30 Morbid Minutes
Journey into the morbid, macabre, gruesome and unexplained, with comedians and friends Elyse Willems and Jessica Vasami. Covering topics like: untimely deaths on cruise ships, sleep paralysis demons, celebrity death hoaxes, obituary bandits, pesky cursed objects, spontaneous human combustion, zombie apocalypses, the Victorian obsession with death, screaming mummies, the Dark Forest alien paradox, medical malpractice, good old-fashioned cannibalism, and so much more.
Episodes on Mondays.
***Featured in Apple Podcast's New & Noteworthy 2022.***
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The Screaming Mummy
The legends of not just one but two Screaming Mummies.
32 min
77
Organ Theft: Not Just An Urban Legend
Organ theft, trafficking, and transplant tourism.
30 min
78
The Beheading of Marie Antoinette
A teenage queen meets her end at the blade of a guillotine.
50 min
79
The Radium Girls
Radium Girls and the business practices that cut their lives short.
34 min
80
Could A Zombie Apocalypse Actually Happen?
What could a parasitic fungus actually do?
36 min
81
Human Skin: Lampshades, Wallets, Books, Oh My!
From Scythians to serial killers.
39 min
82
The Dark Origins of Nursery Rhymes
From the dark to the macabre.
30 min
83
Electroconvulsive Therapy's Shocking Origins
ECT’s controversial past, misuse, and how it’s evolved.
37 min
84
Giants: From Myth to Modern Day Hoax
Debunking archaeology's infamous giant skeleton hoaxes.
37 min
85
The Hangman's Gallows
The origins, methods, and theatrics of the Tyburn Gallows.
33 min
86
Deadly Beauty Standards in Victorian England
Is the "Consumptive Chic" look coming back in style?
36 min
87
Spontaneous Human Combustion
Over 200 people have burned to death with no discernible cause.
36 min
88
Causes of Death in 1632 London
Explaining causes of death in historical context.
44 min
89
Sky Burials
A sky burial is a funerary practice in which the body of a deceased person is prepared, placed, and left exposed in a place of high elevation so that vultures and other scavenging birds will consume it and carry the deceased's soul to the heavens. In this episode we explore the history and theological origins of sky burials, who practices it, and why this unique burial rite is in decline.
33 min
90
Season 4 Coming January 10!
Jessica and Elyse return January 10th with even more morbid history and topics to make your head think and skin crawl!
1 min
91
Horrors of the Deep: The Mariana Trench
Investigating the unusual creatures that dwell within the deep.
35 min
92
Cursed & Haunted Objects, Artifacts, Dolls & More
Learn the history behind some of the world's most cursed objects.
31 min
93
Human Sacrifice
Walk down history's morbid memory lane of sacred slaughter.
40 min
94
Halloween: The History of North America's Most ...
How Halloween has evolved into more than candy and costumes.
34 min
95
Death Clocks & the Morbid Nature of Time
Investigating the personification of time, through imagery and art.
35 min
96
CTE and the Risks of High Contact Sports
Promising athletic careers and lasting legacies marred by CTE.
36 min
97
Funeral Home Secrets, Stigmas, and Horror Stories
Debunking myths of the post-mortem process.
39 min
98
Hidden Killers of the Victorian Era
How toxic substances infiltrated and poisoned the 19th century home.
38 min
99
New 30 Morbid Minutes Coming Sept 6!
Podcasting's death-obsessed duo returns with all-new episodes and topics, this September 6th. First up: Hidden Killers of the Victorian Era.
1 min
100
The Paris Catacombs: A Labyrinth of Death
Rampant disease forced 18th century Parisians to get creative with their dead.
30 min