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My Victorian Nightmare

Your Hostess, Genevieve Manion, shares hauntingly beautiful poetry from the Victorian era's most beloved authors to enchant your heart, calm your nerves, or scare you right to sleep. All 13 episodes available exclusively on Patreon. Go to Patreon to find out more.
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  • Jan 20, 2025 · 17 min

    Ep. 3 - Watch For Me by Moonlight

    In this episode, Geneveive will share the dangerous allure of fairies, a sailor's harrowing journey, a transition from splendor to ruin and a tragic, moonlit love story. “The Fairies” by William Allingham, “The Haunted Palace” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and “The Highway Man” by Alfred Noyes.

  • Jan 13, 2025 · 14 min

    Ep. 2 - The Icy Silence of the Tomb

    In this episode, Genevieve reads "The Poor Ghost" by Christina Georgina Rossetti, "Dead Man's Hate" by Robert Ervin Howard, "The Unreturned"
by Wilfred Owen, "Beyond the Last Lamp" by Thomas Hardy, "This Living Hand" by John Keats, and "The Witch" by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge.

  • Jan 5, 2025 · 14 min

    Ep. 1 - Her Noble Bones

    This first episode includes "From the Lady of the Manor" by George Crabbe, "From the Hand of Glory" by R.H. Barham, "The New House" by Edward Thomas, "The Stolen Child" by W.B. Yeats, "From the City of Dreadful Night" by James Thomson, and the delightfully dark "Spider and the Fly" by Mary Howitt.

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