Ep. 67 - Serial Poisoners & Potato Poltergeists

On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts throwing potato chips, female poison serial killers, the body of a murderer on display for the general public, a horrible uxoricide, a naked women in prison attempting to "dash her brains out," a life of romance and suffering and fancy, lady's-only gambling parlors. No boys allowed!Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram PostReferences:“Virginian Ghosts” - The Times-Picayune, Nov. 23, 1874.“Mr. J. Davis” - The Spiritualist, - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th, 1869.“A Woman Poisons Her Husband’s Food in Stark County, Indiana” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.“A Murderer’s Body on Exhibition” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.“A Prisoner Leaps from a Court Room Window in Kansas City, Mo., and Escapes” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872.“Horrible Uxoricide” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.“An Inconsiderate Parent” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.“A Wrangle Over the Remains of Botts the Murderer” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 8th, 1872.“Miss Eva G. Vallee, the Pretty Female Prisoner, Simulates a Fit and Attempts Suicide in the Central Police Station, New York City” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.“A Sad Story” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.“The She-Gamblers of San Francisco” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872."Police Report" - The Leavenworth Times, Jul. 30th, 1872. "Forestalling the Gallows" - The Courier-Journal, Mar. 27th, 1872"Confidence Woman Convicted" - The Daily Evening Herald, Apr. 13th, 1872https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chipshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon%27s_Lake_Househttps://deathpenaltyusa.org/usa1/date/1872.htmhttps://publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Blume-final.pdfhttps://mrsdaffodildigresses.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/women-gamblers-of-new-york-1884/https://www.victorianweb.org/history/leisure/gambling1.html