arrivals and Sailings” - Glasgow Herald - Apr. 4th, 1872. https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2021/08/a-baltimore-borgia.html https://www.tasanet.com/Knowledge-Center/Articles/ArtMID/477/ArticleID/338920/Forensic-Analysis-of-Injury-and-Death-by-Asphyxiation#:~:text=Postmortem%20examinations%2C%20review%20of%20medical,the%20skin%20and%20the%20scalp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
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1:00.1	T's and Cs apply.
1:06.2	Hello and welcome to My Victorian Nightmare.
1:13.6	I'm your host, Genevieve Mannion, and I'm here to talk about mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, 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.
1:29.3	So, listener discretion is advised.
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