My Victorian Nightmare
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A podcast about mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian era.
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," and a life of romance and suffering.
Ep. 67 - Haunted by Gloomy & Terrible Thoughts
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November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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," and a life of romance and suffering.
On today's episode, Genevieve will conclude haunted Halloween hotel month with the dark history of the 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.
Ep. 66 - The Haunted History of The Stanley Hotel
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October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
On today's episode, Genevieve will conclude haunted Halloween hotel month with the dark history of the 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.
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.
Ep. 65 - Fresh From the Silent Tomb
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October 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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.
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be talking about the disturbing history and hauntings of the Crescent Hotel. 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.
Ep. 64 - America’s Most Haunted Hotel
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October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be talking about the disturbing history and hauntings of the Crescent Hotel. 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.
Thank you @dreadfulk.bsky.social and @periodragscostumes.bsky.social for such lovely gifts! Toby loves his new bandana!
September 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thank you @dreadfulk.bsky.social and @periodragscostumes.bsky.social for such lovely gifts! Toby loves his new bandana!
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.”
Ep. 57 - Dark Séances & The Greenbrier Ghost
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August 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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.”
On this week’s episode, we will discuss a number of brutal murders, throat slittings, girls getting shot in the face, girls shooting themselves in the face horse burglars - meaning burglars who are horses - swallowed pen knives and disembodied spirits pretending to drown.
Ep. 56 - All Sorts of Strange Apparitions
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August 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On this week’s episode, we will discuss a number of brutal murders, throat slittings, girls getting shot in the face, girls shooting themselves in the face horse burglars - meaning burglars who are horses - swallowed pen knives and disembodied spirits pretending to drown.
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss 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.
Ep. 55 - Homestead of Horrors: The Bloody Benders
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August 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss 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.
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss the life of Mary Shelley. The mother of science fiction. We will discuss her tragic life, her poetic romance, her monster, and the ways she spun the most unimaginable grief, like a silken web, into a masterpiece.
Ep. 53 - The Exquisite Grief of Mary Shelley
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July 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss the life of Mary Shelley. The mother of science fiction. We will discuss her tragic life, her poetic romance, her monster, and the ways she spun the most unimaginable grief, like a silken web, into a masterpiece.
On this week’s episodeGenevieve will discuss a particularly terrifying seance held in 1869, murderously presumed witchcraft, a deadly lesbian love affair, love-cracked raving lunatics, collapsing floors, revolting decapitations, and a lady, dressed up as a ghost who nearly scared herself to death.
Ep. 52 - Living in the Company of Departed Spirits
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July 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
On this week’s episodeGenevieve will discuss a particularly terrifying seance held in 1869, murderously presumed witchcraft, a deadly lesbian love affair, love-cracked raving lunatics, collapsing floors, revolting decapitations, and a lady, dressed up as a ghost who nearly scared herself to death.
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will be discussing the Woolfork family massacre: the annihilation of a family of 9 that occurred in 1887.
My Victorian Nightmare
Podcast · Genevieve Manion · Here you’ll find mysterious deaths, morbid fascinations, disturbing stories, and otherwise spooky events from the Victorian Era. If you consider yourself an enthusiast of ...
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July 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will be discussing the Woolfork family massacre: the annihilation of a family of 9 that occurred in 1887.
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss a man mangled with a carving knife, another skeleton where it does not belong, the growing evil that is young women leaving their homes, a rum-crazed lunatic dentist, and a man killed by a jar of peaches.
Ep. 50 - He Dropped Dead with a Peach in His Mouth
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July 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss a man mangled with a carving knife, another skeleton where it does not belong, the growing evil that is young women leaving their homes, a rum-crazed lunatic dentist, and a man killed by a jar of peaches.
On today's episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss not one, but 2 of the most haunted Victorian homes in England: The Borley Rectory, as well as a little unsuspecting cottage in Essex that was once known as The Cage of St. Osyth - the site of a medieval witch prison.
Ep. 49 - England's Most Haunted Houses
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June 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
On today's episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss not one, but 2 of the most haunted Victorian homes in England: The Borley Rectory, as well as a little unsuspecting cottage in Essex that was once known as The Cage of St. Osyth - the site of a medieval witch prison.
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss a terrible a hatchet murder, utter pandemonium at a spiritualist lecture, a corpse sent to a candy maker, a man frozen to a boat, a man killed by a coffin, and the worst death ever discussed on the show.
Ep. 48 - A Corpse Sent to a Candy Maker
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June 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
On this week’s episode of My Victorian Nightmare, Genevieve will discuss a terrible a hatchet murder, utter pandemonium at a spiritualist lecture, a corpse sent to a candy maker, a man frozen to a boat, a man killed by a coffin, and the worst death ever discussed on the show.
In this very special collaborative episode between SIGHTINGS and MY VICTORIAN NIGHTMARE, venture into an eerie haunted house from the 19th century, and discover why some doors were meant to stay sealed shut.
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The Willington Mill Haunting With SIGHTINGS Podcast
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June 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In this very special collaborative episode between SIGHTINGS and MY VICTORIAN NIGHTMARE, venture into an eerie haunted house from the 19th century, and discover why some doors were meant to stay sealed shut.
