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Genevieve discusses the Victorian practice of St. Mark's Eve and various haunted and cursed objects.

On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the terrifying Victorian St. Mark’s Eve practice of waiting for wraiths (the ghosts of future dead people) to reveal themselves and walk through church doors at midnight. She will also discuss haunted and cursed objects like the Delhi Purple Sapphire, The Conjured Chest and the lost Franklin Exhibition-inspired painting, “Man Proposes, God Disposes.” Thank you to today’s sponsors! Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/victorian Get your menopause treatment plan today. Visit myalloy.com and use code VICTORIAN for $20 off your first order! Subscribe to the Newsletter! ⁠https://myvictoriannightmare.myflodesk.com/myukzmys04⁠ Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/MyVictorianNightmare/membership Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXxFY1iEbTa/?igsh=MXdjZDcyMnZpaDk3Yw== References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Eve https://www.telelib.com/authors/I/IrvingWashington/prose/bracebridgehallvol1/bracebridgehall021.html…

People in this episode

Host: Genevieve Manion

Topics covered

• Victorian practices
• wraiths
• haunted objects
• cursed items
• ghosts
• St. Mark's Eve

Keywords

• Victorian
• wraiths
• St. Mark's Eve
• cursed objects
• haunted items
• ghosts

Sponsors

Rula, Alloy, Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Products: menopause treatment plan

Books & works: Man Proposes, God Disposes, Delhi Purple Sapphire, The Conjured Chest

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