• Ep 217 - Nancy Farrer & The Trouble with Phrenology

  • Sep 6 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
  • Podcast

Ep 217 - Nancy Farrer & The Trouble with Phrenology

  • Summary

  • Ep 217 is loose and we have a woman accused of murder and - much worse - accused of being ugly!

    Who was Nancy Farrer? Was she insane or a calculating killer? And can your head tell you how mirthful you really are?

    The secret ingredient is...a skull!

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    Sources this week include Murderpedia, Homicidal Insanity:The Case of Nancy Farrer in the American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet, The Life Public Service and Select Speeches of Rutherford B Hayes, Unknown Gendre History, collected writings on Phrenology, Craniology and the Edinburgh Phrenological Society


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