Sinister and Deadly Victorian* Women Compilation (And One Georgian!)

[@pjsavastano6353]

This gentleman is a wonderful story teller, I enjoy listening to his voice

[@moetimski9767]

He seems like he could be the nicest person in the world literally

[@KwertyKeys]

He’s from Glasgow but I think he’s lived in England a long time, his accent is a mix of Scottish and English accents

[@nikki7962]

Agreed ❤

[@shannonshorts-johnson306]

I want to take a moment and extend hearty thanks to you for bringing us such informative videos. I discovered your channel about a year ago and have binged every episode. Also, my husband commented on how stylish you are and how professional your voice is. You are a very debonair gentleman! Thank you, again, for your amazing channel!

[@violetfemme411]

Ditto 🥰💯

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Oh wow--"impecunious" is a word i haven't heard in a long time. There are so many things i love about this channel, and your phrasing/vocabulary choices are definitely part of that.

[@kenijonesESQ]

And can rock the tweed too

[@franciebelcher4594]

Ditto👏👏👏

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Somebody reminded me of the term 'wordsmith' recently, and i thought about what a noble profession i consider that to be. I subsequently realised how anachronistic my existence has become, and i watched a bunch of Victorian-themed docos to console myself. Then Paul Brodie said "impecunious" and suddenly all was right with the world again because a wordsmith is a magician, amiright? :) @@franciebelcher4594

[@lawrencedewan9838]

Your remark seems impecunious...

[@nancyekstrom8409]

This was the first time I’ve ever seen or heard that word. I’m 78 years old, but there’s more to learn.

[@brylcreemy]

The lack on conscience in some people stuns me. I enjoy your narration, thank you!

[@claires8735]

I agree. I ❤ the way these stories are written as well as read. 🙂

[@sylviasnyder6751]

Mary Cotton was def. guilty. NOBODY is that unlucky!

[@Mehki227]

Exactly!

[@Britt9191]

I am, not with death but I am 😢

[@timothy2935]

​@@Britt9191 awe ❤

[@bekkakay8573]

@@Britt9191hang in there 😊

[@vfderby1027]

And she survived environmental arsenic yet everyone around her succumbed - guilty.

[@secondchairmusic]

I'm gonna need about....100 more of these compilations! I can't get enough!

[@tt8807]

My mom took me to see Arsenic and Old Lace at Drurylane theater. I was 8 and was given no info on the play. I just kept thinking the old ladies were geniuses! Was clueless poisoning was so trendy back in the day!

[@hughgabin8068]

Have you seen the film? It's quite good! Old also!

[@meatavoreNana]

My mum took me to see the movie..Can't remember how old I was.😊

[@gaylegoodman9097]

The movie is hilarious, with Cary Grant, showing his great comedic skills! 😂

[@littlemissmichele9254]

I love the movie. It's one of my favourites.

[@MegCazalet]

It’s a really fun play for high schools to do. ❤

[@resarm5007]

Just found your channel this week, Paul. Appreciate your unique way of presenting these stories. I find myself relaxing to them as I wind down and go to sleep...and then I'll have to rewatch to get the entire story if I nod off 😊

[@Harley_Girl68]

Paul is definitely a fan favorite!!! We love him!

[@commonsense571]

Lucky you get to binge on it all for the first time 🎉❤

[@gaylegoodman9097]

I am doing the same thing right now, having fallen last night during this story. 😂

[@MrsABC7997]

I know that arsenic was heavily used in the color green in that time. Anything colored green, books, clothes, wallpapers. However, if there was enough "green" items around to kill all of those people around her, how exactly did she survive??? She totally did it!

[@MariamaDiallo-fj6ow]

I see- so is this why green is the favorite color of Disney villains?

[@lorrainedalgleish7616]

Me and mine would have been in trouble as green is my fav colour. Death by green clothes.

[@keddy5627]

William Morris Green!

[@flavia8504]

I was thinking the same.

[@dawnchester7352]

Hmmmm The Green Book?

[@abigailhornibrook2470]

My friend, you are one of the elite, the bold and the knowledgeable, thank you for what you do.

[@AAMARTCLUB]

You cannot imagine the effect of listening to your beautiful voice has on my health: physical and mental. I live for my family and my garden, but illness has isolated me from much company. You make the day so much more interesting! Thank you Sir!

