A Good Night For a Murder
Kim Ess
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About This Podcast
Welcome to A Good Night for a Murder, a Victorian true crime podcast. New episodes are released every month and cover notorious cases like Jack the Ripper and Lizzie Borden, to lesser known, but equally fascinating cases like chocolate cream poisoner Christiana Edmunds, missing socialite Dorothy Arnold, spirit photographer/scam artist William Mumler, and so many more. Check out Patreon for bonus content and Patreon exclusive series, A Good Night Snack. Follow along on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube @agoodnightforamurder, and www.agoodnightforamurder.com, and subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts.
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S4E53 Changeling: The Tragic Tale of Bridget Cleary
Was it a cure, or was it murder?In late 19th century Ireland, fairy lore ran so deep that one man believed his sick wife had been swapped with a fairy changeling and went to extreme lengths to get…
S4E52 Fatal Love Triangle: The Scattered Dutchman
On this Valentines Day eve, I have, what else, but the story of a scandalous Victorian era love triangle, that ends in murder. What makes this story even more outrageous though, was how investigative…
S4E51 Cult of the Axe Murderer
On February 24, 1911 the Barnabet family of Lafayette, Louisiana awoke to the news that their neighbors, the Andrus family, had been murdered in the night. The family had been struck down in their…
S4 BONUS: Three Classic Victorian Ghost Stories
Happy Holidays everyone! Victorians considered the holiday season the best season for ghost stories. As you prepare for your Christmas festivities, enjoy three classic ghost stories Victorians would…
S4 Weird Victorian Graves
This the debut of a new type of episode on the public feed called A Good Night Snack!The first Good Night Snack I have for you, is about weird Victorian graves. Some of the legends are real, some are…
S4E50 There is no Death. There are no Dead.
Two teenagers, the Fox sisters, are credited with igniting the Spiritualist movement. At its height, by the late 1800s, upwards of 8 million people across the US and Europe were said to subscribe to…
S4E49 Starvation "Doctor" Linda Hazzard
Linda Hazzard developed her own fasting protocol that she said was a “panacea for all manner of illnesses, ridding the body of toxins that caused imbalances in the body." She said all disease was…
S4E48 Murder By Sleepwalker
Hello everyone, welcome to season 4 of A Good Night for a Murder, a Victorian true crime podcast. My name is Kim, tonight’s story might leave you a little uneasy as you prepare to climb in to bed…
S4 A Good Night For a Murder: Season 4 Trailer
This season you can expect more mysterious poisoning plots, strangers with top hats lurking about dark alleys, house staff bent on revenge, and more.Be sure to follow and subscribe to A Good Night…
BONUS: Fortune Teller Killer Louisa Lindloff
What would you make of a psychic medium who used their gift to foretell the deaths of those around them? Pretty spooky, right? But, what if they used this gift to take out life insurance policies…
A Poisoner's Tale: History of Aqua Tofana (PATREON PREVIEW)
A GOOD NIGHT SNACK exclusive Patreon series from A Good Night For a Murder.This is an episode PREVIEW. Listen to the full episode in the Housekeeper & Butler tier on PATREON.When I sit down to do…
S1E47 Black Widow Louise Vermilya
At the end of every episode, I usually ask you, the listening audience, to let me know what you thought about the the story I just told… But tonight, I really want to know what you think. On the…
Tombstone, AZ: The Town Too Tough to Die (PATREON PREVIEW)
A GOOD NIGHT SNACK exclusive Patreon series from A Good Night For a Murder.This is an episode PREVIEW. Listen to the full episode in the Housekeeper & Butler tier on PATREON.I realized there’s…
S3E46 The Last Thing Sarah Jane Roberts Saw
Towards the end of 2024, I released a lot of fun bonus content, a compilation episode covering multiple stories, and even strayed in to the Edwardian era a little bit. But tonight, for the first…
S3 BONUS: A Victorian Horror Story for Christmas
This is a special bonus episode to celebrate Christmas the Victorian way.In the winter and especially during the Christmas season, Victorian’s enjoyed gathering with the family around the fire at…
Most Haunted Victorian Houses (PATREON PREVIEW)
A GOOD NIGHT SNACK exclusive Patreon series from A Good Night For a Murder.This is an episode PREVIEW. Listen to the full episode in the Housekeeper & Butler tier on PATREON.Similar to the…
S3E45 Victorian Murder at Christmastime
This is the Christmas episode! Nothing says holly and jolly like the Victorian macabre after all. Tonight, as my holiday season gift to you, I don’t have one story to tell you, I have FOUR Victorian…
S3 A Conversation With Epoch Preservation, Grave Conservator
I invited a guest on the podcast to talk about something I find super interesting, which is cemeteries and gravestone conservation.We talked about what a grave conservator does, how to get in to the…
The Canary Girls (PATREON PREVIEW)
A GOOD NIGHT SNACK exclusive Patreon series from A Good Night For a Murder.This is an episode PREVIEW. Listen to the full episode in the Housekeeper & Butler tier on PATREON.Earlier this month, I…
S3E44 The Radium Girls
Tonight’s story comes to us from the US in the 1920s and 30s. It’s one of the stories that actually inspired me to start the podcast in the first place, and one I think a lot of you will be familiar…
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A Good Night For a Murder has published 77 episodes since April 2022, covering topics in History, Society & Culture.
A Good Night For a Murder is currently declining with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 23m.
