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Victorian Periodical Parade
by Owen Curtiss and Dr. Kari Nixon
Join us as we "time travel," using newspapers, and novels to explore what life was like 160 years ago, In the Victorian Era! Each episode will be host banter, narration of a short story, break down of said short story, for you the 21st century listener, reading the nonfiction section, and then breaking that down, followed by a summary and a relaxing outro. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victorianparade/support
Episodes
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S3 E Halloween - The Raven - The Philosophy of Composition - The Breakdown
Spooktacular October Ghosties and Ghoulies, What do you think of first when you hear, “The Raven?” Fear? Terror? The Simpsons? Death? Well, we thought of all of those things and more throughout this breakdown episode of “The Raven,” by Edgar Allen Poe. This eerie poem is a rollercoaster of...
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S3 E Halloween - The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe
Happy Spooky times to one and all, This October we shall be narrating American author, Edgar Allan Poe's famously eerie poem “The Raven.” It was published in the New York Evening Mirror On January 29, 1845 and was equally praised and panned by critics of the day. The poem made Poe famous…
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S2 E5.05 Things Worth Knowing with Kari
Why hello there, Today Kari Nixon, PhD, reads Things Worth Knowing from the April 18th edition of the London Journal from 1863 Welcome back to Victorian Periodical Parade, 160 years ago folks were still interested in everyday events, the royals, and travel. They were folks just like us coming up...
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S2 E5.03 Lady Audley's Secret Chapter 13 - Story
Hello historians, Today Owen narrates Chapter 13 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade podcast is a time traveling vessel, going back 160 years to see what folks were interested in, and how they lived their daily lives. As it turns out...
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S2 E5.02 Lady Audley's Secret Chapter 12
Hallo friends, Today Owen narrates Chapter 12 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade podcast is a time traveling vessel, going back 160 years to see what folks were interested in, and how they lived their daily lives. As it turns out they...
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S2 E5.01 Lady Audley's Secret Chapter 11
Hello listeners old and new, Today Owen narrates Chapter 11 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade travels back in time 160 years to see what folks were interested in reading, learning about, and how they lived their daily lives. They…
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S2 E5.00 Lady Audley's Secret Chapter 10
Hello hello lovely people, Today Owen reads Chapter 10 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade travels back in time 160 years to see what folks were interested in reading, learning about, and how they lived their daily lives. They were…
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S2 E4.19 - Lady Audley's Secret - Chapter 9
Welcome back lovely people, ------------- Today Owen reads Chapter 9 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 The Victorian Periodical Parade travels back in time 160 years to see what folks were interested in reading, learning about, and how they lived their daily lives....
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S2 E4.01 - Miscellany that might pertain to Chapter 8
Why hello there, Today Kari Nixon, PhD, reads Miscellany from the April 11th edition Of the London Journal from 1863 Welcome back to Victorian Periodical Parade, 160 years ago folks were still interested in royal weddings, wildlife, and how to wear your hair to your wedding reception. They were...
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S2 E4.02 Lady Audley's Secret - Chapter 8
Hallu Hallu, Today Owen reads Chapter 8 of Lady Audley’s Secret Published in the London Journal from 1863 Welcome back to Victorian Periodical Parade, 160 years ago folks were still interested in royal weddings, wildlife, and how to wear your hair to your wedding reception. They were folks just...
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S2 E2.01 - Lady Audley's Secret - Chapter 3
Hello there, Today Owen Narrates "Lady Audley's Secret" Chapter 3 Written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Published in the London Journal 1863 Welcome back to the Victorian Periodical Parade. Welcome to the reading of Chapter 3 of Lady Audley’s Secret. My name is Owen and I have messed up again, this...
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S2 E3.03 - Lady Audley's Secret - Chapter 7
Hey listener, Today Owen Narrates "Lady Audley's Secret" Chapter 7 Written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Published in the London Journal 1863 Welcome back to the Victorian Periodical Parade. We have another reading from the London Journal for you today. My name is Owen and I have been assisting Kari...
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S2 E3.02 - News Article Time! With Kari Nixon
Hello Lovely Vicies and Victors, I'm glad you found your way over here to the Victorian Periodical Parade Welcome to the second reading of the 1863 edition of the London Journal. Kari Nixon, PhD, compares events of the past both to events of today and similarities with "Lady Audley's Secret." In...
