My Victorian Nightmare

Genevieve Manion | Daylight Media
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Oct 13, 2025 • 46min

Ep. 64 - The Crescent: America’s Most HAUNTED Hotel

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. Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven Today’s Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPomjatjrOc/?igsh=MXM5dnhkYjJsNmgzag== References: https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/leap-castle/ https://crescent-hotel.com/about/history/ https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/the-crescent-hotel-americas-most-haunted-hotel/ https://steemit.com/history/@winstonwolfe/the-macabre-history-of-the-crescent-hotel-in-eureka-springs-arkansas https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/crescenthoteleurekasprings https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2018/04/06/it-came-from-the-vault-ghost-hunting-with-rhonda-carpenter-the-crescent-hotel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Oct 6, 2025 • 48min

Ep. 63 - Take’n a SPOOKY Vacation

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! Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 29, 2025 • 44min

Ep. 62 - Why Women Were Buried in Wedding Dresses

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. Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven Instagram Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEkfI-DrYn/?igsh=MTNtNmNvOXF1azd0Zg== References for today's episode: “SPIRIT-RAPPING IN JOHN WESLEY’S FAMILY” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 3rd, 1869. “The Philosophy of Spiritual Manifestations” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 3rd, 1869. “A Father’s Meanness” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th 1872. “A TRUNK HORROR IN FRANCE” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 29th, 1872. “A Woman's Arm Cut to the Bone in a Quarrel About a Shawl in New York City” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872. “John Cannon, a Railroad Engineer, Pounded and Kicked to Death by a Party of Germans in St. Louis” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872. “A Highly Exhilarated Young Lady under the Influence of Laughing Gas at Cooper Institute, New York” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872. https://www.geriwalton.com/nitrous-oxide-or-laughing-gas/ https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2019/01/23/sewing-shrouds-19th-century-burial-clothing-2/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.funeralbasics.org/8-intriguing-funeral-customs-victorian-era/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.eterneva.com/resources/mourning-dress?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/queen-victoria-royal-wedding?srsltid=AfmBOoqX-HLxm4XN36H-oTzpmF0ptpI_sGjQbGe60HWQtuyLG0uh3FaN&utm_source=chatgpt.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 22, 2025 • 49min

Ep. 61 - The CHILLING Mystery of the Ghost Ship, Mary Celeste

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. Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven Instagram Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO1CSYsjoio/?img_index=1&igsh=bTgxcG05c3Nvc3k3 The Best Scone Recipe: https://www.shekeepsalovelyhome.com/lavender-lemon-scones-honey-butter/ Squid Attacks: https://backyardhistory.ca/f/giant-squid-attacks-in-newfoundland References for today's episode: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste https://www.modelerscentral.com/maritime-history/story-of-the-mary-celeste/?srsltid=AfmBOoqyF9ufbWn45U-NMst1M9JDATRjhZjSl75oqiD7dob_99CJHqiC https://www.thecluecollective.com/single-post/2017/12/05/mystery-history-the-top-10-theories-explaining-why-the-mary-celestes-crew-disappeared https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-mystery-of-the-mary-celeste-supernatural-event-or-fatal-accident-d26584c02cd4 https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2004/07/08/author-probes-maritime-mystery/50442951007/ https://ladybookdragon.com/2019/05/24/friday-poetry-29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 15, 2025 • 44min

Ep. 60 - That Haunted House on Kirkland Street

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. Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven Instagram post for today’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOgfZduDhYh/?igsh=Ym01NzIwNG0wYWxw References: "That Spook Roots" - The Boston Globe, Apr. 8th, 1878. "A GHOST STORY" - Kansas City Journal, Mar. 15th, 1878. "A FEARFUL VERDICT" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. "Bloody Crimes at the Southwest" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. "DRIVEN TO DESPAIR AND DEATH" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. "PROBABLE INFANTICIDE IN CHARLESTOWN" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 23rd, 1872. "Dora Walsh gets her Nose Pulled by a Shoe Dealer in New York" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 23rd, 1872. "A WOMAN'S TONGUE CUT OUT" - The Illustrated Police News, Oct. 28th 1878. "How a Kokomoo Church Member Lost his Wig During Service" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. "An Old Story" - Pontiac Sentinel, Nov. 6th, 1878. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 8, 2025 • 23min

Fan Coven Sneak Peek!

