Ep 94 - L’Inconnue de la Seine Part 2 - The Mask of the Muse

This episode is our Part 2 of our true tale of the most kissed woman in the world.

In this miniseries, Rowan presents the story of L’Inconnue de la Seine or, The Ophelia of the Seine. Our hosts discuss poetry, inspiration, CPR, and also tell a classic horror story about a man who makes death masks.

Sources

Wikipedia 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Inconnue_de_la_Seine

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/27/last-salem-witch-pardoned-elizabeth-johnson-jr-massachusetts

Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1183550-something-wicked-this-way-comes

Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/cpr-doll-resusci-annie-face.html

William Gaddis

http://williamgaddis.org/recognitions/inconnue/index.shtml

Dusty Old Thing

https://dustyoldthing.com/victorian-death-mask-cpr-doll/

How Stuff Works

https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/anna-coleman-ladd-helped-disfigured-soldiers-live-better-lives.htm

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/afterlife/death-mask4.htm

https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/19th-century-paris-morgue.htm

New Zealand Herald

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/how-the-kiss-of-a-dead-girl-saves-thousands-of-lives-each-year/BGBUVWCTZI3FXKXEXPGZBAVXBM/

New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/world/europe/paris-mask-picasso-truffaut.html

Cocosse Journal

http://www.cocosse-journal.org/2020/06/the-unknown-woman-of-seine-most-kissed.html

Snopes

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cpr-annie/

The BNJ

https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4554

Haunted Palace

https://hauntedpalaceblog.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/the-paris-morgue-dark-tourism-in-the-19th-century/

https://hauntedpalaceblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/memento-mori-victorian-post-mortem-photography/

Laerdal

https://laerdal.com/us/products/simulation-training/resuscitation-training/resusci-anne-qcpr/

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/dec/01/france.art

JStor

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1770855?seq=1

https://daily.jstor.org/the-paris-morgue-provided-ghoulish-entertainment/

Typepad

https://sarahdeming.typepad.com/spiralstaircase/2007/12/the-most-kissed.html

Atlas Obscura

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/paris-morgue-public-viewing