[@nikki7962]

His voice is so pleasant makes me smile ❤❤

[@bekkakay8573]

Amen!😊

[@Beelzebubba1983]

Awe. 😢 I'm glad you find comfort here too. My illness keeps me Iso a lot too. Too much stress 😢. Before the internet I suffered a lot more with depression from being isolated too much. I'm happy you can find interest and enjoyment too.

[@tanyawade5197]

@@Beelzebubba1983 I’m sorry to know that you & OP are so isolated. I know how that is, too. I wish you two all the best in every area of your lives❤️‍🩹.

[@Liz-re3ek]

Yay!!! I’m soooo happy!!! A new episode!! Thank you so much, Paul! You have no idea how much people enjoy you!! 👍💜

[@jessica-fcm]

Mr. Brodie, I would like to make another video request if you please. I recently read about the murder of the actor William Terris by fellow actor Richard Prince, who was jealous of him. It happened in the 19th century. It's quite an interesting story. I have not found any good videos about the story and I think you would tell it to perfection. I hope you like this idea I love your channel. Much love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️

[@LazyIRanch]

I googled this story out of curiosity, and you're right! It's a perfect story for Paul. I hope he sees your suggestion.

[@gigiwilson9124]

Fantastic, another wonderful video, an awesome compilation with outstanding research. I'm sitting back take it away Paul

[@RHM707]

Thank you for your research and presentation. I love listening to you. So interesting and listenable.

[@claires8735]

I'm sure Mary Ann Cotton was just unlucky. Very, very unlucky. All the time. Wherever she went. 😂😂😂

[@carolkelley-henshaw9755]

I'd say it was the people around her who were unlucky! 😂

[@shuga1313]

The skull in the drops at the beginning ..... Nice touch to this nicely narrated macabre

[@bunyz9728]

Still loving you and your channel! I love the info, the way you give the info, your voice, your lovely beard and the way you dress!

[@deenichols491]

One of my favorite channels.. thank you Paul... I really appreciate your topics for narrative..

[@joanhoffman3702]

I have heard, watch, and read about these cases before, but your video provided more information. Thank you for another interesting look at historic crimes.

[@bettyfeliciano7322]

Hello Paul! I’ve missed seeing your handsome face and hearing your voice tell tales of murder & mystery. Thank you for all you do in bringing these marvelous videos to us! Take care……blessings always! ❤️😊✝️

[@SecretWars98]

These types of stories are my favorite lol, excellent compilation all around, thank you! ❤

[@AmeliaHolmes-r6h]

I just ordered a Cup from your Merch. I’m looking forward to enjoying a coffee while I watch your videos. You are now my favourite KZbinr. Thank you for your informative and interesting videos ❤

[@deemecklin4864]

OMG I just love your videos. I'm trying to watch them all and I've been telling my fellow crime enthusiasts about your channel!! Keep up the great work!

[@dennyhickey3110]

You are very talented Mr Paul, thank you for sharing it with us!

[@deewhite4346]

Excellent this is my evening sorted ❤❤❤ thank you dear sir

[@stephanyg.8717]

I’m worried about myself because I enjoy your channel so much. My hubby gets nervous when I tell him about some of these arsenic stories. He’s starting to smell his coffee before drinking it 😂😊. Thank you?

[@sueaddison9958]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

My wife asked if you serve him almond cookies with his coffee....I had to point out that the connection with almonds and poison is cyanide, not arsenic.

[@teshahartke5468]

Arsenic is orderless 😂

[@stephanyg.8717]

@@teshahartke5468 good to know. 😜Thanks

[@michelledesgroseilliers2956]

Paul, you are fabulous ❤ I was so happy to see a new video from you!

[@BarbaraJV1]

Another fab story and really interesting history. Thank you Paul 🙏

[@stephaniecarroll4740]

Amazing storyteller!❤ I also love hearing about the 18th and 19th hundred stories! ❤ Thank you for the work you do, investigating! Imagine in 100 years your stories will be knowledge learned!

[@karaamundson3964]

I recently discovered this extraordinary channel and now I never miss it. Your delivery is fantastic and the historic content is wonderful. Thank you!

[@franceswray8340]

Excellent as always, this is now my favorite channel.

