This is a bonus content episode available exclusively for our Housekeeper and Butler tier Patrons. To accompany episode 38 about Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, I have the story of another bad Victorian doctor.

This is the story of Dr. William Palmer.

In terms of notoriety, this case belongs alongside the likes of HH Holmes and Jack the Ripper. His name usually comes up in both of their stories, but the truth about him is comparatively lesser known.

This is the story of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream.

This is the Valentines Day episode. If there’s one thing you can count on in A Good Night For a Murder on Valentine’s Day, it’s a love triangle and a poisoning.

This is the story of chocolate cream killer, Christana Edmunds.

Tonight’s story may arguably be the one most prolifically retold Victorian true crime stories of all time. It has inspired plays, publications, music, films - I mean it must be a wild story to stand the test of time like that right? It even includes a bit of a supernatural twist. This is the story of the Red Barn Murder.

Tonight’s story was actually a listener request from a while back. I did not document where this request came in or who sent it, but it’s a good one. It’s got a love triangle, sex scandal and murder, and it was the first execution of a husband and wife in England in nearly 150 years. So thank you to the listener who recommended this case. If you have a case request you can contact me on my website or any of my social media channels.

This is the story of the Bermondsey Horror.

Tonight’s story takes place on a dark, isolated island off the coast of New England. This is the story of the Smuttynose murders.

We’ve spent the last few episodes stateside, but for our story tonight we’re headed back to good old London, England for a classic Victorian lodging house scandal and murder. Plot twists and colorful characters abound in tonight’s case. This is the story of the Euston Square murder.

Tonight we’re going back to Fall River, Massachusetts, nearly 60 years before the infamous Lizzie Borden trial would take place. Before the murders of Abbey and Andrew Borden, the town played host to a scandalous case involving murder and a disgraced minister. This is the story of Sarah Maria Cornell.

Tonight’s case is about a strong, independent woman - who some might also describe as an enterprising young woman - who also became one of early America’s most prolific female serial killers. This is the story of Belle Gunness.

Tonight’s case is about an early American serial killer whose crimes and reign of terror rival that of Jack the Ripper. This is the story of the Texas Servant Girl Annihilator.

Tonight’s story is one where so much has changed in true crime since the Victorian era, but so much also stayed exactly the same. You’ll see what I mean. This is the story of Getter’s Island.

In this season opener we’re going to cover a case that encompasses something that I think is a lot of people’s worst fears. And if it isn’t a fear you already have, it might become one after hearing this case. Sometimes called Angels of mercy, or angels of death, this story is about what happens when someone trusted with the care of others, abandons their oath to “do no harm.” This is the story of Jane Toppan.

In a nod to the wrap up of Mardi Gras this week, we’re headed to New Orleans. This is the story of Madame Delphine LaLaurie.

Welcome to the the Valentine’s Day episode. We’re going to be talking about flowers, and chocolate, and murdering your lovers wife. This is the story of Cordelia Botkin.

To continue with the theme of Victorian true crime firsts in celebration of the new year, tonight’s story covers something that nowadays we just consider to be fact. But in the Victorian era, it was all brand new. And that something is fingerprinting. Tonight’s story is the first murder case solved by the use of fingerprint evidence. This is the story of the Stratton Brothers.

Seeing as it’s the first month of 2023, in this month’s episodes I’m covering two Victorian true crime firsts. Tonight’s episode is about the first murderer who was arrested with the aid of wireless telegraphy. This is the story of Dr. Crippen.

Did you know that the first detective mystery story was actually written by Edgar Allan Poe, and that it was inspired by true events? In 1841 there was a murder in New York City that captured the fascination of the public and Poe alike. This is the story of Mary Rogers.

Telling scary stories is a Victorian Christmas tradition. And tonight I have what I’d consider more of a Victorian horror story for you. It comes to us from the cold, snowy forests of North America. This is the story of Swift Runner and the wendigo.

Seeing as December is just around the corner, I am here to present to you tonight, a Christmas Eve murder. This is the story of Harriet Buswell.

She was a black widow. And, she was an angel of death. But why? Did she think she was showing mercy to her victims? Was she herself a victim of society’s failures and the lack of support? Or was she just a cold and callous murderer? This is the story of the Derby Poisoner, Lydia Sherman.