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This is the first episode of The Death of Edgar Allan Poe. You can find all episodes on⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, Amazon Music, and ad-free on Patreon.⁠⁠⁠ This is a chilling five-part narrative podcast, written and narrated by My Victorian Nightmare’s Genevieve Manion and starring multiple award winning voice actor, MacLeod Andrews. The series follows Poe through his turbulent life and career as he is relentlessly haunted by the spirits of the dead—victims who demand that he write their stories.

In this episode, Genevieve will share the history of witch hunting in England, and the murder case of a man in Victorian England suspected of witchcraft. The disturbing murder of Old Dummy in 1863. Thank you to today’s sponsor! Try skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for 20% off your first order! Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ for ad-free listening! The Death of Edgar Allan Poe on⁠⁠⁠ Spotify ⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠The Death of Edgar Allan Poe Collection⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠! My ⁠⁠Halloween Party Playlist⁠⁠ Help yourself to ⁠⁠⁠MVN merch⁠⁠⁠! Genevieve’s book, ⁠⁠⁠Where to Begin – Eclectic Witchcraft for Beginners

In this episode, Genevieve will share a number of Victorian ghost encounters recorded by The Society for Psychical Research: the ghostly women in black, mysterious reflections of deceased fathers, smiling dead sisters at the foot of the bed and much, much more. Thank you to today’s sponsors! Alloy is the only menopause platform with a scalp-to-lash hair care solution. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for 20% off your first order! AquaOmega: One of the highest-dose omega-3 supplements per serving, no fish burps, and for every bottle sold, removes 1 lb. of plastic and debris from the ocean and coastlines. Use code VICTORIAN for 20% off at myaquaomega.com/VICTORIAN. The Death of Edgar Allan Poe on⁠⁠ Spotify ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Death of Edgar Allan Poe Collection⁠⁠ Subscribe to the ⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠! Subscribe to the ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ for ad-free listening! My ⁠Halloween Party Playlist⁠ Help yourself to ⁠⁠MVN merch⁠⁠! Genevieve’s book, ⁠⁠Where to Begin – Eclectic Witchcraft for Beginners References: https://iapsop.com/archive/materials/spr_proceedings/ https://chestofbooks.com.stason.org/new-age/paranormal/Death-Survival/Appendix-Phantasms-Of-The-Dead-Part-28.html https://www.spr.ac.uk/node/6070 https://thescolefiles.blogspot.com/p/the-society-for-psychical-research-spr.html

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the facts of the Lizzie Borden axe murder case — what we know to be true, what the Netflix series Monster got wrong, what it got right, and exactly why this particular axe murder case, versus so many others, caught fire when it did. Thank you to today’s sponsors! AquaOmega: One of the highest-dose omega-3 supplements per serving, no fish burps, and for every bottle sold, removes 1 lb. of plastic and debris from the ocean and coastlines. Use code VICTORIAN for 20% off at myaquaomega.com/VICTORIAN. Alloy is the only menopause platform with a scalp-to-lash hair care solution. Visit ⁠myalloy.com⁠ and use code VICTORIAN for 20% off your first order! The Death of Edgar Allan Poe on⁠ Spotify ⁠and ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ ⁠The Death of Edgar Allan Poe Collection⁠ Subscribe to the ⁠Newsletter⁠! Subscribe to the ⁠Patreon⁠ for ad-free listening! My Halloween Party Playlist Help yourself to ⁠MVN merch⁠! Genevieve’s book, ⁠Where to Begin – Eclectic Witchcraft for Beginners Today’s Instagram Post References: https://crimearchives.net/1893_borden/html/1892-08-11_borden_news_new-york-times.htm https://lizzieandrewborden.com/hatchetonline/ones-idea-of-cordiality-lizzie-borden-on-the-stand https://crimearchives.net/1893_borden/html/1893-06-07_borden_trial_testimony_sullivan.html https://www.scribd.com/document/682040038/Testimony-of-Bridget-Sullivan-in-the-Trial-of-Lizzie-Borden https://people.com/andrew-abby-borden-murder-suspects-12145774 https://www.biography.com/crime/a69168135/was-aileen-wuornos-the-first-female-serial-killer https://time.com/7329607/aileen-wuornos-netflix-documentary https://www.biography.com/crime/a71038230/lizzie-borden-isolated-life-after-murder-trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Borden https://newengland.com/yankee/history/long-silence-lizzie-borden

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the sudden deaths, shattered dreams, haunting tales, gothic obsessions, mysteries and answers – the true stories behind 3 of the most intriguing graves in Greenwood, Evergreen and Père Lachaise cemeteries. The Graves of Charlotte Canda, George Rodenbach and “Midnight Mary,” Mary E. Hart. Thank you to today’s sponsor! Alloy is the only menopause platform with a scalp-to-lash hair care solution. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for 20% off your first order! The Death of Edgar Allan Poe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts The Death of Edgar Allan Poe Collection Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon for ad-free listening! Help yourself to MVN merch! Genevieve’s book, Where to Begin – Eclectic Witchcraft for Beginners Today’s Instagram Post References: https://boroughsofthedead.com/charlotte/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Canda https://differentvisions.org/the-grave-of-the-rose/ https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/rodenbach-georges-1855-1898 https://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/litterature/Georges_Rodenbach/176547 https://www.popmatters.com/109498-loren-connors-the-curse-of-midnight-mary-2496066706.html https://campuspress.yale.edu/yaleinscriptions/2024/11/10/midnight-mary https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-ghost-of-midnight-mary.html

