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 Boston Molasses Flood
Slip-sliding into Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919.
39 min
77
Inventors Killed by their Own Inventions
Geniuses tragically killed by their own creations.
24 min
78
A Casually Morbid Conversation with Elyse & Jes...
Growing up gruesome.
39 min
79
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.
2 min
80
Celebrity Death Hoaxes
Death hoaxes of notable people throughout history.
37 min
81
Sentinel Island
Some attempted to make contact. It did not go well.
37 min
82
The Iron Lung
Is this seemingly outdated technology still used today?
36 min
83
Harrowing Sex Disasters
30 Morbid Minutes... after dark.
40 min
84
Titanic Conspiracy Theories
Separating Titanic fact from fiction.
45 min
85
The Science Behind Fear
Why are people susceptible to different fears?
48 min
86
Coffin Birth
May contain triggering topics.
34 min
87
The Mandela Effect
How do we explain mass societal misrememberings?
38 min
88
America's Most Haunted City? Savannah's Ghost Town
A city built atop cemeteries.
39 min
89
Deadly Medical Malpractice
Botched procedures that leave patients in gut-wrenching pain.
39 min
90
The Screaming Mummy
The legends of not just one but two Screaming Mummies.
32 min
91
Organ Theft: Not Just An Urban Legend
Organ theft, trafficking, and transplant tourism.
30 min
92
The Beheading of Marie Antoinette
A teenage queen meets her end at the blade of a guillotine.
50 min
93
The Radium Girls
Radium Girls and the business practices that cut their lives short.
34 min
94
Could A Zombie Apocalypse Actually Happen?
What could a parasitic fungus actually do?
36 min
95
Human Skin: Lampshades, Wallets, Books, Oh My!
From Scythians to serial killers.
39 min
96
The Dark Origins of Nursery Rhymes
From the dark to the macabre.
30 min
97
Electroconvulsive Therapy's Shocking Origins
ECT’s controversial past, misuse, and how it’s evolved.
37 min
98
Giants: From Myth to Modern Day Hoax
Debunking archaeology's infamous giant skeleton hoaxes.
37 min
99
The Hangman's Gallows
The origins, methods, and theatrics of the Tyburn Gallows.
33 min
100
Deadly Beauty Standards in Victorian England
Is the "Consumptive Chic" look coming back in style?
36 min