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Southern Gothic

The Curious Case of Knox Martin

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media LLC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6836 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On March 28, 1869, Knox Martin was hanged for murdering John and Elizabeth Wittenmeier in their Nashville home. Curiously, only several days prior, Martin had made a deal with local physicians to sell his body to them for experimenting following the execution-- experimentation that looked an awful lot like something out Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Want to Listen to Southern Gothic Ad-Free? Patreon: Ad-Free Episodes, Premium Releases, Bonus Content & More  Southern Gothic Premium on Spotify Southern Gothic Premium on Apple Podcasts Into History: History Without Interruption Connect with Southern Gothic Media: Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia Facebook: @SouthernGothicMedia Instagram: @SouthernGothicMedia X: @SoGoPodcast Advertise on this podcast: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.5

Southern Gothic is a podcast that explores the history behind some of the American

1:10.5

South's darkest days,

1:12.7

greatest mysteries, and most chilling ghost stories. It was a dark and stormy night in June of 1816 when Frankenstein was born.

1:40.3

It's alive! It's alive!

1:45.0

No, not the monster himself, rather the idea that turned into the now classic novel.

1:55.0

That summer, Mary Shelley, her husband, Percy, and step-sister Claire Claremont, visited Lord Byron and Dr. John

2:03.1

Palladoury at the Villa Diodati near Lake Geneva in Switzerland. But they were confined inside

2:10.0

by the inclement weather, so they entertained themselves by reading German ghost stories

2:16.1

and engaging in discussions of philosophy.

2:20.7

Unfortunately, as the days went on and the dismal weather continued, tensions grew between the

2:27.1

friends, so Lord Byron attempted to remedy the situation with a challenge.

2:34.0

Each would write a ghost story that was better than the ones they had been reading.

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