A Good Night For a Murder

I know you’re all here for a good Victorian murder story, but buckle up for this one folks, it is not for the faint of heart. The subject of tonight’s story is sometimes referred to as “the female Sweeny Todd.” If you don’t know, Sweeny Todd is a famous fictional character who first appeared in 1846 in penny dreadful publications. The character was a barber that would slit the throats of his clients, so his partner in crime could bake their bodies into pies and sell them to the unexpecting public. But that is fiction! Tonight’s story is rooted in real events. This is the story of Kate Webster.
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I know you’re all here for a good Victorian murder story, but buckle up for this one folks, it is not for the faint of heart. The subject of tonight’s story is sometimes referred to as “the female Sweeny Todd.” If you don’t know, Sweeny Todd is a famous fictional character who first appeared in 1846 in penny dreadful publications. The character was a barber that would slit the throats of his clients, so his partner in crime could bake their bodies into pies and sell them to the unexpecting public.

But that is fiction! Tonight’s story is rooted in real events. This is the story of Kate Webster.

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As is often the case with true crime, the facts of a case can turn out stranger than fiction. But in tonight’s story, much of what came to be accepted as fact, did wind up to actually be fiction. Luckily, I am here for you, to separate the fact from the fiction of a very notorious case. And even though we’re going to be overturning some of the myths surrounding this case, it does not make it, in any way, a less compelling story. This is the true story of HH Holmes.
A Good Night for a Murder is a true crime podcast that does cover stories including death, violence, sexual assault, and other adult themes. Tonight’s episode does mention the death of children.
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Whether or not you believe in ghosts, let me tell you... the Victorians sure did. Tonight’s story is famously known as the only case in which testimony from a ghost helped convict a murderer. This is the story of the Greenbrier ghost.
A Good Night for a Murder is a true crime podcast that does cover stories including death, violence, sexual assault, and other adult themes.
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I want you to think back for just a second about the early days of COVID. It was a scary time! The government responded by mandating schools and businesses to close, they ordered curfews, shelter in place, and stay at home orders. And we all had to get on board too, because you could be spreading it and not even know!

But what if the health department, and the police, showed up at your home and said, “We think you’re spreading COVID, and you need to come with us...” Absolutely no one would stand for that! Right?

Well, in the 19th century, government officials had started to realize that public health was a thing they needed to be concerned with. Germ theory had started to take root and people were being asked to adopt all sorts of cleanliness practices that no one thought twice about before. So they were kind of starting to figure out the “why,” but what to do about it was still notfully baked.

Because in 1906, the health department and police did show up at someone’s door, take them away, and force them to quarantine for a cumulative 26 years on an island in the East River in New York City.

This is the story of Mary Mallon, otherwise known as Typhoid Mary.
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