Just a little example of the kind of content posted on the Fan Coven, along with ad-free My Victorian Nightmare episodes, Dark Poetry, and weekly Victorian True Crime Extras! Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 8, 2025 • 48min

Ep. 59 - The HAUNTING History of the Trans-Alleghany Lunatic Asylum

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. Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven Instagram post for today’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOOcJtaDtTW/?igsh=MXBmNzJ1Nml5ZnlwMw== References for today’s episode: “The Cock Lane Ghost” - The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, May 10th, 1873.  “Reichenbach at a Spirit Circle” - The Spiritualist, Dec. 3rd, 1869. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/ https://www.medlink.com/news/the-evolution-of-electroconvulsive-therapy-from-controversial-beginnings-to-a-safe-and-effective-treatment https://www.uniquetravelphoto.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_Lane_ghost https://usghostadventures.com/americas-most-haunted-trending/terrors-of-the-trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/xivpop/for_a_decade_i_was_a_paranormal_tour_guide_at_an/?rdt=32916 https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/ https://midatlanticdaytrips.com/2021/10/what-lurks-in-the-halls-of-transallegheny-lunatic-asylum-at-night/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sep 1, 2025 • 45min

Ep. 58 - MYSTERIOUS Suicides & Lying Spirits

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.  Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven References for today’s episode: https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2022/01/i-caught-them-in-act.html https://www.instagram.com/chrisnetzelofficial?igsh=b3NmY2hoMzQ4aTZn "A True Ghost Story" - The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Jan. 19th, 1879. "Solomon, King of Israel" - The Spiritualist, Nov 19th, 1869. "One Dead, the Other Dying" - The Atlanta Constitution, Jul. 13th, 1892.  "A Beautiful Young Kentucky Girl Cuts Her Own Throat" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. "Effect of a Diabolical Plot to Burn a Man by Charging His Pipe With Gunpowder at Cincinnati" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872. "A Kansas Horror" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 15th, 1872. "A Spaniard at Terre Haute, Indiana, Mistakes the Noise of a Serenading Party for an Earthquake and Jumps out of a Window" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872. "Ghastly Freight on a Camden and Amboy Locomotive in Lawrence, N.J." - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872. "A Bloody Mystery in Cincinnati" - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “Coroners Inquest” - The Cincinnati Enquirer, May 7th, 1872. "The Brooklyn “What Is It.” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 22nd, 1872. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Aug 25, 2025 • 47min

Ep. 57 - Zona Shue - The Only Ghost to SOLVE Her Own Murder

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.” Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven Instagram post with photos for today's episode: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/DNvvYEzXGV3/?img_index=1⁠ References for today’s episode: “MONGOLIAN GHOSTS” - St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 28th, 1876. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangshi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbrier_Ghost https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/01/greenbrier-ghost.html https://www.greenbrierhistorical.org/blog/the-greenbrier-ghost-reexamined https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/the-death-resurrection-and-retribution-of-zona-heaster-shue-the-greenbrier-ghost/ https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/greenbrier https://wvexplorer.com/2024/01/20/greenbrier-ghost-zona-heaster-shue-west-virginia-wv/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Aug 18, 2025 • 50min

Ep. 56 - BONE-CHILLING Chinese Ghost Stories From the 1800s

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. Join the Fan Coven: https://www.myvictoriannightmare.com/the-fan-coven References for today’s episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supernatural_beings_in_Chinese_folklore#:~:text=to%20snatch%20babies.-,Wutou%20gui%20(%E6%97%A0%E5%A4%B4%E9%AC%BC),her%20head%20on%20the%20side https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_in_Chinese_culture#:~:text=Ghosts%20without%20means%20(%E7%84%A1%E8%B2%A1,distressing%20to%20themselves%20and%20others https://www.dharmadrum.org/portal_d8_cnt_page.php?folder_id=56&cnt_id=259&up_page=1#:~:text=In%20Buddhism%2C%20the%20Yogacara%20Flaming,the%20Burning%2DMouth%20Hungry%20Ghosts https://www.bkwaterfronthistory.org/story/unsung-builders/ https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-examination-immigrants-ellis-island/2008-04#:~:text=Control%20of%20infectious%20agents%20also,Island%20and%20other%20U.S.%20immigration “Mongolian Ghosts” - St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 28th, 1876. “Thought-Reading and Physical Manifestations” - The Spiritualist, Nov. 19th 1869. “Love, Murder and Suicide at Bozrah, Conn.” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “Accidental Shooting of a Young Girl in Batesville, Arkansas” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “Awful Fate of a Pauper” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “A Horse Turned Burglar at New London, Conn.” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “Peculiar Filial Love” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “Singular Sleighing Accident to a Lady in Worcester, Mass.” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “The Scaffold” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872. “Roasted To a Crisp” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 22nd, 1872. “What Sort of a Woman will this Girl Be” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 22nd, 1872. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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