Ep. 43 - TRAGIC Waterwheel Accidents & Coal Oil Disasters

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, a man who visit’s his wife’s grave and leaves with her - it’s not what you think, booby traps gone terribly wrong and so much more.Subscribe to the Newsletter!⁠⁠Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for today’s episode:“The Frenzied Lover's Murder In Boston” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th 1872.“Ludicrous Fall of a Young Lady in a Church at Lyons, NY” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 25th 1872.“Summary Vengeance on an Insulter of Females at Bridgeport Conn.” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 25th 1872.“A Lunatic Assaults the Statue of Franklin in Printing House Square” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 25th 1872.“A Postmaster Shot by His Own Burglar Trap - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 25th 1872.“Bloody Work in John Street” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 11th 1872.“Another Martyr to Coal Oil” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 11th 1872.“The Newfoundland Horror” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 11th 1872.“A Man Stoned to Death in Columbus Ohio” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 11th 1872.“A Young Daughter of Mr. Villiton of Centerport Caught in a Water Wheel,” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 11th 1872.“A Mans Head Blown to Atoms” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 25th 1872.“Double Murder in Newfoundland - Hanging of a Beautiful Woman.” - The San Fransisco Examiner, Mar. 14th, 1872. https://www.farmcollector.com/farm-life/water-wheels-zmlz12novzbea/http://www.thelampworks.com/lw_lamp_accidents.htm