Ep. 57 - Dark Séances & The Greenbrier Ghost

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

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4.6 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the Greenbrier Ghost; the only ghost, supposedly, who ever helped to solve her own murder. She will also discuss how to avoid becoming a Chinese hopping vampire, and exactly who, and who should not, attempt a “Dark Séance.” Thank you to today’s sponsor, Lumi Gummies! Go to LumiGummies.com and use code VICTORIAN for 30% off your first order! Instagram post with photos for today's episode: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/DNvvYEzXGV3/?img_index=1⁠ References for today’s episode: “MONGOLIAN GHOSTS” - St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 28th, 1876. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangshi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbrier_Ghost https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/01/greenbrier-ghost.html https://www.greenbrierhistorical.org/blog/the-greenbrier-ghost-reexamined https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/the-death-resurrection-and-retribution-of-zona-heaster-shue-the-greenbrier-ghost/ https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/greenbrier https://wvexplorer.com/2024/01/20/greenbrier-ghost-zona-heaster-shue-west-virginia-wv/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'll now hand you over to my best man, Eddie.
0:04.0	Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy?
0:09.0	Oh God.
0:10.0	Substitution, courtesy of Paddy Power, embarrassing Eddie, makes way for sensible Samuel.
0:15.0	Cool, that was close.
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0:19.0	Because with Paddy's super sub, your bet rolls over to the player coming on. Paddy Power. Valid on selected leagues and markets only. Pre-match and in-play bets on qualifying player outcome selections only. T's and Cs and exclusions apply. 18 plus, scummelaware.org. When you have a pixel 10, you may get asked a few questions. Like, what is that? How did you do that? And can we use your camera instead?
0:44.1	Ask more of your phone. Google Pixel 10.
0:52.0	Hello and welcome to My Victorian Nightmare. I'm your host, Genevieve Mannion,
0:59.2	and I'm here to talk about mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and
1:05.8	otherwise spooky events from the Victorian era. Because to me, there's just something especially intriguing,
1:13.4	creepy, and oddly comforting about horror and mayhem from the 19th century. So, listener discretion
1:20.9	is advised.
1:34.7	Hello, friends, and welcome to this my 57th episode.
1:37.6	I hope that you had a wonderful week.
1:40.7	Mine was so full of dumplings. It's been a glorious 67 degrees in New York all week, and this is precisely
1:47.1	dumpling weather. I can't afford the sheer amount of dumplings that had been delivered to my
1:51.8	home over the past few days. I am going to dumpling dip myself into the poorhouse at this
1:56.8	rate. I can't stop myself. 68 is dumplingseight is dumplings. 78 tacos. 88 sushi. Fifty-eight
2:04.5	German food. Forty-eight French onion soup exclusively for like every meal. I don't make the
2:10.9	rules. I just eat my feelings. And today, I feel like a dumpling.
2:21.3	And now a little haunted housekeeping.
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