Ep. 93 - The Wraiths of St. Mark’s Eve & Cursed Victorian Objects
Podcast: My Victorian NightmarePublished On: Mon May 04 2026
Description: On today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the terrifying Victorian St. Mark’s Eve practice of waiting for wraiths (the ghosts of future dead people) to reveal themselves and walk through church doors at midnight. She will also discuss haunted and cursed objects like the Delhi Purple Sapphire, The Conjured Chest and the lost Franklin Exhibition-inspired painting, “Man Proposes, God Disposes.”Subscribe to the Newsletter!Subscribe to the Patreon free trial for ad-free listening!Today's Instagram PostReferences:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Evehttps://www.telelib.com/authors/I/IrvingWashington/prose/bracebridgehallvol1/bracebridgehall021.htmlhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/doomed-to-die-on-st-marks-eve/https://allpoetry.com/St.-Mark's-Eve---A-Fragmenthttps://whatliesbeyond.boards.net/thread/10973/watching-nearly-departed-marks-evehttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cursed-amethyst-natural-history-museumhttps://history.ky.gov/news/new-details-about-the-cursed-chesthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Proposes,_God_Disposeshttps://stephenliddell.co.uk/2018/09/10/the-tale-of-the-cursed-amethyst-at-the-natural-history-museum-in-london/http://heronallensociety.co.uk/the-purple-sapphire-mystery-solved.html
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