S9 Ep7: The Victorian Obsession with Shrunken...

The Midnight Library is honored to have pod star, Robin Warder, as our guest! Join us as he travels well beyond the cordoned-off areas, finds a kitten, and attempts to get his little mitties on our sacred volumes. He risks his life to find the secret of the mystery of Teresita Ba ...  Show more

Accidents will happen. It seems no matter how hard we all try, things just sometimes have a way of getting mixed up. Shoes go on the wrong feet. The right key goes into the wrong lock. And a live person gets buried, even though they're not dead. It happened, Dear Guest, and more ...  Show more

In this week's episode, Genevieve talks about elaborate Victorian funeral traditions, what was, and was not, acceptable mourning fashion of the day, Queen Victoria’s obsession with her dead husband that sparked the trends, the hardship and power of 19th-century widowhood, as well ...  Show more

Stories in this episode:- Renaissance Fair Psychic, by Sara- My Friend's Rabbit Man Experience, by Ofelia- Story Submission, by Beryle- I Bought a Possessed Cup, by Shelbi- Haunted Virginal, by Aardman- Over 35 years with My Succubus Babysitter, by Tiffy Rocks- Our Ghosts Got Bor ...  Show more

Love a good mix of spooky and "wtf is wrong with people"! Thanks to the listeners in this episode for sharing your stories! Send in your own story here: https://www.cookies-and-crime.com/contact There's Merch! Check it out here: https://www.cookies-and-crime.com/merch Make sure t ...  Show more