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On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing corpse medicine; the century’s old practice of using dead bodies to treat everything from jaundice to infertility to cataracts – and when you hear about how they specifically treated that last one, it’s really gonna bum you out.
Ep. 44 - The Gruesome History of Corpse Medicine
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May 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing corpse medicine; the century’s old practice of using dead bodies to treat everything from jaundice to infertility to cataracts – and when you hear about how they specifically treated that last one, it’s really gonna bum you out.
On today's episode, Genevieve has a forsaken garden, somber dimensions of love, a moment of solemn reflection in the forrest, a deep longing for home amid turmoil at sea, mysterious demons in the sky, the bittersweet nature of dreams and a message of brighter days to come.
Ep. 1 - Her Noble Bones
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May 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On today's episode, Genevieve has a forsaken garden, somber dimensions of love, a moment of solemn reflection in the forrest, a deep longing for home amid turmoil at sea, mysterious demons in the sky, the bittersweet nature of dreams and a message of brighter days to come.
On Today’s’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing a young girl caught in a waterwheel, stonings, pickaxings, a harrowing coal oil disaster, a ludicrous fall in a church, a man’s head blown to atoms, men in drag wreaking havoc upon street harassers and so much more!
Ep. 42 - The Winchester Mystery House
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May 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
On Today’s’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing a young girl caught in a waterwheel, stonings, pickaxings, a harrowing coal oil disaster, a ludicrous fall in a church, a man’s head blown to atoms, men in drag wreaking havoc upon street harassers and so much more!
I'm delighted to announce that I've brought back the most eerily romantic, hauntingly beautiful podcast, Dark Poetry! I include some of my favorite bone chilling and enchanting works from the Victorian era's most beloved poets like Poe, Dickinson, Wilde, Coleridge, and many more.
Ep. 3 - Watch For Me by Moonlight
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May 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I'm delighted to announce that I've brought back the most eerily romantic, hauntingly beautiful podcast, Dark Poetry! I include some of my favorite bone chilling and enchanting works from the Victorian era's most beloved poets like Poe, Dickinson, Wilde, Coleridge, and many more.
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing the Winchester Mystery House. She will thoroughly debunk all of the falsehoods, embellishments and downright lies about its very generous, very kind creator, Sarah Winchester, and her weird and wonderful house.
Ep. 36 - Victorian Cults: Messiahs, Manipulation & Custom Tea Blends
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May 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
On today’s episode, Genevieve will be discussing the Winchester Mystery House. She will thoroughly debunk all of the falsehoods, embellishments and downright lies about its very generous, very kind creator, Sarah Winchester, and her weird and wonderful house.
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss ghosts frightening country bumpkins, really spooky skeleton encounters, a hatchet attack by a blind man, a man trying to slice his own head off and a young lady with enough pluck and presence of mind to save the very day.
Ep. 41 - Bitten by a Skeleton
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May 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss ghosts frightening country bumpkins, really spooky skeleton encounters, a hatchet attack by a blind man, a man trying to slice his own head off and a young lady with enough pluck and presence of mind to save the very day.
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the all-female Victorian gang, the 40 Elephants, as well as the thieving, poisoning, barbarous, butchering Belle Gunness: Hell’s Belle herself.
Ep. 40 - The Blackest Black Widow
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April 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the all-female Victorian gang, the 40 Elephants, as well as the thieving, poisoning, barbarous, butchering Belle Gunness: Hell’s Belle herself.
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss a ghost sighting of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, an insane hatchet murder, a brass burglar blown away by a buckshot, a demented stalker, a lamp light disaster, a gory game of cards, a nearly naked man frozen to death in a sinkhole, and more!
Ep. 39 - In a Malicious and Diabolical Manner
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April 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss a ghost sighting of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, an insane hatchet murder, a brass burglar blown away by a buckshot, a demented stalker, a lamp light disaster, a gory game of cards, a nearly naked man frozen to death in a sinkhole, and more!
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the case of “The Richmond Murderess,” Kate Webster. This story has a brutal murder, a dismembering, mysterious skulls, ghost nuns, cutting edge execution techniques and David Attenborough intricately knitted into the very fabric of this bone chilling saga.
Ep. 38 - The Richmond Murderess
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April 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the case of “The Richmond Murderess,” Kate Webster. This story has a brutal murder, a dismembering, mysterious skulls, ghost nuns, cutting edge execution techniques and David Attenborough intricately knitted into the very fabric of this bone chilling saga.
On Today’s episode, Genevieve will have a number of love-sick murderers, bad words that we’re allowed to use, so many gun fights, so many brains, a corpse concealed in a glen, Rasputin’s favorite sex cult, waxed mustaches, a dead robber baron at a seance, and much more!
Ep. 37 - They Died With Their Boots On
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April 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
On Today’s episode, Genevieve will have a number of love-sick murderers, bad words that we’re allowed to use, so many gun fights, so many brains, a corpse concealed in a glen, Rasputin’s favorite sex cult, waxed mustaches, a dead robber baron at a seance, and much more!