Ep. 71- Winter Renewed With Ten-Fold Vengeance

My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion

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4.6 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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On today's episode, Genevieve will have nearly naked women clinging to lampposts, throat-slittings, self-shootings, women choking out would-be burglars, Dante’s Hell of ice, men chopped to pieces, a man named "Chicken" sentenced to hang, and a serenading lover nearly drowned - but he’s OK, that one turns out OK, thank God. Thank you to today’s sponsors, Choomi Naturals and Rula! Go to http://choominaturals.com and use coupon code “VICTORIAN20” for 20% off your order. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts at Rula who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/victorian. Today’s Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRngoGBDum3/?igsh=MTNqM2w5czJ5cndhaQ== References for today’s episode: “John Devin, the California “Chicken,” Sentenced to be Hanged” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872. “THE GHOST AT THE CHESHIRE INN” - Cheshire Observer, Mar. 6th, 1869. "The Medium Mr. Morse" - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th, 1869. “A Crazy Woman Struggles With Policemen at Midnight on Washington Bridge, Williamsburgh, L.I” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 7th, 1872. "The Kate Slade Case Again - A Woman Who Trusts in the Gods Believes All Men Are Devils, and Will Keep Her Mouth Hermetically Sealed" - The Brooklyn Union, Feb. 24th, 1872. “MURDER AND SELF-MURDER DOWN EAST” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872. “A Plucky Woman of New Jersey Holds a Robber at Bay Until the Arrival of Her Husband” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 7th, 1872. “JACK FROST. WINTER RENEWED WITH TEN-FOLD VENGEANCE” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872. “Determined to Strangle” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 7th, 1872. “A Man Chopped to Pieces by His Wife and Her Paramour”- The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872. “A Serenading Lover Comes to Grief in Lafayette, Indiana.” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872. https://www.weather.gov/media/okx/Climate/Almanacs/nyc/nycmar.pdf https://www.sbnm.org/Portals/NMBAR/AboutUs/committees/Historical/Crime_and_Punishment_In%20Colonial_New_Mexico.pdf?ver=i1lIcY1_Ia45yNDeXaM9DQ%3D%3D#:~:text=Finally%2C%20the%20death%20penalty%20was,%2C%20desertion%2C%20and%20premeditated%20murder. https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Rpts/PubDocs/PubDocs1872-73/PD1872-73_16.pdf https://grokipedia.com/page/Shanghaiing https://www.executedtoday.com/tag/1872/#:~:text=For%20about%20four%20minutes%20there,yet%20be%20brought%20to%20punishment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.1	Hello and welcome to My Victorian Nightmare. I'm your host, Genevieve Mannion,
0:39.1	and I'm here to talk about mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations,
0:44.0	disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian era.
0:49.6	Because to me, there's just something especially intriguing, creepy, and oddly comforting about horror
0:56.7	and mayhem from the 19th century. So, listener discretion is advised.
1:09.3	Hello, friends, and welcome to this my 71st episode. I hope that you had a lovely
1:16.5	Thanksgiving if you are here in the States. I left early to go to my Aunt Maureen's this year,
1:22.3	so I did not pack a jar of shrimp to stave off shrimp scarcity, anxiety like I suffered last year and many
1:30.2	years prior. And you will be pleased to know that I did indeed eat my weight in shrimp. The
1:35.4	Mannion shrimp bowl was plentiful for a small amount of time. Okay, let's race through haunted housekeeping because you guys just check the Instagram.
1:50.8	Just look now before I even get started at the masterpieces that are the illustrations of the harrowing events I will be sharing with you today. Help yourself to a little
2:04.4	teaser of the mayhem and half-frozen bodies sitting up in coffins that you will soon enjoy.
2:11.0	If you haven't already, please, if you would rate the show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Thank you to those of you who already have,
2:20.7	and thank you those of you who have joined the fan coven or any of the other Patreon tiers.
2:27.4	Every time one of you does, I get a notification and I say thank you directly to every single one of you, every single time.
2:36.1	I look at your name and I send you a little magical sparkle.
2:40.4	You guys are ensuring that the show can continue, so thank you.
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