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S3 E7.5 Aunt Agatha's Husband The Breakdown
Greetings to your Ears and Eyes, Warning, there are a handful of deaths referenced in this work. Natural deaths due to old age, as well as unfortunate circumstances, but death nonetheless. Daniel Kasper PHD is with us in this episode to breakdown the nuances of Lucy Hardy’s writing. Here is a…
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S2 E1.05 - A Home for Seaman's Orphans
S2 E1.05 A Home for Seaman's Orphans Published in the London Journal 1863 Hello World, We are glad that you have found your way into the Victorian Periodical Parade Welcome to the breakdown episode, where Kari compares the articles published in the same issue of the London Journal to the section…
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S2 E1.04 Lady Audley's Secret - Part 4
S2 E1.01 Owen Reads Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Published in the London Journal 1863 Hello Lovely Vickies and Victors, I am glad you found your way over here to the Victorian Periodical Parade Welcome to the another reading of Lady Audley's Secret. This is the last part of the...
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S3 E 5.01 - Halloween - The Breakdown - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Content Warning! Cursing, Talk of murder, suicide, violence, and death Hello Dear Listener! Here is the breakdown of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Crime stories? Breakdown episodes about such suspenseful Shilling Shockers? In this episode we talk with...
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S2 E1.01 Owen Reads Lady Audley's Secret
S1 E1.01 Owen Reads Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Published in the London Journal 1863 Hello Lovely Vicies and Victors, Im glad you found your way over here to the Victorian Periodical Parade Welcome to the second reading of the Cornhill magazine. My name is Owen and I will be...
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S1 E1.00 Dr. Nixon Observes Victorians
Hello Lovely Vicies and Victors, Im glad you found your way over here to the Victorian Periodical Parade Welcome to the first reading of the Cornhill magazine. My name is Owen Curtiss and I will be assisting Dr. Kari Nixon by reading the fiction portions of the 1862 bound annual edition. This is…
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S3 E0.5 Our Lady of Hate
Heia Scholars, This content has been a long time coming! Very sorry for the wait! Today we get to know the author Lucy Hardy, where she comes from and when she left this realm. Johnny Mains, @ohsinnerman, collected the works of Lucy Hardy and presents them in the collection titled, “Our Lady of...
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S3 E0.75 An Interview Between Friends and Co-Hosts
Hello Vickies, This content has been a long time coming as it is from a nearly 3 hour recording session, with so many good things going on! Very sorry for the wait! Today we get to know the fantastic Kari Nixon PhD, even more than we already had. We learn about her beginnings as a scholar, a few…
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S3 E6.75 - The Breakdown - Part 2 - That Delightful Stranger
Hello Hello Hello! We are here with the second portion of our discussion of That Delightful Stranger, by Lucy Hardy. Written in 1896. We have broken this episode down into smaller chunks so that you could have more manageable episode lengths. Let us know if this works out better, and we can do it...
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S3 E6.5 - The Breakdown - Part 1 - That Delightful Stranger
Hello Hello Hello! We are here with a portion of our discussion of That Delightful Stranger. We have broken this episode down into smaller chunks so that you could have more manageable episode lengths. Let us know if this works out better, and we can do it this way in the future. We talk about…
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S3 E6.25 That Delightful Stranger
Hello World, Welcome to a story about the resident gentry of Shingleside, a sea side town in England, were they misinterpret the message their own story tries to tell. We have a story narrated by Mrs. Millbird, who is all knowing and says that she was present at critical events, but also heard...
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S3 E5.75 - The Breakdown of The West Room
Hello Lovely Listeners, Please welcome back the lovely Kari Nixon Ph.D! She is back to breakdown "The West Room," written by Lucy Hardy a.k.a. Catherine Lord. This version was published in The Canterbury Journal October 25th 1895, but first WE LEARN! Then after, we will discuss the answers to…
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S3 E5.25 - The West Room
Content Warning: Child birth, murder, and death of a newborn of natural causes. In this episode, we visit The West Room written by Cathrine Lord in the Victorian Era, and edited by Johnny Mains, narrated by Owen Curtiss. Have you ever rented a house that was larger than you needed? Have…
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S3 E Christmas - A Visit from St. Nicholas Poem by Clement Clarke Moore
Merry Christmas All, Today we throw back to last year when Owen read 'Twas the night before Christmas for us. It was written by Clement Clarke Moore and is read by many. We will be taking the month of January as a break. Then there will be more content coming after that. We hope that everyone's...
