Ep. 48 - Spiritualist CHAOS & a Corpse Sent to a Candy Maker

On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss a family that is a complete disaster, the absurdities of hypnosis, a hatchet murder, a man who luckily couldn’t quite properly operate a firearm, utter pandemonium at a spiritualist lecture, a corpse sent to a candy maker, a man frozen to a boat, yet another man killed by a coffin, and the single worst death ever discussed on any show up until today, hands down. Nothing comes close. Consider yourselves warned.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!References for Today's Episode:“True Stories About Ghosts” - The Illustrated Police News, Oct. 29th 1881.“A Very Unfortunate Family” - The Illustrated Police News, Jul. 6th, 1876.“One of the Absurdities of the Age - Pretended Effects of Mesmerism as Exhibited at Brackett Hall” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 1st, 1872.“A Horrible Death” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 25th, 1872.“A Man Frozen to the Cross-Trees of a Chicago Vessel” - The Illustrated Police News, Jan. 4th, 1872.“Ineffectual Attempt of a Discarded Lover to Shoot Himself in Chicago” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb 1st, 1872.“A Row Among the Spiritualists at Cooper Institute” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 1st, 1872.“Murder of a Wife and Child by a German in Ann Arbor Michigan” - The Illustrated Police News, Nov. 9th, 1871.“A Corpse Sent to a Cincinnati Candy Maker” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.“Edmund Sweeny Falls Dead While Lifting the Coffin Lid from the Body of His Father” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 1st, 1872.“A Chambermaid Turns an Involuntary Somersault Out of a Second Story Window at Bangor” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 1st, 1872.https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/f8ce7277-5945-470a-b1ad-0c637d8265c1https://historyofhypnosis.org/19th-century/https://vintagehairstyling.com/bobbypinblog/2019/11/adding-hair-pieces-to-your-vintage-hairstyle-a-history-of-the-hair-switch.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_brothers