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

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

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4.6 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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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

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to my Victorian nightmare. I'm your host, Genevieve Mannion,
0:09.1	and I'm here to talk about mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian era.
0:19.6	Because to me, there's just something especially intriguing,
0:23.3	creepy, and oddly comforting about horror and mayhem from the 19th century. So, listener discretion
0:30.8	is advised.
0:57.1	Hello, friends, and welcome to this my 68th episode. My that was sure a fabulous out with the old, in with the new Taurus supermoon episode. I'm still riding the high of our mayoral election here in New York.
1:03.4	So proud of my city, as always. I love this place. I do regret, however, that I was still a little hungover from my cocktail party last Sunday, so I didn't go out with the streets to celebrate
1:08.1	like I wanted to. I poured one glass of red wine,
1:11.5	and I spilled it when they officially called the race. I am so uncool. I was like on my floor
1:17.5	singing Alicia Keys' empire state of mind, picking up shards of glass, mopping, Toby shaking his
1:25.0	little head and rolling his eyes in my general direction. I get it, Toby. I get it.
1:31.6	Okay, let's race through haunted housekeeping because I have such a fabulous episode full of spooky stuff.
1:40.4	Victorian Cemetery Facts, Time Slips, Ghost Clubs.
1:44.1	It is going to be an emotional roller coaster.
1:46.9	Thank you, as always, for rating my show on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
1:52.8	If you haven't already, please do.
1:55.0	It means the world to me.
1:57.3	Thank you for your lovely comments.
2:00.4	Please say hi, let me know what you think of the show.
2:03.6	And thank you most of all to those of you who have joined the Fen Coven. Those who receive
2:10.7	the show ad-free a day early, who receive witchy content as well as bloody, awful Victorian true crime extras every single week.
2:19.8	Just go to myvictorian nightmare.com to join this lovely community. I created a very relaxing
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