Ep. 25 - Raving MANIACS & a Woman’s Vengeance
<p>On today&#39;s show, Genevieve has a robber who becomes a raving maniac in prison, a very shocking confession followed by a very grisly request, a woman poisoned by laudanum and nearly frozen to death, a footrace between a phrenologist and a zippy young lady, a thief who nearly blows his own head off, a wife’s vengeance with a pen knife, murder, blackmail, and an unfortunate sled accident on an historic Boston Street, among a few others.</p> <p><br></p> <p>References for today&#39;s episode:</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2015/06/the-murder-of-pet-halsted.html</p> <p>https://pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2017/03/05/phrenology-and-scientific-racism-in-the-19th-century/</p> <p>https://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/shields.html<br>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Exposition</p>
My Victorian Nightmare · Genevieve Manion | Daylight Media
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Show Notes
On today's show, Genevieve has a robber who becomes a raving maniac in prison, a very shocking confession followed by a very grisly request, a woman poisoned by laudanum and nearly frozen to death, a footrace between a phrenologist and a zippy young lady, a thief who nearly blows his own head off, a wife’s vengeance with a pen knife, murder, blackmail, and an unfortunate sled accident on an historic Boston Street, among a few others.
References for today's episode:
https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2015/06/the-murder-of-pet-halsted.html
https://pages.vassar.edu/realarchaeology/2017/03/05/phrenology-and-scientific-racism-in-the-19th-century/
https://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/shields.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Exposition
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