My Victorian Nightmare

My Victorian Nightmare

Here you’ll find mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian Era. To subscribe, join The Fan Coven! If you consider yourself an enthusiast of creepy Victorian history, you probably already know about the age of spiritualism, the grisly murders, the grave robbers, twisted pseudo psychotherapy, and memento mori – But I try to dig a little deeper. This was a time full of lace corsetry, romantic poetry, and a deep reverence and affection for the dead. It was a culture of shared sorrow, ornament and elegance, prudishness and scandal, bone chilling children’s stories, and for whatever reason, I just feel at home there. There’s something strangely comforting about the heebie jeebies this era gives me. If you find yourself equally enchanted by things that most people would find horrifying, this podcast is probably for you. To listen ad-free, visit myvictoriannightmare.com and join my Patreon.

Episodes

December 1, 2025 43 mins
On today's episode, Genevieve will have nearly naked women clinging to lampposts, throat-slittings, self-shootings, women choking out would-be burglars, Dante’s Hell of ice, men chopped to pieces, a man named "Chicken" sentenced to hang, and a serenading lover nearly drowned - but he’s OK, that one turns out OK, thank God. Thank you to today’s sponsors, Choomi Naturals and Rula! Go to http://choominaturals.com and use coupon code...
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On today’s episode, Genevieve will be taking you back to the blood-smeared Victorian railways. She will be discussing the murders of Sarah Hart and Thomas Briggs, as well as the “Philip Experiment” where scientists believed they conjured a ghost out of thin air. Thank you to today's sponsor, Honeylove! Save 20% off Honeylove by going to ⁠https://www.honeylove.com/VICTORIAN⁠! Today’s Instagram Post: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/...
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November 17, 2025 45 mins
On today's episode, Genevieve will have unpleasant stabbings, poison mania, an accident that will ruin your week, women mysteriously delivered in coffins, men swallowing wedding rings, opium eaters, charred, lifeless remains and much, much more. Thank you to today's sponsor, Hello Fresh! Go to HelloFresh.com/VICTORIAN10FM now to get 10 free meals + a free breakfast for life! Today's Instagram Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/D...
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On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss Victorian grave stone symbolism, The Moberly-Jourdain Incident, a tale of time-slipping, potentially residually haunted, deeply respected academics in 1901, and Ghost clubs of the 19th century. Today’s Instagram Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQxVI0fjqCV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== References: https://www.undercliffecemetery.co.uk/gallery/funerary-art/ ht...
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On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts throwing potato chips, female poison serial killers, the body of a murderer on display for the general public, a horrible uxoricide, a naked women in prison attempting to "dash her brains out," a life of romance and suffering and fancy, lady's-only gambling parlors. No boys allowed! Thank you to today’s sponsor, Rula.com! Go to Rula.com/victorian to get started today. You deserve men...
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I decided to re-record my favorite gothic poem of all time, Edgar Allan Poe's, The Raven, for Halloween this year. I hope you enjoy this spooky bonus episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On today’s episode, Genevieve will conclude haunted Halloween hotel month with the dark, haunted history of the infamous Stanley Hotel that inspired Steven King’s, The Shining. She will be sharing the true and untrue tragedies that folks claim to be the origins of the spectral guests that inhabit the hotel to this day. Thank you to today’s sponsor, Lumi Gummies! Lumi Gummies are available nationwide! Go to LumiGummies.com/VICTORI...
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October 27, 2025 16 mins
This sneak peak is one of the EXTRAS that you receive every week when you join The Fan Coven at myvictoriannightmare.com! 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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October 20, 2025 45 mins
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. Thank you to today’s sponsors, Pride and Prejudice and Hello Fresh! Listen to the new Pride and Prejudice at http://audible.com/janeausten Go to http://hellofresh.com/victorian10fm for 10 Fre...
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October 13, 2025 46 mins
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://cr...
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October 6, 2025 47 mins
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! Thank you to today’s sponsor, Rula.com Go to Rula.com/victorian to get started today with convenient therapy that’s covered by insurance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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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. Thank you to today...
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September 22, 2025 48 mins
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. Thank you to today’s sponsors, Pride and Prejudice and Lumi Gummies! Listen to the n...
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September 14, 2025 44 mins
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.instagra...
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September 8, 2025 22 mins
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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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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== ...
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September 1, 2025 44 mins
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.  Thank you to today’s sponsor, Rula! Go to Rula.com/victorian to get started today, for quality therapy that’s covered by insurance.  R...
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On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the Greenbrier Ghost; the only ghost, supposedly, who ever helped to solve her own murder. She will also discuss how to avoid becoming a Chinese hopping vampire, and exactly who, and who should not, attempt a “Dark Séance.” Thank you to today’s sponsor, Lumi Gummies! Go to LumiGummies.com and use code VICTORIAN for 30% off your first order! Instagram post with photos for today's epi...
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On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss a number of brutal murders, throat slittings, girls shooting themselves in the face, sleighing accidents, smallpox in a corn-crib, horse burglars - meaning burglars who are horses - scenes from a scaffold, swallowed pen knives and so much more. References for today’s episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supernatural_beings_in_Chinese_folklore#:~:text=to%20snatch%20babies.-,...
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On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing The Bloody Benders, a Victorian era family of serial killers who were confirmed to have murdered at least 11 people in their Kansas home, but it’s estimated that that number was more likely closer to 20. She will also discuss a police officer’s deadly encounter with a ghost, as well as exactly how to perform a seance without a trained medium, according to a Spiritualist newspaper fro...
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