Haunted History Chronicles

If you were visiting Paris today, you’d probably find yourself walking past the love padlocks on the Pont des Arts, walking through Notre Dame and a mile on from there you’d be at the Louvre. If you were in Paris in the 1880s, there would be an altogether different attraction that you would almost certainly have found yourself in. The “only free theatre in Paris”, otherwise known as the La Morgue. The morgue first opened its doors to the public in 1804 on Île de la Cité, before moving to a new and larger building behind Notre Dame in 1864, where a memorial now sits. The location of the morgue was no accident: being in the epicentre of Paris and right next to the Seine, the morgue was in a good position to receive both the dead and the living. Many of the bodies, which were picked up off the streets or fished out of the Seine, were unidentifiable, so the public were ostensibly allowed in to help with their identification.

At the time, Paris was changing; it was becoming a more social, less divided city. Sigmund Freud described it in 1885 as a place where, “I don’t think they know the meaning of shame or fear; the women no less than the men crowd round nudities as much as they do round corpses in the morgue”. People of all ages and classes were beginning to socialise on the streets of Paris and in its local attractions. The morgue became one of the places to see and be seen and, since the morgue was open seven days a week, from dawn to 6pm, many Parisian residents became regular visitors right along with the tourists.

Joining me today is historian Catriona Byers who specialises in urban death, policing, medicine and photography from the nineteenth-century to the present day. She’s currently working on a PhD at King’s College London, focusing on the morgues of Paris and New York from 1864-1914. We were able to chat about the history of the morgue and some of the tragic stories of people who passed through there. We also examine how it was more than just a popular attraction as we examine the role it played in modern policing and forensics and more...

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Guest information:

Website: https://www.catbyers.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/heymorguegirl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heymorguegirl/

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Salem, Spirits, and the Supernatural: How Superstition Crossed an Ocean

In today’s episode we will be joined by Josef from https://salemghosts.com and https://usghostadventures.com to explore Salem: it’s history, the paranormal and connections with a famous witch trial in England along with a host of other interesting discussion points.

So grab your broomsticks and warm your toes by a bubbling cauldron as we explore the history of witches, witchcraft and witch trials and discuss the now infamous events of Salem.

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Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/

https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials

Alton in Hampshire, England, is home to a particular tragic and haunting story. A story that captured newspapers and imaginations at the time and would go on to create macabre words and phrases that are still used today but for whom few know the dark, etymological root.

In today's episode we step back into 1867 to explore a haunting Victorian crime that devastated a community- shadows of which may still be present today.

As always, thank you for listening.

If you want to get your hands on The Feminine Macabre Volume I, II or III then make sure to take a look at https://spookeats.com/femininemacabre/ or via Amazon. You can explore my chapter titled, 'In Search of the Medieval' in Volume III.

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Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe in Gloucestershire is a place that you fall in love with for its tranquility and beauty. This castle has one of the richest histories - it truly has everything- war, romance, royalty and tragedies.

It is here The Lady In Green is often seen standing and gazing out by an upstairs window or observed wandering the corridors forever searching for the future she was denied. Step back in time and explore who she was- the events of her life, death and unquiet afterlife. Explore the castle that became her final resting place and the spirits that still linger on its grounds.

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Sources:

Detailed first hand account of the desecration of Katherine Parr https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RpJFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA403&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Available in the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Footsteps-Six-Wives-Henry-VIII-ebook/dp/B01CUR2WUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542734802&sr=8-1&keywords=in+the+footsteps+of+the+six+wives+of+henry+viii

Available in the US : https://www.amazon.com/Footsteps-Six-Wives-Henry-VIII/dp/144567114X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542734889&sr=8-1&keywords=in+the+footsteps+of+the+six+wives+of+henry+viii

https://dyingcharlotte.com/2017/11/26/the-unquiet-afterlife-of-katherine-parr/

Here is a fantastic video created by a friend of mine about Sudeley Castle and the life of Katherine Parr. https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=1368975646619694

The first episode of this two part podcast was only a warm up. Join us again with our special guests Haunted History BC https://hauntedhistorybc.com as we give you even more chilling accounts of history and hauntings. We continue exploring BC in the early days and take you on a truly terrifying ride. This episode is not for the faint-hearted. We meander down the darkened ally of a burned down hotel which once had an amazing history only to reveal an even stranger modern-day mystery. We will explore a splendid Tudor style inn with ghosts awakened by a Ouija session followed by a trip to a cemetery linked to murder and a Christmas Eve tragedy. Then if you dare, grab your flashlights and follow us to a high school built on a burial ground, a carriage ride at dusk through a haunted park with a screaming apparition and finally a museum with some creepy dolls.

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https://twitter.com/HauntedHistory2

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