My Victorian Nightmare

In today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the wild world of Victorian vampires. She'll discuss vampire panic and vampire autopsies of the 1800s, real vampires - or at least, folks who were believed to be real vampires, and the inspirations for everyone's favorite vampire, Dracula. 

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References for today's episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panichttps://www.cdc.gov/tb/worldtbday/history.htm

https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/vampire-myths-originated-real-blood-disorder

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Paolehttps://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/dracula-bram-stoker-inspiration

https://lithub.com/on-the-victorian-science-and-prejudices-behind-bram-stokers-dracula/

On today's episode, Genevieve talks about the life and times of a Ms. Mary Mallon, otherwise known as Typhoid Mary – much to her chagrin. 

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References for today's episode:

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

https://the-line-up.com/north-brother-island

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/north-brother-island

https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2019/03/28/are-victorian-diseases-making-a-comeback/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/letter.html

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/typhoid

In today's episode, Genevieve talks about the deeply disturbing world of Victorian Children’s stories and the twisted origins of some nursery rhymes of the time that we still enjoy today.

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References for today's episode:

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/04/the-creepy-and-harsh-lessons-of-early-childrens-books/

https://news.ufl.edu/archive/1996/10/todays-scary-stories-are-tame-compared-to-victorian-age-tales.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/penny-dreadfuls-victorian-children-literacy

https://www.representingchildhood.pitt.edu/victorian.htm

https://writingtoberead.com/2023/04/26/dark-origins-the-creepy-true-story-behind-alice-in-wonderland-darkorigins-aliceinwonderland/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-springheeled-jack-the-leaping-devil-that-terrorized-victorian-england

In today's episode, Genevieve covers the life and mysterious death of beloved gothic fiction writer, Edgar Allan Poe.

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References for today's episode:

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

https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a45782209/edgar-allan-poe-death-mystery/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/

In this week's episode, Genevieve talks about elaborate Victorian funeral traditions, what was, and was not, acceptable mourning fashion of the day, Queen Victoria’s obsession with her dead husband that sparked the trends, the hardship and power of 19th-century widowhood, as well as the almost fetishistic keepsaking of the deceased.

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In this episode, Genevieve covers the mysterious death of Octavia Hatcher – a women who died in 1891 who, according to legend, was buried alive.

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