30 Morbid Minutes

Go to http://babbel.com/30mm to get up to 55% off your subscription. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. A city built atop cemeteries, Savannah holds up to its reputation as a haunted hub in America's South. Elyse recently visited and got to partake in the spooky culture and scene, learning some of ghost stories from the locals. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scissors in stomachs. Sponges trapped, decaying inside closed wounds. Procedures that leave patients in gut-wrenching pain. We’re peeking beneath the surgical sheets to expose the sad and gory world of medical malpractice. Go to http://bombas.com/30mm and use code 30mm at checkout to get 20% off your first purchase. Go to http://dietsmoke.com and use code 30MM50 to get half off the first item added to your cart! Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In history there is not just one legend of the Screaming Mummy, but two. And creepily enough, both were found in the necropolis of Deir el-Bahri, the City of the Dead. Contemporary Egyptologists have worked to identify who these mummies were in life, and to unpack the strange and dramatic circumstances surrounding their deaths. Go to http://lumedeodorant.com and use code 30MM to get $5 off a Lume Starter Pack. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Organ theft and trafficking via the black market are insidious and illegal practices, increasing in numbers year-over-year worldwide. We discuss the causes, the regions most affected, and how transplant tourism plays a role. Go to http://babbel.com/30mm to get up to 55% off your subscription. Go to http://auraframes.com and use code 30MM to get free shipping. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

France's teenage queen met her end by the hand of the revolution -- and the blade of the guillotine. Go to http://babbel.com/30mm to get up to 55% off your subscription. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code 30MM for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses. Go to https://www.evildeadrisemovie.com/ to get your tickets NOW to see Evil Dead Rise in theaters April 21. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the late 1920s, a number of young women employed as dial painters at Radium Dial and similar companies died due to contact radium exposure. In this episode, we look back at the Radium Girls and the immoral business practices that cut their lives short. Go to http://auraframes.com and use code 30MM to get free shipping. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The dead might not reanimate and walk the earth, but could a parasitic fungus render humanity zombified? Go to http://babbel.com/30mm to get up to 55% off your subscription. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Go to https://www.evildeadrisemovie.com/ to get your tickets NOW to see Evil Dead Rise in theaters April 21. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A grisly foray into the history and motivation behind human skin crafting (clothes, trinkets, housewares, books), from Scythians to serial killers. Go to http://bombas.com/30mm and use code 30mm to get 20% off your first purchase. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Open is back with brand new episodes and a brand new women-led YouTube channel called All Good No Worries! Subscribe on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@allgoodnoworries or anywhere you get podcasts https://link.chtbl.com/alwaysopen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigating the dark meaning and macabre origins behind several classic children's nursery rhymes. Go to http://rothys.com/30mm to get $20 off your first purchase. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn more about the XPedition cargo eBike. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, electroconvulsive therapy is still used to treat those struggling with severe depression, bipolar II, schizophrenia, and other treatment-resistant disorders. An estimated 100,000 people are treated annually across the U.S. Nevertheless, ECT carries stigmas due to its tarnished and sordid history, marred by inhumane and forced procedures, torture, and wild experimentation. We investigate ECT’s controversial past, how the practice has been abused, and how it’s evolved since. Go to http://earthbreeze.com/30mm to get 40% off when you subscribe. Go to http://babbel.com/30mm to get up to 55% off your subscription. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our "biggest" episode yet, covering all things GIANTS. We learn how classical cultures and folklore embraced the myths and fantastical stories of giant, flesh-eating, humans; debunk archaeology's infamous giant skeleton hoaxes; and investigate real life gigantism as a medical anomaly. Go to http://bombas.com/30mm and use code 30mm to get 20% off your first purchase. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of England's worst criminals met their end at the Tyburn Gallows, an infamous site at which the public could purchase tickets to attend executions. This episode explores the origins of hanging-style executions, the different methods, how the act has evolved, the theatrics behind the practice, and how – at least in England – capital punishment has since come to be abolished. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to get out there and find adventure. Go to http://earthbreeze.com/30mm to get 40% off when you subscribe. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From dress fires to corrosive skin treatments, the women living during the nineteenth century subjected themselves to harmful and horrific procedures, all in the pursuit of a warped beauty influenced by the Tuberculosis-inspired "Consumptive Chic" look. We explore the fashion and beauty trends that were not only toxic, but sometimes deadly. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code 30MM for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses. Go to http://rothys.com/30mm to get $20 off your first purchase. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are over 200 known cases where people have been found burned to death with no discernible cause. These cases have contributed to the theory of spontaneous human combustion, the idea that a person can catch fire and burn alive with no external ignition source. And, while it's regarded as a pseudoscience by the field at large, large enforcement and coroners around the world still use spontaneous human combustion as an official cause of death. We try to separate fact from fiction in this burning mystery, examining theories like the "wick effect." Go to http://bombas.com/30mm and use code 3mm for 20% off your first purchase. Go to http://babbel.com/30mm to get up to 55% off your subscription. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bills of Mortality originated in the late sixteenth century as a way for parish networks to track weekly plague outbreaks. Eventually, over time, this medical journal evolved to become a standard practice, documenting annual mortality statistics. Much of the terminology and disease nomenclature used is now considered vastly outdated by today's medical standards. In this episode, Elyse and Jessica go through the list of causes of death, trying to explain and translate with historical context. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to make this your most adventurous year yet. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Go to http://babbel.com/30MM to get up to 55% off your Babbel subscription. Go to http://dietsmoke.com and use code 30MM to get 20% off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica and Elyse return January 10th with even more morbid history and topics to make your head think and skin crawl! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mariana Trench is the deepest location on earth and widely unexplored. The harsh conditions make it impossible for shallow ocean life to exist, and chartered explorations are a challenge, even with the most advanced submersible technology. Only 27 people have descended into its depths, including film director, James Cameron. We investigate the unusual creatures that dwell within the deep, and what happens if a journey into the trench goes wrong. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Go to http://masterlcass.com/30mm to get 15% off an annual membership! Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A chair. A doll. A painting. Relatively innocuous, but ask a paranormal expert and you might hear otherwise. In this episode we learn the history behind some of the world's most notoriously cursed and dangerous objects and artifacts, alleged to carry evil and malice beyond what we could imagine, including Robert the Doll, Busby's Stoop Chair, The Crying Boy Painting, and King Tut's Tomb. Go to http://hellofresh.com/30mm65 and use code 30mm65 to get 65% off plus free shipping. Go to http://everlywell.com/30mm to get 20% off an at-home lab test. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices