Ep. 71 - Victorian Frozen Weather DISASTERS

On today's episode, Genevieve will have nearly naked women clinging to lampposts, throat-slittings, self-shootings, women choking out would-be burglars, Dante’s Hell of ice, men chopped to pieces, a man named "Chicken" sentenced to hang, and a serenading lover nearly drowned - but he’s OK, that one turns out OK, thank God.Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today’s Instagram PostReferences for today’s episode:“John Devin, the California “Chicken,” Sentenced to be Hanged” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872.“THE GHOST AT THE CHESHIRE INN” - Cheshire Observer,  Mar. 6th, 1869."The Medium Mr. Morse" - The Spiritualist, Dec. 17th, 1869.“A Crazy Woman Struggles With Policemen at Midnight on Washington Bridge, Williamsburgh, L.I” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 7th, 1872."The Kate Slade Case Again - A Woman Who Trusts in the Gods Believes All Men Are Devils, and Will Keep Her Mouth Hermetically Sealed" - The Brooklyn Union, Feb. 24th, 1872.“MURDER AND SELF-MURDER DOWN EAST” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872.“A Plucky Woman of New Jersey Holds a Robber at Bay Until the Arrival of Her Husband” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 7th, 1872.“JACK FROST. WINTER RENEWED WITH TEN-FOLD VENGEANCE” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872.“Determined to Strangle” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 7th, 1872.“A Man Chopped to Pieces by His Wife and Her Paramour”- The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872.“A Serenading Lover Comes to Grief in Lafayette, Indiana.” - The Illustrated Police News, Mar. 14th, 1872.https://www.weather.gov/media/okx/Climate/Almanacs/nyc/nycmar.pdfhttps://www.sbnm.org/Portals/NMBAR/AboutUs/committees/Historical/Crime_and_Punishment_In%20Colonial_New_Mexico.pdf?ver=i1lIcY1_Ia45yNDeXaM9DQ%3D%3D#:~:text=Finally%2C%20the%20death%20penalty%20was,%2C%20desertion%2C%20and%20premeditated%20murder.https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/Rpts/PubDocs/PubDocs1872-73/PD1872-73_16.pdfhttps://grokipedia.com/page/Shanghaiinghttps://www.executedtoday.com/tag/1872/#:~:text=For%20about%20four%20minutes%20there,yet%20be%20brought%20to%20punishment