In this episode, Genevieve will do a deep dive into Bram Stoker’s notes, interviews and musings about the inspiration behind his vampiric creation, Dracula, and then she will discuss the inspiration behind some of the most iconic costume designs in film history: Eiko Ishioka’s richly inspired, deeply symbolic costumes for Francis Ford Coppola’s film, Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  Thank you to today’s sponsor! Try the original M4 skincare from Alloy. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for 20% off your first order! The Death of Edgar Allan Poe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts The Death of Edgar Allan Poe Patreon Collection Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon or ad-free listening! Help yourself to MVN Merch! Genevieve’s book, Where to Begin – Eclectic Witchcraft for Beginners Today’s Instagram Post References: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/whitby-abbey/history-and-stories/dracula/?source=science20.com https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/08/dracula-was-not-from-exeter-insists-bram-stoker-descendant https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/06/bram-stokers-dracula-inspired-by-writings-of-maverick-scotswoman https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-310-bestsellers-out-for-the-count-fall-2018/pages/readings/dracula-notes/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/last-voyage-of-the-demeter-dracula-dmitry https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36394788/ https://www.supernaturalstudies.com/previous-journal-issues/vol-7-issue-1/cade ⁠https://archive.org/details/bramstokersnotes0000stok⁠ https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/eiko-ishioka/ https://www.gothickeatspress.com/dracula-essays/eiko-ishiokas-costume-design https://www.oscars.org/news/how-apocalypse-now-poster-led-oscar-winning-costumes-bram-stokers-dracula

In this episode, Genevieve will bring us back to the murder scenes, the time-slips, the haunted lunatic asylums and hotels of past episodes, and share the back stories to their creations. Thank you to today’s sponsors! Spoiler: you can feel amazing in menopause. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for 20% off your first order! AquaOmega: One of the highest-dose omega-3 supplements per serving, no fish burps, and for every bottle sold, removes 1 lb. of plastic and debris from the ocean and coastlines. Use code VICTORIAN for 20% off at myaquaomega.com/VICTORIAN. The Death of Edgar Allan Poe Collection Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! Help yourself to MVN merch! Genevieve’s book, Where to Begin – Eclectic Witchcraft for Beginners

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the tragic history of the Kreischer family, the many deaths, mob murders and truly creepy hauntings of the Kreischer family mansion that still stands to this very day. She will also discuss the recent discovery of a body that received a vampire burial in the 16th century and what other “deviant” and “anti-revenant” burial practices entailed. Thank you to today’s sponsors! AquaOmega: One of the highest-dose omega-3 supplements per serving, no fish burps, and for every bottle sold, removes 1 lb. of plastic and debris from the ocean and coastlines. Use code VICTORIAN for 20% off at myaquaomega.com/VICTORIAN. Alloy is the only menopause platform with a scalp-to-lash hair care solution. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for 20% off your first order! Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! Help Yourself to MVN Merch! Genevieve’s book, Where to Begin – Eclectic Witchcraft for Beginners Today’s Instagram Post References: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/science/vampire-burial-young-woman-poland https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7458347 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_burial https://nyghosts.com/the-kreischer-house/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreischer_House https://medium.com/@cosmicseasstar/staten-islands-cursed-kreischer-mansion-saga-that-ended-in-fire-death-and-murder-24048f4c80be https://www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/kreischermansion.html https://historygoesbump.blogspot.com/2025/11/hgb-ep-613-kreischer-mansion.html https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nye/pr/2008/2008oct27.html https://abc7ny.com/archive/6445552/

In this episode, Genevieve will dive back into the Illustrated Police News, The 19th century’s worst newspaper. She will discuss horrifying murder attempts with hot pokers, deadly champagne suppers, the science of decapitation, men falling dead at funerals, ghosts with guns, cannibal cats and much, much more.  Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! Help Yourself to MVN Merch! Today’s Instagram Post References: “The Science of Decapitation” – The Illustrated Police News, May 7th, 1872. “What Befel a New York Swell Who Persisted in Laughing at a “Dolly Varden” – The Illustrated Police News, May 7th, 1872. “A Woman in New York Thrusts a Red Hot Iron down Her Husband’s Throat” – The Illustrated Police News, May 7th, 1872. “Sewed in a Sheet—An Injured Wife’s Revenge on an Indolent Husband at Louisville, Ky.” – The Illustrated Police News, May 7th, 1872. “A CORPSE AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS” – The Illustrated Police News, May 7th, 1872. “How They Drink in England” – The Illustrated Police News, May 7th, 1872. “CURIOUS CASUALTIES” – The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 4th, 1879. “Cremated Alive—The Fatal Sequel of a Champagne Supper—Terrible Revenge of a Harlot” – The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 4th, 1879. “A Live Turkey Loose in a Drug Store” – The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 4th, 1879. “Crazed by the Blow of an Icicle—Remarkable Accident to an English Tourist Behind the Cataract of Niagara” – The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 4th, 1879. “A STRANGE SUICIDE”– The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 4th, 1879. “Cannibal Cats—How They Feasted Off the Corpse of a Dead Man” – The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 4th, 1879. “A Ghost With a Revolver” – The Illustrated Police News, Oct. 10th, 1885.

