My Victorian Nightmare

Ep. 41 - Bitten by a Skeleton

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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.

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.

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