[@donnariahi2975]

Another excellent episode Paul

[@Treehugging_Leftie]

Just discovered you Channel. I am impressed. Love your deep dives which put all the Crimes in to their Historical, Societal and Cultural contexts. Also I enjoy it when you include Images, particularly Drawings, of the people involved, as well as Old Photographs. It is interesting when you go out in The Wild to show is where events took place. I love Old Buildings. LOVE your Scottish accent and your particularly clear way of speaking. Thank you. Hugs

[@snippyJ]

I just want you to know that I love your channel and if you don't do audio books, you really should do audio books. I wouldn't care what it was about I would just want to hear you reading the text for me.😊

[@julieblackstock8650]

Mary Ann Cotton is one of the most interesting and loved the series Dark Angel about her, although in real life she wasn't anywhere near as beautiful as the actress who played her

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

No, not beautiful, but she sure knew how to comfort a grieving widower.

[@buschovski1]

yeah they usually way more pretty than the real person.

[@Charlotte66666]

I'm about to lay down in bed here in London so this upload is perfect timing, thank you for all of your hard work Paul 😊

[@NancyvanD]

The woman in the first story, we had one of those in my city as well during the 1880's. Her name was Maria Catherina Swanenburg (born 09-09-1839, died 11-04-1915). She was initially viewed as a good samaritan (her nickname was "Goeie Mie" which roughly translates to "Mie the Good") because she took care of the elderly and the sick. It was established that she poisoned at least 102 people. 27 of her victims died, however there were 90 suspicious deaths related to the investigation. 45 of the survivors suffered chronic health issues after they were poisoned. Her motive was to collect health insurence payouts. In December of 1883 she was apprehended and on the 23rd of April 1885 she was convicted with 3 counts of murder and was sentenced to life in prison where she died in 1915. #Wellinever

[@ladydar69pluto76]

Awe the good ol' days.........when you didn't have to divorce em, you just had make their favorite dish, and then drop em in the back yard, under some rose bushes. And better still, afterwards, make a few bucks for your trouble! Bahahahaha :) lol JK ;)

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

Great fertilizer for the roses 🌹 too . 👌

[@bobbisparks53]

Don't forget that you also just had to move one town over to either side of the one u committed your crimes in!! It would have probably been way easier to get away with all sorts of stuff!! Especially if you happen to be a nice, quiet woman with a sweet natured demeanor to you and the world could be yours for the pickings!😂😂😂 Fortunately for me, I am a pretty tall girl so I'd most likely would of had to dress up as a man before I went off and had myself a good ol' feloniously crazy time that may or may not have made it into the history books 😂😂..... still waiting on y'all to do a video on Lavinia Fischer (suspected serial killer and slave trader/seller from back in the late 1700s, I believe) talk about some serious antisocial behavior!😂😅

[@donaldlyons537]

That's Cold Blooded, woman !!! Lol...😮

[@karenb1472]

B v

[@satanstrophywife3867]

Life before no fault divorce was dangerous for a man 😅

[@randelbrooks]

Mr. Sherlock Holmes spoke of these types of cases especially the use of poison by women and that goes back in to early history as well. Good show. Thank you for your work.

[@mikesanders8621]

Mr. Sherlock Holmes was also junkie. Just saying.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@mikesanders8621 He was also a fictional character.

[@mikesanders8621]

@@peggedyourdad9560 thank you for giving me a legitimate reason to use this phrase. No shit, Sherlock.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@mikesanders8621 Alright listen, in my defense, you can never be sure online just how stupid someone is or is not.

[@mikesanders8621]

@peggedyourdad9560 a good sign that they're dumb is that they assume you believe a fictional character is real because of a reference to a literal storybook. I don't mean that, I just said it because it was a witty rejoinder.

[@Billy_Mandalay]

Excellent presentation. Enjoyable storytelling. You're concise with your script, and that's refreshing.

[@EmilyJelassi]

I've had an extremely stressful and overwhelming health situation for the past few years. You have a very soothing and calming voice. Thank you!! 😊😊 Excellent french pronunciation! Trés bien monsieur!! 😊❤

[@hannahgosling8979]

I absolutely love the videos ❤ they're so interesting and informative! Thank you for everything you do!

[@tangerinefizz11]

I think that Mary Blandy was as much a victim as anyone. She didn't intend to kill her father.

[@mikehoffman3131]

Mary Cotton's husband suspected she had something to do with the children's deaths but decided not to dwell on it. But her selling off a few household items was where he drew the line.

[@C4RYB34R]

*Yes* Thank you Paul a new compilation is a sweet surprise.

