Ep. 29 - Butchery with Banjos and Vinegar Valentines

On today's episode, we will have butchery with banjos, naked maniacs decapitating people, Lesbians, more butchery, some charming insults that Victorians liked to send to one another on Valentines day, and a very special love poem. References for today's episode: “A Naked Man's Horrible Deeds,” Illustrated Police News, December 18, 1880 "Butchered" With a Banjo,” Illustrated Police News, July 3, 1880 “Bloody Butchery,” Illustrated Police News, January 31, 1880 https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/misogyny-created-a-space-for-women-to-f-ck-in-the-19th-century-d32f6ab34e48 https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/misogyny-created-a-space-for-women-to-f-ck-in-the-19th-century-d32f6ab34e48 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-same-sex-valentines-day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices