Ep. 65 - CREEPY Victorian Halloween Traditions & Haunted Lincoln History

On today’s episode, Genevieve will have ghosts, ghosts and more spooky ghosts, including ghost trains! As well as the capture of 2 midnight grave robbers, Mary Todd Lincoln incognito at a seance, and Scottish Halloween traditions from 1876.
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References:
“A Haunted House in Brooklyn” - The Times-Picayune, Nov. 23rd, 1874.
"Mr. J.S. Steele" - The Spiritualist, Dec. 1869.
"Chicago Hyenas" - Chicago Tribune, Mar. 4th, 1872.
"Mrs. Lincoln Seeking the Spirit of Her Husband in Boston" - Illustrated Police News, Feb. 29th, 1872.
"The Late Railroad Accident" - The Daily Journal, Jan. 11th, 1856.
"Halloween" - Anaheim Gazette, Nov. 4th, 1876.
thoughtco.com/supernatural-and-spooky-events-1….
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maco_light
ourstate.com/maco-light
whitehousehistory.org/seances-in-the-red-room
web.archive.org/web/20111228012923/http://www.…
historicrailpark.com/otr-blog/the-haunting-of-…