[@GrahamOrm]

Mary Anne. Deffo guilty! Biggest mystery is how the pumpkins moved across the table? 😅. Love it Paul well presented and told. Thank you from someone housebound. Graham.

[@alphooey]

😂😂😂😂 glad I wasn’t the only one who was intrigued by this.

[@witchflowers6942]

poison is such a scary way to go. Often slow and always painful, it’s terrifying and you usually have no idea what is causing the suffering.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Thank-you for all the hard work 😊

[@Craig61-f2u]

Nothing like waking up here in Bendigo Australia 🇦🇺 listening to one of your historical stories thanks Paul

[@carolmanning8367]

G'day, also in Sydney.😊

[@lukeeade6226]

Melbourne here

[@lesleygraham5927]

Near Melbourne 😊😊

[@alphooey]

Canberra

[@gailmaree7719]

Queensland here 😊

[@joanbrennan2534]

Well done & wonderful compliation. Thank you.

[@crystalclear6864]

Thanks!!!! Such joy to receive these:)

[@karinac.3378]

More than an hour!!😮 this is amazing! AND talking about women being the criminals ! THANK YOU SIR😊

[@sheffieldamanda]

Love these compilations! ❤

[@joeanderson8839]

I don't believe that Madeline Smith killed Emile. I believe Emile killed himself with arsenic to get revenge on her for breaking his heart.

[@janetpendlebury6808]

She killed him, he had her letters if he wanted to get revenge on her, that would have hurt her more. He was probably blackmailing her with them as she wanted to marry someone else.

[@FunSizeSpamberguesa]

@@janetpendlebury6808 Killing him would make no sense, precisely because he had her letters -- if he's dead, all those come to light, which was exactly what happened. I think he committed suicide expecting her to be convicted of murder.

[@Indgirl57]

I am new to your channel and I just want to tell you that I am so glad that I found you. These videos are so interesting and I enjoy your narration so much.

[@marykampa2978]

If i recall correctly, Paul used to change his vest and neckwear frequently when telling his tales. I found this very entertaining and looked forward to the patterns and colors in his clothing. Keep on bringing the stories of the murdering reprobates of the past, i love it.

[@MaddiesMoment]

I come to love your chanel. Thanks for the great work 👍 😊

[@Flamsterette]

Thanks for the upload!

[@USfoolsgold]

Excellent narration, sir. Subscribed.

[@Constance-cl3wg]

The ability to pronounce the name at 37:00 deserves 10 likes and a subscription!👍

[@janetcw9808]

Thank you so much for highlighting this sadly too often horror. It must be harrowing for you to do all your work. But Of Course, we are all still here to discuss this, these souls are not, the families and friends will have to Try and live with this forever 😢😢

[@nadiaminerva]

Love this channel!

[@SueMarsh-tb3no]

Love this channel thank for sharing 😊

[@newfiejoe4998]

If the coroner found arsenic in the stomach contents, then the person would have eaten it. I think that would be damming evidence.

[@cindysilfies5505]

Love listening to you telling story’s of history

[@teresakaczynski8780]

I love your style and presentation, and the visuals of these bygone days and their characters are so well done. Great work.

[@emilieraphael4431]

What a creepy looking woman Mary Cotton was!

[@rohsek7298]

Can’t wait to listen ❤

[@whatever190]

I love this channel and you and I hope you know how awesome you are ❤

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

Fascinating stories all! I enjoyed watching them.

[@micheledushsne712]

Thank you. Awesome again

[@deniseleplatt1616]

Yay Paul can keep me company on my treadmill. Thank you

[@allisoncuervo9816]

I would love to see a compilation video of all the bloopers from this channel. You can't convince me that he made that joke at 35 mins without laughing the first time xD

[@abigailhornibrook2470]

My learned friend, you are a wonderful story teller. I find your narrative soothing and intriguing at the sMe time.

[@inanymin369er]

What a fantasic journey !❤😊 much Love ❤

[@technomickdocumentalist2495]

Great work 👌 🙏

[@nancymeeuwse5907]

Love your narration!

[@francesmeyer8478]

I think that Paris Green wallpaper would kill slowly over time not suddenly like with the last Cotton boy. I think the author of Dark Angel is greatly mistaken. All that Paris Green wallpaper didn't make Maryanne Cotton ill, did it?🇺🇸

[@PSD-ms8yl]

fantastic channel.

