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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hey everyone, Welcome the Monday's Morbid Minute. This is your
quick rundown of the week's most fascinating stories involving death, disease,
medicine and injury, making headlines and rippling through the pop culture.
We'll tease the cases here, then do a deep dive
into the pathology, forensics, and medical mysteries later in our
Normal Mother Knows Death episodes, in articles over in the
(00:27):
Gross Room, and during our weekly YouTube live bonus episode
exclusively for Gross Room members. If it's dark, disturbing, medically bizarre,
or just too good not to dissect, you'll hear it
first on Monday's Morbid Minute. In true crime and court cases,
(00:50):
New Jersey mom jailed for eight months after being wrongfully
accused of killing her baby. Caitlin Gibson was arrested in
May of two, twenty twenty five, after her three month
old daughter, Aliyah Santiago, died from severe blunt force trauma
to the head, and autopsy found two skull fractures, a
(01:10):
subdural hematoma, seven fractured ribs, and a broken wrist, some
of which were already healing. These types of injuries not
only point to recent child abuse, but the healing fractures
point to a history of abuse over time. The medical
examiner ruled the death of homicide. Both Gibson and the
baby's father, Reuben Santiago, were charged with murder. Santiago gave
(01:35):
investigators several different explanations for the injuries, including that he
accidentally dropped a bottle on the baby's head and that
she may have fallen while being removed from a bouncer.
Doctors say that those explanations did not match the severity
of the trauma. Gibson spent about eight months in jail
while maintaining that she had not hurt her daughter. The
(01:57):
case changed when Santiago ultimately admitted that he was responsible
for the fatal abuse and said Gibson was not present
when it happened. In January of twenty twenty six, Santiago
played guilty to aggravated manslaughter and Gibson was released. He
was later sentenced to twenty five years in prison. What
(02:18):
makes this case especially troubling is that Gibson lost her
baby and was then jailed as one of the people
accused of killing her. The older healing fractures initially raised
serious questions about what both parents may have known, but
prosecutors ultimately determined that there was not enough evidence to
hold Gibson criminally responsible for her daughter's death. A decomposing
(02:42):
man was found with a knife sticking out of his neck.
Police responding to a wellness check in Brooklyn made a
disturbing discovery when they found the decomposing body of a
fifty eight year old man inside of his home with
a knife protruding from his neck. The unidentified man was
reportedly already in advanced state of decomposition when officers arrived.
(03:07):
Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene, while detectives
and crime scene investigators spent several hours collecting evidence. Despite
the obvious presence of the knife, police had not immediately
classified the death as a homicide. The New York City
Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy to determine both the
cause and manner of death, and investigators have not said
(03:30):
how long the man may have been dead inside of
the home. An eighteen year old accused of biting a
newborn's face to make the baby stop crying. An eighteen
year old Indiana man is accused of repeatedly biting the
face of a nine day old newborn because he allegedly
wanted the baby to stop crying. Police say Caden Manuel
(03:52):
Lewis Shrum admitted that he initially began nibbling the baby's
cheek before escalating it into repeated biting or chomping motions.
According to investigators, Shrum later described the child's face as
looking like a quote, busted up egg. The case came
to authorities attention after a pediatrician reported the infant's injuries
(04:16):
to Child Protective Services. Shrum was arrested at a hospital
in charge with felony battery resulting in injuring a person
under fourteen. The baby's current condition has not been publicly released,
and authorities have not clarified Shrum's relationship to the child.
He was also already facing felony charges in an unrelated case.
(04:39):
A naked woman allegedly steals an ambulance and talks over
fire department radio. A Wisconsin woman was arrested after police
says she stole a Pleasant Prairie emergency vehicle while completely naked.
Thirty six year old Emily Fair allegedly made several unauthorized
transmissi over the vehicle's dispatch radio shortly before one am,
(05:04):
including telling dispatchers that she was hungry and asking whether
they had any food. Police first located Fair around two am,
but when an officer approached, she asked are you following me?
