In this episode, Genevieve will discuss one the 19th century’s most shocking maritime murder cases, the massacre on the Mary Russell in 1828: a story of the slow unraveling of a captain’s sanity, bloodshed, and survival against all odds on the open seas. 

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References:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/mary-russell-19th-century-massacre-legal-case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Russell_murders

https://historyireland.com/forced-from-this-world-massacre-on-the-mary-russell/

https://whyhorror.blog/2022/11/18/why-mary-russell/

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921892/4899086/5181471

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the cast iron Fisk coffins of the mid-19th century, and the shockingly bizarre and disturbing proposals to electroplate dead bodies so that they may become golden, silver, brass or bronze statues that you could keep in your home forever.

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References:

https://katieisms.substack.com/p/the-true-history-behind-the-stunning-coffins-in-frankenstein

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-fisk-mummy-case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-electroplating-corpses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holmes_(mortician)

https://mthistoryrevealed.blogspot.com/2013/10/polishing-mothers-silverand-mother-too.html?m=1

“Explosion of a Metallic Coffin” - The New York Times, Nov. 6th, 1858.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-the-quest-to-preserve-lenins-body-helps-the-living

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/survival-of-rare-anglo-saxon-coffins/

https://www.agweb.com/news/business/farmland/who-was-lady-red-farm-mystery-lingers-over-woman-iron-coffin

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In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the dark histories and meanings behind three 19th century masterpieces: Edvard Munch’s electrifying “The Scream,” Théodore Géricault’s devastating “Raft of the Medusa,” and John William Waterhouse’s haunting Pre-Raphaelite work, “The Lady of Shalott.”

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References:

https://www.artandobject.com/news/horrifying-history-behind-raft-medusa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa

https://smarthistory.org/theodore-gericault-raft-of-the-medusa/

https://www.singulart.com/blog/en/2019/09/10/the-scream-the-story-behind-edvard-munchs-haunting-masterpiece/?srsltid=AfmBOooUh2TbUknjf3baVjDXU3qOX0O3MxRlNQAnqPUMFwS7st60Qb67

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream

https://smarthistory.org/munch-the-scream/

https://elephant.art/the-lady-of-shalott-taught-me-that-female-power-exists-beyond-fairytales-waterhouse-nabihah-iqbal-08122020/

https://chatgpt.com/c/6a3ae6cc-3698-83ea-b510-7f8e7c458bfd

https://mydailyartdisplay.uk/2019/06/06/john-william-waterhouse-part-2/

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In this, our 100th EPISODE, Genevieve will discuss the paranormal and downright bizarre events that have taken place in Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery in Chicago. We will also travel back to some of our favorite horrifying events, and we might run into some friends along the way!

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References:

https://www.bachelorsgrove.com/paranormal-history

https://www.bachelorsgrove.com/history

https://ghostcitytours.com/chicago/haunted-chicago/bachelors-grove-cemetery/

https://ghostwalks.com/articles/bachelors-grove-cemetery-graveyard-ghosts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_Grove_Cemetery

https://www.uicradio.net/post/bachelor-s-grove-cemetery-one-of-illinois-most-haunted-places

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On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss one of the most unsettling true crime stories in English history: The (seriously) true story of Thomas Bedworth, a man who claimed to be compelled to confess to murder by the ghost of his victim, Elizabeth Beesmore.

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References:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/63018/63018-h/63018-h.htm

https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2020/01/11/jealousy-bigamy-gin-and-a-ghost-the-murder-of-elizabeth-beesmore/

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On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the rise and steep fall of the Lemp dynasty; the heartbreak and mysteries that surrounded the family, and the alleged hauntings of the Victorian mansion they made their home.

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References:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-lempmansion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemp_Mansion

https://ghostcitytours.com/st-louis/haunted-st-louis/lemp-mansion-haunted/

https://www.stlmag.com/history/william-lemp-sr/

https://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/historic-beer-birthday-william-j-lemp-jr/

https://www.stlmag.com/history/more-mysteries-uncovered-in-the-lemp-family-history/

https://www.stlmag.com/history/profiles/unveiling-the-real-johann-adam-lemp/

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On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss The death – or murder, of Charles Bravo. More than a century later, his death remains one of England’s most chilling unsolved mysteries; a case tangled in forbidden affairs, social ambition, horrifying abuse and whispers of revenge. Was it suicide, was it a mistake or cold blooded murder?

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References:

https://shadowsflyaway.blog/2017/01/18/horrible-murder-part-1-of-the-mysterious-and-unsolved-killing-of-charles-bravo/

https://london-overlooked.com/charles-bravo/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bravo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Bravo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Manby_Gully

The Balham Mystery - The Liverpool Weekly Mercury, Aug. 5th, 1876

The Death of Mr. Bravo. The Balham Mystery - Reynold’s Newspaper, Aug. 13th, 1876

The Bravo Mystery - Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser, Sat, Jul 29, 1876

The Bravo Case - Daily News, Fri, Jul 28, 1876

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss fascinating superstitions and beliefs that Victorians held about death and cemeteries, as well as some of the origins of those beliefs. And we will discuss how medical science in the 19th century wasn’t just horrific, it was groundbreaking, and not only developed cures, treatments and techniques that we still use today to save lives, but how medical science in the Victorian era led to astounding developments in forensic science that we still use to catch killers, and exonerate the innocent.

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References:

https://friendsofoakgrovecemetery.org/victorian-funeral-customs-fears-and-superstitions

https://nashvillehistoricalnewsletter.com/2022/01/16/funeral-customs-of-the-1800s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_in_Great_Britain

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Why-Do-People-Throw-Salt-Over-Their-Shoulder

https://www.mortonsalt.com/article/salt-history

https://people.howstuffworks.com/why-do-people-throw-salt-over-shoulders.htm

https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/history-of-forensics

https://boroughsofthedead.com/poisonous-prohibition-brooklyn-heights/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/sep/23/forensic-science-murder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Norris_(medical_examiner)

A Dictionary of Superstitions by Iona Pie and Moira Tatum

The Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore by Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the elegant and insulting language of flowers, Victorian Floriography and the demonically haunted Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas.

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References:

A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Chicago : Lewis, 1918

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens

https://usghostadventures.com/americas-most-haunted-trending/sallie-house/

https://associationofparanormalstudy.com/2023/09/20/the-haunting-of-the-sallie-house/

https://strangeandtwisted.com/blogs/stories/the-sallie-house-haunting-america-s-most-scary-paranormal-case?srsltid=AfmBOoo8PtAjh7i2WxK1TFGSPpYOQ080t_ZgT0siw8cPZ3xViOkt2SMF

https://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/1918ks/biof/finneycc.html

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-hauntedatchison

https://theclio.com/entry/187138

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_flowers

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-language-of-flowers-an-alphabet-of-floral-emblems-1857/

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Check out Hidden History! In this preview, Dr. Harini Bhat discusses the Dancing plague of 1518. The city of Strasbourg was overtaken by one of the strangest epidemics in recorded history. It wasn't the plague, it wasn't a war, it was dancing.

Dr. Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and storyteller obsessed with the moments in history that still can't be fully explained. Every week she investigates real events that defy easy explanation. Mass hysterias. Vanished civilizations. Medical oddities. Strange signals. Unexplained phenomena that keep repeating across centuries, as if history is trying to tell us something.

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