A Good Night For a Murder

Nov 20 2024 59 ep. 21 mins 15
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Welcome to A Good Night for a Murder, a Victorian true crime podcast. New episodes are released every month and cover notorious cases like Jack the Ripper and Lizzie Borden, to lesser known, but equally fascinating cases like chocolate cream poisoner Christiana Edmunds, missing socialite Dorothy Arnold, spirit photographer/scam artist William Mumler, and so many more. Check out Patreon for bonus content and Patreon exclusive series, A Good Night Snack. Follow along on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube @agoodnightforamurder, and www.agoodnightforamurder.com, and subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts.

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The Canary Girls (PATREON PREVIEW)

Nov 20 2024 8 mins  
A GOOD NIGHT SNACK exclusive Patreon series from A Good Night For a Murder.This is an episode PREVIEW. Listen to the full episode in the Housekeeper & Butler tier on PATREON.Earlier this month, I covered the Radium Girls on the regular podcast feed, then the Matchstick Girls as bonus content here on Patreon. In keeping with that theme, tonight’s Good Night Snack is about anot

The Radium Girls

Nov 06 2024 44 mins  
Tonight’s story comes to us from the US in the 1920s and 30s. It’s one of the stories that actually inspired me to start the podcast in the first place, and one I think a lot of you will be familiar with. So I hope I do it justice, and more importantly treat the victims with the respect and grace they deserve.This is the story of the Radium Girls. Follow along on Instagram, Tik

BONUS: The Legend of Stingy Jack

Oct 31 2024 10 mins  
This is a special bonus episode to celebrate the best night of the year, Halloween! This is the legend of Stingy Jack.Follow along on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube @agoodnightforamurder or www.agoodnightforamurder.com, and subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts.

The Truth About Bathsheba Sherman (PATREON PREVIEW)

Oct 16 2024 6 mins  
A GOOD NIGHT SNACK exclusive Patreon series from A Good Night For a Murder.This is an episode PREVIEW. Listen to the full episode in the Housekeeper & Butler tier on PATREON.One of the reasons I started this podcast is because as much as I love a ghost story, I always want to know the true story behind the story. And I was often surprised how far the facts of the matter were fr

Locked Away: Blanche Monnier

Oct 02 2024 20 mins  
Tonight’s story is nothing short of a real life Victorian horror story. It’s what happens when the societal pressure of Victorian era ideals go way, way, WAY too far. One mother’s sense of right and wrong became so monstrously twisted, that she locked away her own child for over two decades. This is the story of Blanche Monnier.Follow along on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube @a

Mirror Lore & Superstitions (PATREON PREVIEW)

Sep 18 2024 8 mins  
A GOOD NIGHT SNACK exclusive Patreon series from A Good Night For a Murder.This is an episode PREVIEW. Listen to the full episode in the Housekeeper & Butler tier on PATREON.This episode is dedicated to mirror lore and superstitions! In the Victorian era, it was common practice to cover all of the mirrors in the house when someone in the home died, so the spirit's soul didn't g

Spring-Heeled Jack: Phantom or Prankster?

Sep 04 2024 30 mins  
So far as I’m concerned, spooky season starts in September. Tonight’s story is one that caused Victorians to lose sleep for over 65 years - and is still a mystery to this day.This is the story of Spring-heeled Jack.Follow along on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube @agoodnightforamurder or www.agoodnightforamurder.com, and subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts.

Confidence Queen Bertha Heyman

Aug 07 2024 28 mins  
Tonight’s story is about a Victorian con artist. A female con artist, at that! She was known as the “Confidence Queen” and was considered by the New York City police department to be - quote "the boldest and most expert of the many female adventuresses who infest the country.” Let’s get to know her, shall we?This is the story of Bertha Heyman.Follow along on Instagram, Ti

The Red Inn Affair

Jul 03 2024 17 mins  
Tonight’s story takes us to the countryside of France where unspeakable things were said to have taken place at a quaint roadside inn. This is the story of the Red Inn Affair.Follow along on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube @agoodnightforamurder or www.agoodnightforamurder.com, and subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts.

Victorian Bonnie & Clyde: Lavinia and John Fisher

Jun 05 2024 29 mins  
The subject of tonight’s story is often cited as “America’s first female serial killer.” Now, whether or not that is true, any story that could make such a claim is a story worth telling. In my opinion though, what we really have here, is the story of a true Victorian era Bonnie and Clyde.This is the story of Lavinia and John Fisher.Follow along on Instagram, TikTok, or You