[@janewestcountry5131]

Great narration ! Subscribed and looking forward to more cases ! 😊

[@FaithAndRepentance]

Great presentation ❤❤❤

[@jo-annknowles1373]

Wow . Mary Ann Cotton was in a league of her own huh . I watched the drama about her last wk and it was really good but harrowing too . . Ty for such an interesting video xx Jo

[@ceceliaclarke]

If the arsenic from the wallpaper had carried the potential to kill one person in a house, it would have poisoned others in the household. Mary Ann Cotton was always breathing the same air, and she lived. So even if coloring of wall paper had the potential to cause death, that explanation, for these cases, makes absolutely no sense. It is surprising that a writer of our time would try for that explanation.

[@mikesanders8621]

"For the sake of decency, don't hang me high, boys." Is actually pretty badass for a lady's last words at the gallows.

[@NoseyNuNu]

I love these stories and I can listen to them all day and night ❤ love ur voice and style 🙌🏿👍🏿✨🥰

[@kellygnow1]

Interestingly, the first story about Mary Ann, is a series on pbs/prime right now it's crazy

[@pamelamyers9613]

Too many deaths with one common person.

[@itsJade360]

I Love this Channel ❤

[@addie_is_me]

That first woman was too much for me. So much murder, so far reaching and seemingly casual, a matter of convenience maybe. That maid, Susana Gunnel was a hero, saving the letters and poison from burning! Mary Blandy was smart so I think she knew she was giving people poison. Thanks for including the pics with Mary in irons, they are fascinating. You all are so great! Great job on Adelaide’s possible father’s name, what a pretentious doozy. Lol That minister allowed for the purchase of poison but acted all innocent when others noticed the purchases. Hmm. I wonder if she got away with a reckless accident that she was afraid to admit to, but this happened at a time it was hard to get out of a marriage for a woman. Either way, I hope they got it right. Maddy was between a rock and a hard place, that’s what makes her look guilty. Again, I hope they got it right.

[@alphooey]

11:10 “he decided not to dwell on the matter”

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

Yes, isn’t that unbelievable. Yet when the money went, he was on it straight away.

[@clairewkd4496]

Husband: My kids sure are dying a lot. Meh. *Bills go slightly unpaid* Husband: DAMN THAT EVIL WOMAN!

[@thurayya8905]

Poor Mary Blandy! I think she was young, a bit spoiled, and very naive. She loved her father and wanted to please him. She had no idea that she was being used by a greedy suitor who loved her money, not her.

[@Britt9191]

It was absolutely adorable you saying that crazy long last name!

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

All of us only get one chance at life, just one. Some of us don’t get much of a chance do they. It’s a bit heartbreaking to realise that some lives are just a few months or years of misery and pain. An entire life never knowing one single look of love, one warm touch, one soft word.

[@dan5660]

She was a witch- never underestimate the extent of evil in an individual that's gotten away with murder for a season. She wasn't sorry for her crimes, she was sorry she got caught. The hangman knew what he was doing..

[@janetpendlebury6808]

I think she was a psychopath rather than a witch.

[@dan5660]

@@janetpendlebury6808 What's the difference?

[@umbralunea]

⁠ ‘devil worship’ or so they thought back then. Mostly hysteria, superstition, ignorance, and scapegoating. I definitely would not classify her as a witch. She alines better with the definition of what a sociopath is.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Bathory was extremly rich, very influential, and of a different religion than the people who slandered and then murdered her. They took her assets and pissed on her reputation... and it worked.

[@paulk8532]

She was the victim?

[@paulk8532]

She killed no one?

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@paulk8532 yes.

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@paulk8532 yes.

[@straingedays]

Don't let the Watch / Like ratio assume your compilations are unloved, I like many watch them multiple times. While awake they're most pleasant to watch or listen too and most relaxing while trying to sleep. Seems odd that tales of murder or disasters are pleasantly relaxing but Well, I Never has by far my most loved voice on KZbin.

[@michellethiesen7972]

Poor mary she had no idea. At least she had her father's forgiveness to comfort her through aftermath of her fiance's trickery and her death.

[@brucestratford5838]

I would love to hear you tell the tale of "The Axemans Jazz" of New Orleans.

[@fmhummel]

If you want medieval and early modern serial killers, you have to keep an eye on stories about robbers. In eras, where even towns had largely tightly knit social networks where everyone knew everyone, serial killers only had a chance to be serial killers if they preyed on outsiders and travelers.