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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Human Skin: Lampshades, Wallets, Books, Oh My!
From Scythians to serial killers.
39 min
77
The Dark Origins of Nursery Rhymes
From the dark to the macabre.
30 min
78
Electroconvulsive Therapy's Shocking Origins
ECT’s controversial past, misuse, and how it’s evolved.
37 min
79
Giants: From Myth to Modern Day Hoax
Debunking archaeology's infamous giant skeleton hoaxes.
37 min
80
The Hangman's Gallows
The origins, methods, and theatrics of the Tyburn Gallows.
33 min
81
Deadly Beauty Standards in Victorian England
Is the "Consumptive Chic" look coming back in style?
36 min
82
Spontaneous Human Combustion
Over 200 people have burned to death with no discernible cause.
36 min
83
Causes of Death in 1632 London
Explaining causes of death in historical context.
44 min
84
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
85
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
86
Horrors of the Deep: The Mariana Trench
Investigating the unusual creatures that dwell within the deep.
35 min
87
Cursed & Haunted Objects, Artifacts, Dolls & More
Learn the history behind some of the world's most cursed objects.
31 min
88
Human Sacrifice
Walk down history's morbid memory lane of sacred slaughter.
40 min
89
Halloween: The History of North America's Most ...
How Halloween has evolved into more than candy and costumes.
34 min
90
Death Clocks & the Morbid Nature of Time
Investigating the personification of time, through imagery and art.
35 min
91
CTE and the Risks of High Contact Sports
Promising athletic careers and lasting legacies marred by CTE.
36 min
92
Funeral Home Secrets, Stigmas, and Horror Stories
Debunking myths of the post-mortem process.
39 min
93
Hidden Killers of the Victorian Era
How toxic substances infiltrated and poisoned the 19th century home.
38 min
94
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
95
The Paris Catacombs: A Labyrinth of Death
Rampant disease forced 18th century Parisians to get creative with their dead.
30 min
96
Making An Exorcist
A peek into The Vatican's new "Exorcist School".
47 min
97
Buried Alive
You're six feet underground with no escape.
42 min
98
Tombstones, Epitaphs & Symbols Explained
Some of history’s most bizarre and funny epitaphs.
37 min
99
Cloning
Playing God, or the next step in human evolution?
40 min
100
Reincarnation: Death Is Not the End?
Would you change your choices if karma could follow you?
38 min