Ep. 83 - A Criminal LUNATIC Murderer and Master Painter of Fairies

On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the “criminal lunatic murderer” and master painter of fairies, Richard Dadd, the ballsiest, fraudulent mediums of all: the Davenport brothers, men attacked with swords, the tough lives of newsboys, and blood-thirsty female whisky-slingers, all this and much much more.

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References:

http://nineduane.queenitsy.com/

https://livingwithschizophreniauk.org/richard-dadd/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fairy_Feller%27s_Master-Stroke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_brothers

“The Haunted House” - The Jeffersonian, Sat, Dec 03, 1859.

The Spiritualist - Feb 15th, 1870.

“A Man Fearfully Cut with Swords in Brooklyn” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 18th, 1872.

“The Grand Executioner Dead”- The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 18th, 1872.

“Attempted Suicide of a Married Lady in Third Street, Allegheny, Pa.” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 18th, 1872.

“The Newsboys’ Home, in New York City” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 18th, 1872.

“A BLOOD-THIRSTY FEMALE WHISKEY-SLINGER” - The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 18th, 1872.

“A Harrisburg Woman Sits Beside her Lazy Husband in a Bar-Room, and is Resolved to Remain as Long as he Does”-  The Illustrated Police News, Apr. 18th, 1872.