My Victorian Nightmare

Ep. 82 - Madame Vesta la Viesta’s Galactic Love Affairs & The Meek’s Family Murders

Montag, 16. Februar 2026 · 38 min

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On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss Madame Vesta la Viesta, the galactic mystic and clairvoyant, suicidal ghosts, mediums in spirit cabinets, and the horrifying Meeks family murder of 1894.
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References:
“The Haunted House” - The Jeffersonian, Dec. 3rd, 1859.
“THE APPEARANCE OF SPIRITS AT PUBLIC MEETINGS” - The Spiritualist, Feb. 15th, 1870.
boweryboyshistory.com/2014/02/get-rich-magic-a… (delish.com/food-news/a70248518/toxic-levels-ar…)
murderbygaslight.com/2011/04/meeks-family-murd… (delish.com/food-news/a70248518/toxic-levels-ar…)
sullivan.mogenweb.org/meeksmurders.html (delish.com/food-news/a70248518/toxic-levels-ar…)
findagrave.com/memorial/62455822/nellie_l-spray (delish.com/food-news/a70248518/toxic-levels-ar…)
ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/850.pdf (delish.com/food-news/a70248518/toxic-levels-ar…)

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