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the funeral industry of the 19th century and a few of her favorite death-centered professions that are no longer in high demand today, but were positively fascinating: funeral cookie bakers, corpse-watchers, mutes and professional mourners.  Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! Help Yourself to MVN Merch! Today’s Instagram Post My Problematic Award-Winning Video  Welcome to Heaven References: https://funeral.com/blogs/the-journal/funeral-biscuits-in-the-1800s-what-they-were-why-they-were-served-and-how-to-make-them-today?srsltid=AfmBOorry4RZkCYT3pQ2iGryb0LGfYJ-xZYnlhN6e4pYP5dl7Jb_SHwo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin-eater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleventh_edition_of_the_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/england/englishness-funeral-food.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_biscuit https://www.victorianlondon.org/death/characteroffunerals.htm https://austins.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-the-victorian-mute/ https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/tag/professional-mourners https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/alma%3A99127049613408651 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15792/pg15792-images.html https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/category/buried-alive/ “Prematurely Buried” - Kilmore Free Press, Jan. 18th 1883. “Narrowly Escaped Burial Alive” - The Clinton Independent, Thursday Feb. 18th, 1892.

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss verifiable accounts of tragedies that many believe explain the hauntings of 2 London Underground stations: Bank and Farringdon. She will also discuss a few unusual omens that Victorians believed predicted certain doom. Thank you to today’s sponsor! Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! Help Yourself to MVN merch! Today’s Instagram Post References: https://www.davidcastleton.net/london-underground-haunted-stations-ghosts-tube/ https://freetoursbyfoot.com/ghosts-london-underground-stations/ https://www.paranormaldatabase.com/reports/underground.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground https://www.ghosthuntertours.co.uk/post/whispers-of-the-past-the-gruesome-tale-of-anne-naylor-s-poltergeist-at-farringdon-station https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-crime-and-execution-of-the-metyards-70c6824bae https://www.executedtoday.com/2015/07/19/1762-sarah-metyard-and-sally-metyard-mother-and-daughter/ https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2023/04/03/sarah-whitehead-the-bank-nun-ghost/ https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10118/pg10118.html https://www.wisdomportal.com/Poems2010/AppleSymbolism.html

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the Paris Charity Bazaar fire of 1897: how an event devoted to gaiety, high society socializing and generosity became one of the deadliest fire tragedies in French history. Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! The Burglar Bitten by a Skeleton Tote Today’s Instagram Post References: https://www.geriwalton.com/the-tragic-1897-charity-bazaar-fire-or-the-bazar-de-la-charite-in-paris/ https://www.broadhistory.com/the-fire-that-started-a-victorian-gender-war/ https://education.persee.fr/doc/magen_1257-5593_1897_num_64_33_31454 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazar_de_la_Charit%C3%A9 https://doctorfire.com/pages/Paris_fire.pdf https://parishistoryofourstreets.com/2021/04/29/the-bazaar-de-la-charite-disaster-part-one/

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the shocking, little-known disasters and tragedies that began to unfold even before the smoke had cleared: the psychological unraveling of Mary Todd Lincoln, The Ford Theater collapse of 1893, the unthinkable murder/attempted suicide of the Rathbones and the numerous hauntings of the Ford Theater that still linger to this very day. Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! Today’s Instagram Post References: https://ghostcitytours.com/washington-dc/haunted-washington-dc/fords-theatre/ https://dcghosts.com/fords-theatre/ https://www.nps.gov/foth/learn/historyculture/the-collapse-of-ford-s-theatre.htm https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/06/07/henry-reed-rathbone/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth https://www.whitehousehistory.org/abraham-lincoln-funeral https://fords.org/an-african-american-hero-emerges-from-the-tragic-fords-theatre-collapse-of-1893/ https://msmagazine.com/2012/12/05/mary-todd-lincoln-a-lunatic-or-just-grieving/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Todd_Lincoln The_assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln_%28IA_assassxxxxxx00linc%29.pdf https://www.americanheritage.com/haunted-major

In this episode, Genevieve will discuss the murder case of Dr. Hawley Crippen: one of the most sensational murder cases in English history. We’ll discuss The glitz and glamour, the torrid affairs, the astounding escape attempt by sea, and the modern scientific discoveries that have raised serious concerns that maybe, they got the wrong guy. Subscribe to the Newsletter! Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! Today’s Instagram Post References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley_Harvey_Crippen https://prashganendran.com/the-notorious-dr-crippen-and-the-hilldrop-crescent-murder/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-10802059 https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-notorious-case-of-dr-crippen/