Or am I following you? And drove away again. Officers
later found her sitting naked in the driver's seat. Fair
(05:25):
reportedly told police she was a firefighter and was allowed
to use the vehicle, then explained that her address was
in the back. She was taken into custody after putting
on the dress. Her bomb was set at two hundred dollars,
and her attorney has requested a competency hearing a man
(05:45):
fakes threats against himself to get out of working on
Rocky Horror. A Vermont man admitted that threatening messages supposedly
sent to him over a community theater production were actually
messages he had sent to himself. Kenneth Greener twenty six,
who is the musical director for the ex Community Player's
(06:06):
production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, when he reported
receiving threatening and harassing texts connected to the show. The
threats were taken seriously enough that the production was canceled.
Police eventually traced the IP addressed use to the register
the virtual phone numbers back to Greener's own home. He
allegedly admitted that he fabricated the threats because he wanted
(06:29):
an excuse to leave the production due to difficulties with
the cast and crew. The nonprofit theater group reportedly lost
somewhere between eleven thousand, five hundred and fifteen thousand dollars
because of the cancelation. Greener received a misdemeanor citation for
filing a false report, and the case was referred to
(06:50):
a community justice program. A fight over lobster spot leads
to alleged attempt murder under water. A fight over a
Florida lobster diving spot escalated into an attempted murder charge
after authority say one boater deliberately shut off another diver's
(07:11):
air supply while the man was underwater. Michael Joseph Simpson,
fifty one, of Miami Beach, allegedly confronted another group on
July twenty ninth, claiming they were diving in his spot.
At the time, one of the group's divers was underwater
using a Brownie's third lung system, which pumps air from
the surface through a hose. According to the arrest Affidavid
(07:35):
Simpson allegedly threatened that he could shut the air system off,
jumped in the water, and then intentionally did exactly that.
The owner of the other boat jumped into rescue the diver,
whose surface tangled into the air hose and anchor, lined
gasping and appeared disoriented. The diver was not seriously injured.
(07:56):
Simpson later turned himself in and was charged with a
felony at tempted murder. His attorney denies the allegations and
says Simpson never disabled anyone's equipment. An Arizona intruder breaks
into a trailer and bites a man on the neck.
An Arizona home invasion took a bizarre turn when authorities
(08:17):
sit an intruder broke into a trailer and bit the
twenty year old resident directly on the neck. The incident
happened August fourth at the Valley View Trailer Park near
Three Way, Arizona, where deputies initially receive reports of a
man throwing rocks at trailers and attempting to break into them.
The suspect eventually forced his way inside one of the
(08:39):
homes and allegedly attacked a resident, biting him in the
neck like a vampire before fleeing. Deputies chased the suspect
on foot, eventually catching him after he allegedly fought with
officers while being taken into custody. He was booked on
charges including aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and threatening an intimidate. Behavior.
(09:01):
Authorities have not released his identity, explained what prompted the
bizarre rampage, or provided an update on the bite victim's condition.
A woman sues the Yankees for ten million dollars after
a flying bat allegedly caused a brain injury. A New
Jersey woman is suing the New York Yankees for ten
million dollars after she says she suffered a traumatic brain
(09:24):
injury when a bat flew into the stands at Yankee Stadium.
Stephanie Doulac, thirty seven years old, was attending a June's
second game against the Cleveland Guardians when Guardian star Jose
Ramirez lost control of his bat after a swing. The
bat flew towards the seats near the on deck circle
and struck Dolc in the head. According to the lawsuit,
(09:47):
the impact was strong enough to knock her out of
her seat and throw her to the ground, Dolac claims
she suffered a concussion and traumatic brain injury, along with
persistent headaches, balanced problems, severe light sensitivity, cognitive problems, and
injuries to her neck and hands. She says the effects
have prevented her from returning to work. The lawsuit argues
(10:08):
that the protective netting around Delux's seating area was significantly
lower than the netting and neighboring sections, creating an opening
that left spectators vulnerable to flying equipment. The MLB required
teams to expand protective netting in twenty eighteen following several
serious fan injuries, but the exact height and reach of
(10:29):
that netting could vary throughout stadiums. The Yankees have not
publicly responded to the allegations. When the lawsuit was reported
in Celebrity and pop culture News. Perez Hilton remains hospitalized
and will need surgery after the live stream incident. Perez
Hilton remained hospitalized in serious but stable condition following the
(10:51):
disturbing TikTok live stream in which he appeared to harm himself.
