The Pandemonium Witches: Murders, Mystery, and Mayhem

S1.E9 - Arsenic and Lace: The Charms of Good Ol’ Jolly Jane


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The Pandemonium team is back - and this episode is more twisted than a Nascar rally. We're talking dying family members left and right, discombobulated delusions, and a nurse with the worst bedside manner in medical history: leaving a total of 31 corpses in total in her wake.

Join Cat and Rachel as they unravel the disturbing story of Honora Kelley - better known as Jolly Jane Toppan, the so-called “Angel of Mercy” with a body count of at least 31. From her days charming patients straight to the grave to surviving an asylum and slipping deeper into madness, Jane’s tale is one of manipulation, murder, and mayhem in 1800s America.

One part history, one part horror: this is nursing school from hell.

Links We Used - Jane Toppan:

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Toppan
  • https://www.amazon.com/Americas-First-Female-Serial-Killer/dp/1642502073
  • https://www.lowellhistoricalsociety.org/lowells-ties-to-jolly-jane-massachusetts-female-serial-killer/
  • https://www.alcatrazeast.com/crime-library/serial-killers/jane-toppan/
  • https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Toppan,%20Jane%20-%202005.pdf
  • http://mastatelibrary.blogspot.com/2024/10/jolly-jane-toppan-massachusetts.html
  • https://www.wunc.org/arts-culture/2016-03-04/criminal-mysterious-murderer-jolly-jane
  • https://behindthewallspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2083232/episodes/15140820-ep-58-people-of-taunton-state-hospital-jolly-jane-toppan
  • https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-38-jolly-jane-3-4-2016/
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