Ep. 65 - CREEPY Victorian Halloween Traditions & Haunted Lincoln History

On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts, ghosts and more spooky ghosts, including ghost trains! As well as the capture of 2 midnight grave robbers, Mary Todd Lincoln incognito at a seance, and Scottish Halloween traditions from 1876.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram postReferences:“A Haunted House in Brooklyn” - The Times-Picayune, Nov. 23rd, 1874."Mr. J.S. Steele" - The Spiritualist, Dec. 1869."Chicago Hyenas" - Chicago Tribune, Mar. 4th, 1872."Mrs. Lincoln Seeking the Spirit of Her Husband in Boston" - Illustrated Police News, Feb. 29th, 1872."The Late Railroad Accident" - The Daily Journal, Jan. 11th, 1856."Halloween" - Anaheim Gazette, Nov. 4th, 1876.https://www.thoughtco.com/supernatural-and-spooky-events-1773802#:~:text=The%20Bell%20Witch%20Terrorized%20a,The%20animal%20ran%20off.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maco_lighthttps://www.ourstate.com/maco-light/https://www.whitehousehistory.org/seances-in-the-red-roomhttps://web.archive.org/web/20111228012923/http://www.wilmingtonrailroadmuseum.org/content/joebaldwin.phphttps://www.historicrailpark.com/otr-blog/the-haunting-of-the-ln-line-the-legend-of-the-ghost-train/