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In this episode, Burned in a Furnace, we will have a tale of cold blooded murder, ashes, bones, bombshell accusations in the courtroom, and not one but two foiled prison escape attempts. This is the murder of William Bachman.

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts, ghosts and more spooky ghosts, including ghost trains! As well as the capture of 2 midnight grave robbers, Mary Todd Lincoln incognito at a seance, and Scottish Halloween traditions from 1876.

Today’s Instagram post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DP6csKxDqkW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

References:

“A Haunted House in Brooklyn” - The Times-Picayune, Nov. 23rd, 1874.

"Mr. J.S. Steele" - The Spiritualist, Dec. 1869.

"Chicago Hyenas" - Chicago Tribune, Mar. 4th, 1872.

"Mrs. Lincoln Seeking the Spirit of Her Husband in Boston" - Illustrated Police News, Feb. 29th, 1872.

"The Late Railroad Accident" - The Daily Journal, Jan. 11th, 1856.

"Halloween" - Anaheim Gazette, Nov. 4th, 1876.

https://www.thoughtco.com/supernatural-and-spooky-events-1773802#:~:text=The%20Bell%20Witch%20Terrorized%20a,The%20animal%20ran%20off.

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

https://www.ourstate.com/maco-light/

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/seances-in-the-red-room

https://web.archive.org/web/20111228012923/http://www.wilmingtonrailroadmuseum.org/content/joebaldwin.php

https://www.historicrailpark.com/otr-blog/the-haunting-of-the-ln-line-the-legend-of-the-ghost-train/

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will be talking about the disturbing history and hauntings of the Crescent Hotel, built in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in 1886. She will also receive a reading from Medium, Jennifer Page, from the I Talk to Ghosts Podcast, and she will also discuss the horrifying haunted history of Leap Castle in Ireland.

Today’s Instagram post:

References:

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/leap-castle/

https://crescent-hotel.com/about/history/

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-crescent-hotel-americas-most-haunted-hotel/

https://steemit.com/history/@winstonwolfe/the-macabre-history-of-the-crescent-hotel-in-eureka-springs-arkansas

https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/crescenthoteleurekasprings

https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/it-came-from-the-vault-ghost-hunting-with-rhonda-carpenter-the-crescent-hotel/

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will be taking you back to some of our favorite cemeteries, public hangings, creepy seances and ax murders that we’ve enjoyed together in episodes of yore!

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss women buried in wedding dresses, dismembered bodies in trunks, shawl disputes leading to knife attacks, a death by kicking written in flabbergasting detail, and a lady blitzed out of her bloomers on laughing gas, attempting all manner of gymnastics for an adoring crowd. She will also discuss Spiritualist philosophy of the 1800s and a family’s terrifying ghost encounter.

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Instagram Post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEkfI-DrYn/?igsh=MTNtNmNvOXF1azd0Zg==

References for today's episode:

“SPIRIT-RAPPING IN JOHN WESLEY’S FAMILY” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 3rd, 1869.

“The Philosophy of Spiritual Manifestations” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 3rd, 1869.

“A Father’s Meanness” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th 1872.

“A TRUNK HORROR IN FRANCE” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 29th, 1872.

“A Woman's Arm Cut to the Bone in a Quarrel About a Shawl in New York City” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872.

“John Cannon, a Railroad Engineer, Pounded and Kicked to Death by a Party of Germans in St. Louis” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872.

“A Highly Exhilarated Young Lady under the Influence of Laughing Gas at Cooper Institute, New York” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872.

https://www.geriwalton.com/nitrous-oxide-or-laughing-gas/

https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2019/01/23/sewing-shrouds-19th-century-burial-clothing-2/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.funeralbasics.org/8-intriguing-funeral-customs-victorian-era/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.eterneva.com/resources/mourning-dress?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/queen-victoria-royal-wedding?srsltid=AfmBOoqX-HLxm4XN36H-oTzpmF0ptpI_sGjQbGe60HWQtuyLG0uh3FaN&utm_source=chatgpt.com

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss one of the most confounding and eery nautical mysteries of all time: The Ghost ship, Mary Celeste. This was a brigantine ship owned by Captain Benjamin Briggs that was found floating all by its lonesome in the Atlantic in 1872, with all of its crew, the captain, his wife and baby - nowhere to be found.

