Ep. 85 - HORRIFIC Niagara Falls History & The Avenues of Death

On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss “temporary insanity” in the Victorian era, men demanding to be executed, the horrifying history of Niagara Falls, shocking murders, women falling out of windows, New York’s westside cowboys on the avenues of death and much, much more.

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References:

“A Wife Murderer Wants to be Hung Right Off” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 2nd, 1872.

“Compelled to Marry or Become a Corpse” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 25th, 1872.

“A BRUTAL BOSTON TRAGEDY” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 25th, 1872.

“A St. Louis Woman Checks the Insults of a Drunken Ruffian with an Umbrella” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 25th, 1872.

“A VIRGINIA BORGIA” - The Illustrated Police News,  Apr. 25th, 1872. 

“Three Men Swept Over Niagara Falls” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 2nd, 1872.

“Perilous Descent by a Lady from a Third Story Window in New Orleans” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 2nd, 1872.

“Murder Made Easy” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 2nd, 1872.

“A Young Lady Rescued from Imminent Peril upon Fourth Avenue, New York” - The Illustrated Police News - Apr. 25th, 1872.

“A Father Brained by His Son in Kentucky” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 25th, 1872.

"The Tragedy of Life" - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 25th, 1872.

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