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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Season 7 and Beyond: New Episodes Coming Soon!
We're back, starting September 5th! And big news: once this morbid train leaves the station, it's not stopping! Going forward you'll be able to enjoy 30 Morbid Minutes week-to-week, with no breaks between seasons. 'Til death do us part,' so to speak. Check out this quick preview of what's to come.
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Celebrity Death Hoaxes
Death hoaxes of notable people throughout history.
37 min
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Sentinel Island
Some attempted to make contact. It did not go well.
37 min
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The Iron Lung
Is this seemingly outdated technology still used today?
36 min
80
Harrowing Sex Disasters
30 Morbid Minutes... after dark.
40 min
81
Titanic Conspiracy Theories
Separating Titanic fact from fiction.
45 min
82
The Science Behind Fear
Why are people susceptible to different fears?
48 min
83
Coffin Birth
May contain triggering topics.
34 min
84
The Mandela Effect
How do we explain mass societal misrememberings?
38 min
85
America's Most Haunted City? Savannah's Ghost Town
A city built atop cemeteries.
39 min
86
Deadly Medical Malpractice
Botched procedures that leave patients in gut-wrenching pain.
39 min
87
The Screaming Mummy
The legends of not just one but two Screaming Mummies.
32 min
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Organ Theft: Not Just An Urban Legend
Organ theft, trafficking, and transplant tourism.
30 min
89
The Beheading of Marie Antoinette
A teenage queen meets her end at the blade of a guillotine.
50 min
90
The Radium Girls
Radium Girls and the business practices that cut their lives short.
34 min
91
Could A Zombie Apocalypse Actually Happen?
What could a parasitic fungus actually do?
36 min
92
Human Skin: Lampshades, Wallets, Books, Oh My!
From Scythians to serial killers.
39 min
93
The Dark Origins of Nursery Rhymes
From the dark to the macabre.
30 min
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Electroconvulsive Therapy's Shocking Origins
ECT’s controversial past, misuse, and how it’s evolved.
37 min
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Giants: From Myth to Modern Day Hoax
Debunking archaeology's infamous giant skeleton hoaxes.
37 min
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The Hangman's Gallows
The origins, methods, and theatrics of the Tyburn Gallows.
33 min
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Deadly Beauty Standards in Victorian England
Is the "Consumptive Chic" look coming back in style?
36 min
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Spontaneous Human Combustion
Over 200 people have burned to death with no discernible cause.
36 min
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Causes of Death in 1632 London
Explaining causes of death in historical context.
44 min
100
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