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Instagram Post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DO1CSYsjoio/?img_index=1&igsh=bTgxcG05c3Nvc3k3

The Best Scone Recipe:

https://www.shekeepsalovelyhome.com/lavender-lemon-scones-honey-butter/

Squid Attacks:

https://backyardhistory.ca/f/giant-squid-attacks-in-newfoundland

References for today's episode:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/

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

https://www.modelerscentral.com/maritime-history/story-of-the-mary-celeste/?srsltid=AfmBOoqyF9ufbWn45U-NMst1M9JDATRjhZjSl75oqiD7dob_99CJHqiC

https://www.thecluecollective.com/single-post/2017/12/05/mystery-history-the-top-10-theories-explaining-why-the-mary-celestes-crew-disappeared

https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-mystery-of-the-mary-celeste-supernatural-event-or-fatal-accident-d26584c02cd4

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2004/07/08/author-probes-maritime-mystery/50442951007/

https://ladybookdragon.com/2019/05/24/friday-poetry-29

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On today's episode, Genevieve will have a series of mysterious and tragic murders in the southwest, men frozen to death, dogs playing with dead bodies in basements, nose pullers, lost wigs, and highly inappropriate sarcasm regarding incredibly violent vigilante justice. We'll also have a haunted house in 1878 with too many skeletons buried in the basement to know who's who.

Instagram post for today’s episode:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOgfZduDhYh/?igsh=Ym01NzIwNG0wYWxw

References:

"That Spook Roots" - The Boston Globe, Apr. 8th, 1878.

"A GHOST STORY" - Kansas City Journal, Mar. 15th, 1878.

"A FEARFUL VERDICT" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

"Bloody Crimes at the Southwest" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

"DRIVEN TO DESPAIR AND DEATH" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

"PROBABLE INFANTICIDE IN CHARLESTOWN" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 23rd, 1872.

"Dora Walsh gets her Nose Pulled by a Shoe Dealer in New York" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 23rd, 1872.

"A WOMAN'S TONGUE CUT OUT" - The Illustrated Police News, Oct. 28th 1878.

"How a Kokomoo Church Member Lost his Wig During Service" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

"An Old Story" - Pontiac Sentinel, Nov. 6th, 1878.

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Just a little example of the kind of content posted on the Fan Coven, along with ad-free My Victorian Nightmare episodes, and weekly creepy story extras! You can just the Fan Coven at myvictoriannightmare.com!

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will be taking you to the haunted Victorian era-built Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. She will discuss its horrifying history and its present-day spectral inhabitants. She will also discuss the Cock Lane Ghost story, as well as a 19th century, Groucho Marks-style mishap that occurred at a seance.

Instagram post for today’s episode:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOOcJtaDtTW/?igsh=MXBmNzJ1Nml5ZnlwMw==

References for today’s episode:

“The Cock Lane Ghost” - The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, May 10th, 1873. 

“Reichenbach at a Spirit Circle” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 3rd, 1869.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum

https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/

https://www.medlink.com/news/the-evolution-of-electroconvulsive-therapy-from-controversial-beginnings-to-a-safe-and-effective-treatment

https://www.uniquetravelphoto.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/

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

https://usghostadventures.com/americas-most-haunted-trending/terrors-of-the-trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/xivpop/for_a_decade_i_was_a_paranormal_tour_guide_at_an/?rdt=32916

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/

https://midatlanticdaytrips.com/2021/10/what-lurks-in-the-halls-of-transallegheny-lunatic-asylum-at-night/

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will have bullets – right between the eyes, mysterious throat slittings, diabolical plots involving corn pipes, buffalo hunters frozen to death, mysterious suicides, mangled men caught in cow-catchers and Spanish men falling out of windows, cursing all the way down. 

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References for today’s episode:

https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2022/01/i-caught-them-in-act.html

https://www.instagram.com/chrisnetzelofficial?igsh=b3NmY2hoMzQ4aTZn

"A True Ghost Story" - The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Jan. 19th, 1879.

"Solomon, King of Israel" - The Spiritualist, Nov 19th, 1869.

"One Dead, the Other Dying" - The Atlanta Constitution, Jul. 13th, 1892. 

"A Beautiful Young Kentucky Girl Cuts Her Own Throat" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

"Effect of a Diabolical Plot to Burn a Man by Charging His Pipe With Gunpowder at Cincinnati" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872.

"A Kansas Horror" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 15th, 1872.

"A Spaniard at Terre Haute, Indiana, Mistakes the Noise of a Serenading Party for an Earthquake and Jumps out of a Window" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872.

"Ghastly Freight on a Camden and Amboy Locomotive in Lawrence, N.J." - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872.

"A Bloody Mystery in Cincinnati" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“Coroners Inquest” - The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 7th, 1872.

"The Brooklyn “What Is It.” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872.

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