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
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