His family said Saturday that he suffered significant blood loss,
along with additional injuries that will require surgery and that
they expect his recovery to be a long process. He
is reportedly able to communicate with his family. His family
(11:14):
also revealed that his children, niece, and sister had been
inside of the home only minutes before the incident began.
Once they realized he was experienced a severe mental health crisis,
they reportedly left the house to prevent the children from
witnessing any additional trauma. Police were ultimately able to de
escalate the situation and transport Hilton for medical treatment. There
(11:36):
is also growing scrutiny over how long the video was
allowed to remain live on TikTok. TikTok says its automated
safety system quickly detected the live stream and sent it
to a human moderator, but a moderation error prevented the
stream from being removed immediately. The graphic live stream reportedly
(11:57):
remained accessible for over fifteen minutes before it was finally
taken down. His account was subsequently banned. By that point, However,
portions of the live stream have already been recorded and
redistributed across other social media platforms. The incident has generated
criticism over whether platforms are equipped to respond quickly enough
(12:20):
when someone broadcasts an active mental health emergency, particularly when
extreme graphic material can reach thousands of viewers before moderators intervene.
RFK Junior's doctor says that a quote perfect poop should
be white free and nearly orgasmic. Doctor Sean O'Mara, a
(12:42):
physician and health optimizer consultant whose dietary approach has been
reported by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior and Vice
President J. D Vance, has a very specific definition of
the perfect bowel movement. According to O'Meara, it should take
only a few seconds, have little to no odor, require
(13:04):
essentially no wiping, and feel nearly orgasmic. O'Meara promotes what
he calls a living carnivore diet, which eliminates sugar, alcohol,
and heavily processed foods, while emphasizing griss fed meat, eggs,
fermented foods such as sour kraut and kimchi, yogurt, berries,
and age cheese. Kennedy reportedly began following the diet last
(13:28):
year and is credited with helping him lose about twenty
pounds and improving several health complaints. O'Mara argues that an
exceptionally clean bowel movement is evidence of good gut health,
but gastroenterologists warned that meat heavy diets without sufficient fiber
can instead contributed constipation, abnormal stools, and other digestive problems.
(13:53):
Body World's creator Gunther van Hagens, dies at eighty one.
Doctor Gunther van high Huggins, the German anatomists who invented
plastination and created the internationally famous Body World's exhibition, has
died at the age of eighty one. Von Hagen's developed
plastination as a way of preserving human bodies by removing
(14:15):
water and fat from tissues and replacing them with polymers,
allowing entire bodies and individual organs to remain preserved for decades.
The process became the foundation of body Worlds, where real
human bodies are dissected and posed to expose muscles, organs,
blood vessels, and other anatomic structures. Preparing just one complete
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body for an exhibit can take around fifteen hundred hours.
The exhibits attracted millions of visitors around the world, but
also generated controversy over the public display of human remains
and questions surrounding body donation and consent. Von Hagens maintained
that The purpose was a education allowing the public to
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see inside the human body in a way previously available
primarily to medical professionals. In medicine and health news, Virginia
reports its first ever locally acquired case of dengay. Virginia
health officials have confirmed the first documented case of dengay
(15:22):
acquired locally within the state. The patient lives in northern
Virginia and had not traveled outside Virginia before becoming sick,
which means this was not a typical travel related infection.
