Ep. 48 - 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.

• “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-0c637d8265c1
• https://historyofhypnosis.org/19th-century/
• https://vintagehairstyling.com/bobbypinblog/2019/11/adding-hair-pieces-to-your-vintage-hairstyle-a-history-of-the-hair-switch.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_brothers

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices