Diabolic Evil Podcast

"Louise simply loved death..."  — E.N. Blocks (Coroner-Cook County, Illinois) Be sure to join in on our episode questions we've started adding to each episode now. You can find these questions in the Spotify app under "Community" on each episode. These questions are our way of including the listeners into each episode and voice their opinion of the subjects we cover in our podcast. Sources used for this episode: 1. https://www.reference.com/history/prussia-called-today-af9889c77b95973 2. https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/rise-of-industrial-america-1876-1900/immigration-to-united-states-1851-1900/ 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_County,_Illinois 4. https://www.wikii.org/en/12/wiki/louise-vermilya-300711 5. http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2011/09/chivalry-justice-serial-killer-louise.html

 "I am done with this world!"  -John Schmidt (1906) Civil War era embalming of soldiers before being sent home for burial. Sources for this episode: 1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/arsenic-and-old-graves-civil-war-era-cemeteries-may-be-leaking-toxins-180957115/ 2. https://gemeinde-horrweiler.de/geschichte/ 3. https://serialkillercalendar.com/Johann%20Otto%20HOCH.php 4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29941276/johann-otto-hoch 5. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluebeard 6. https://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-history-cop/2016/02/johann-hoch-hung-110-years-ago-today-his-last-moments-on-earth/ 7. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/05/abraham-lincoln-embalming/

"I thought I would cut myself to see if I would bleed."  -Lizzie Halliday (1894) (Happy six month birthday,🎈 Diabolic Evil) Lizzie Halliday Full Episode: Attendant Wicks is the first known female law enforcement officer/nurse to be killed in the line of duty in the United States. She had served with the New York State Department of Correctional Services, and was 21 years old. Click on the image above to read more about Ms. Nellie Wicks. Diseased kidney with "Bright's Disease."  Sources used for this episode: 1. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/modus-operandi 2. https://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-disturbing-things-jack-the-ripper-did-to-his-victims/ 3. https://medium.com/mystery-confidential/true-crime-the-worst-woman-on-earth-b576f9b5be18 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright%27s_disease 5. https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2014/08/a-short-history-of-serial-killer-lizzie-brown-halliday/ 6. https://hvmag.com/life-style...

"Bring some morphine, dear.  Let's go out into the ward and we can take delight in seeing them all suffer and die." -Jane Toppan (1938) Taunton State Hospital (Abandoned) The ward at Taunton State Hospital Sources for this episode: 1. https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/jolly-jane-toppan-killer-nurse-obsessed-death/ 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Toppan 3. https://www.abandonedamerica.us/taunton-state-hospital 4. https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/jane-toppan/ 5. https://www.serialkillers.ca/jane-toppan/ 6. https://filmdaily.co/news/jolly-jane-toppan/ 7. https://www.pinterest.com/dermclean/taunton-ma/ 8. https://onedio.co/news/14-primerov-ubijstvennoj-logiki-multikov-disneya-15232

 "Jesus be with me now..."  -Stephen Dee Richards (1879) Katherine Ramsland  Reading material on Stephen Dee Richards: Sources for this episode: 1. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201801/the-old-west-s-ted-bundy 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Dee_Richards 3. https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/richards-stephen.htm 4. https://peoplepill.com/people/stephen-richards-1 5. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Stephen_Dee_Richards