Ep. 56 - BONE-CHILLING Chinese Ghost Stories From the 1800s

On this week’s episode, Genevieve will discuss a number of brutal murders, throat slittings, girls shooting themselves in the face, sleighing accidents, smallpox in a corn-crib, horse burglars - meaning burglars who are horses - scenes from a scaffold, swallowed pen knives and so much more.

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References for today’s episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supernatural_beings_in_Chinese_folklore#:~:text=to%20snatch%20babies.-,Wutou%20gui%20(%E6%97%A0%E5%A4%B4%E9%AC%BC),her%20head%20on%20the%20side

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_in_Chinese_culture#:~:text=Ghosts%20without%20means%20(%E7%84%A1%E8%B2%A1,distressing%20to%20themselves%20and%20others

https://www.dharmadrum.org/portal_d8_cnt_page.php?folder_id=56&cnt_id=259&up_page=1#:~:text=In%20Buddhism%2C%20the%20Yogacara%20Flaming,the%20Burning%2DMouth%20Hungry%20Ghosts

https://www.bkwaterfronthistory.org/story/unsung-builders/

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-examination-immigrants-ellis-island/2008-04#:~:text=Control%20of%20infectious%20agents%20also,Island%20and%20other%20U.S.%20immigration

“Mongolian Ghosts” - St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 28th, 1876.

“Thought-Reading and Physical Manifestations” - The Spiritualist, Nov. 19th 1869.

“Love, Murder and Suicide at Bozrah, Conn.” -The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“Accidental Shooting of a Young Girl in Batesville, Arkansas” -The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“Awful Fate of a Pauper” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“A Horse Turned Burglar at New London, Conn.” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“Peculiar Filial Love” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“Singular Sleighing Accident to a Lady in Worcester, Mass.” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“The Scaffold” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 15th, 1872.

“Roasted To a Crisp” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 22nd, 1872.

“What Sort of a Woman will this Girl Be” - The Illustrated Police News, Feb. 22nd, 1872.