Spooky Victorians
In 2014, Andrew Garvey dived into the newspaper archives to come up with a regular Spooky Victorians column, where he explored some of the strangest goings on from the 1800s.
Spooky Victorians articles on Spooky Isles

Florence Marryat: A Revolutionary in Victorian Vampire Literature
30 November 2014

Professor Pepper’s Ghost: Behind the Smoke and Mirrors
16 November 2014

When Animals Attacked in Victorian Times
9 November 2014

‘Naming Jack the Ripper’ doesn’t prove Jack
14 September 2014

Victorian Ghost Hunting in 1869
7 September 2014

J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s Death: What the newspapers said
31 August 2014

Who was Susan Willis Fletcher, Convicted Spiritualist Fraud?
10 August 2014

Victorian Ghost Sightings Found in 1890s Newspapers
20 July 2014

What Happened On Friday the 13th July, 1894?
13 July 2014

The Other Bram Stoker, a man of many talents
22 June 2014

Victorian Lunatic Asylums – The Living Tombs!
25 May 2014