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S3 E Halloween Part 7 - Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
Content Warning! Talk of murder, suicide, violence, and death Happy Holidays! Here is the conclusion of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Crime stories? This one comes to an end here, but has left behind a legacy. The final chapter, Henry Jekyll’s Full...
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S3 E Halloween Part 6 - Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon
Happy Cyber Monday! 299 total listens to the podcast so far! Thank you all for that support. It encourages me to keep working on them and improving. I hope that your Thanksgiving week was amazing! Do you enjoy murder mysteries? Crime stories? Good, because we have something in that same vein…
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S3 E Halloween Part 5 - The Incident of the Letter
Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful that you are listening to these episodes. It encourages me to keep working on them and improving. I hope that your week is amazing! And if you are having time off this week, that you relish it. If you are working as usual, I hope that it goes smoothly for you. Do...
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S3 E Halloween Part 4 - The Carew Murder Case
Hello Again! Do you enjoy Sherlock Holmes investigations? Good, because we have something in that same vein for you today. The Carew Murder Case is a Victorian Era chapter that draws from the popular best selling novels of the time, here we have an inspector from Scotland Yard, who is…
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S3 E Halloween Part 3 - In which Dr. Jekyll was Quite at Ease
Hello Lovely Listeners, Here is the short, third Chapter of the original version of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written by Robert Lewis Stevenson. It is quite different from the movies and renditions I have seen and heard of. I look forward to reading the part that gives rise to...
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S 3 E Halloween Part 2 - Mr. Utterson Goes on a Stakeout
We move on to Chapter 2 of our horror story. Isn't is strange that in the first sentence of Chapter 1 Mr. Utterson the lawyer is described as "a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty,...
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S 3 E Halloween Part 1 - We learn news of a door
In this episode we start digging deep into the more horrific side of Victorian Ghost stories. Did you know that this is how this story started? It seems to me like the film industry has changed this character and story a lot from its inception to now. This main character doesn't seem to match the...
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S3 E3 - Grannies Ghost Story - The Breakdown
Graphic content warning - Talk of a character from Thomas Hardys novel, Jude the Obscure, finding an 8 year old hanging them self along with their two younger siblings in a closet as the example of th excessive pessimism of the time, around the 16 minute mark - skip for 30 secunds, or until after...
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S3 E3 - Grannies Ghost Story
Content warning - description of death by drowning and the look of the ghost of a drowned person In this episode we get to know a twin brother and sister. As the Blue Peter flies for the elder twin sister she describes her husband, and her twin brother in their youth to her grandchildren. She…
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S3 E2.75 - The Curious Case of Susan Styles - The Breakdown
Content warning: In this story there is infanticide, and reference to the murder of an infant, we do not condone this, we are merely reacting to the story as it was written 160 years ago. Either prepare you ears or hit skip three times after we say, "The Curious Case of Susan Styleds." In today's...
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S3 E2.25 - The Curious Case of Susan Styles
Warning - this episode contains reference to infanticide. One character pleads guilty to it, and then its corpse is referenced. It touches the topic but does not go into great detail. Listen with care. Hello Wonderful Listeners, Welcome to Season 3 Episode 2 Part 1. We have mixed up production…
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S3 E1 - That Terrible Christmas Eve - Story and The Breakdown
Season 3 Episode 1 In this episode we talk about, read, react to, and break down the short story, "That Terrible Christmas Eve," written by Cathrine Lord in the 1890s. It is now a part of the collection, "Our Lady of Hate," which has been researched and edited by Johnny Mains, @ohsinnerman on...
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Season 3 Episode 0 - A Lengthy Teaser to the Podcast
Good Day Listeners! We are focusing our knowledge and expertise into the audio only venue. Seasons 1 and 2 are currently available on; YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8V3Nwr0QJn8obpVpFU9u9A or on Facebook Victorian Periodical Parade So head over over there to get to know more about…
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Season 3 Episode 0.0 - A Quick Introduction
Hello Listeners! We are focusing our knowledge and expertise into the audio only venue. Seasons 1 and 2 are currently available on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8V3Nwr0QJn8obpVpFU9u9A or on Facebook Victorian Periodical Parade so head over over there to get to know more about what…
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Join us as we "time travel," using newspapers, and novels to explore what life was like 160 years ago, In the Victorian Era! Each episode will be host banter, narration of a short story, break down of said short story, for you the 21st century listener, reading the nonfiction section, and then breaking that down, followed by a summary and a relaxing outro. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victorianparade/support
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