That is what makes this case important. Dengay is usually
associated with tropical and subtropical regions, and the US cases
(15:44):
occur in people who become affected while traveling. In this case, however,
the virus appears to have been transmitted by a mosquito
inside of the United States, showing that the mosquitoes capable
of spreading dengay are present locally and can potentially transmit
the virus when it's introduced into the community. Investigators believe
(16:06):
a Virginia resident who had recently returned from international travel
was infected with dengey. A local eighties mosquito may have
bitten that person while the virus was circulating in their
blood and then later bitten the second patient passing the
infection along. Dengay does not normally spread directly from person
(16:27):
to person. Dengay could cause high fevers, severe headaches, pain
behind the eyes, intense muscle and joint pain, nausea and rash,
and in more severe cases, it could cause severe bleeding, shock,
and potentially life threatening illness. For now, health officials emphasize
that this is a single locally acquired case and not
an outbreak. No additional locally transmitted cases have been identified,
(16:51):
and the overall risk to the public remains low. However,
this case is significant because it demonstrates that dengay transmission
can occur locally in parts of the United States when
an infected traveler introduces the virus into an area where
the right mosquito species already lives. Doctors removed one hundred
(17:12):
and eighty nails, magnets, and other metal objects from a
man's stomach. Doctors in China removed and astonishing one hundred
and eighty iron nails, along with magnets, coins, screws, nuts,
and other foreign objects from a man's stomach, with everything
removed weighing more than two point two pounds or one kilogram.
(17:35):
The man was brought to the hospital after experiencing repeated
vomiting and abdominal pain. Imaging revealed a massive collection of
metal inside his abdomen. The objects had clumped together in
such a large mass that they had stretched and distended
his stomach and caused it to sag downward. Surgeons spent
nearly three hours removing the objects, including one nail that
(17:58):
measured almost four inches b or ten centimeters long. Doctors
found that inside his stomach was covered with ulcers and erosions,
but amazingly, none of the nails had perforated the stomach
or traveled into his intestines. That's important because sharp metal
objects can puncture the GI track, allowing intestinal contents to
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leak into the abdominal cavity and potentially cause sepsis and death.
Doctors said some of the nails appear to have become magnetized,
causing the metal objects to stick together rather than moving
farther through the digestive track. The man's family told local
media that he has a long history of mental illness,
although they did not say why or over what period
(18:42):
of time he swallowed the objects. Despite the amount of
metal removed in the damage to his stomach. The patient
is reportedly stable and recovering after surgery. In freak Accidents
and Unexpected deaths, an earthquake hitched a Japanese hospital why
doctors are operating? Dramatic security footage from Kumamoto General Hospital
(19:08):
in Japan shows the moment a powerful earthquake struck while
doctors were in the middle of an operation. The video
shows equipment and fixture shaking throughout the operating room as
hospital staff immediately moved to stabilize the patient and secure
items around the surgical table. The footage has received attention
because the medical team appears to remain remarkably composed despite
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the violent shaking around them. Instead of abandoning the procedure,
staff can be seen protecting the patient and attempting to
keep the operating environment under control until the shaking subsides.
And In other death news, our last story, fifty six
decomposing bodies found inside a Chicago funeral home after neighbors
(19:55):
complained about the smell. Authorities in Chicago discovered the remains
of fifty six people in various stages of decomposition inside
of the South Chicago Chapel funeral home on August sixth.
Investigators say the bodies had been improperly stored, including in
unrefrigerated areas under conditioned state regulators described as deplorable. The
(20:20):
discovery came after people living near the funeral home had
reportedly been complaining for months about a foul odor coming
from the building. When authorities finally entered, officials reported decomposition
along with rodent and maggot infestations. The Cook County Medical
Examiner sent investigators and forensic pathologists to begin examining and
(20:43):
identifying the remains. The funeral home is connected to Johanna
and Clark Morgan, a husband and wife team with a
troubling history in the funeral industry. They previously operated Heights
Crematory in Chicago Heights, which also lost its license following
allegations of mishandling human remains and failing to return cremated
(21:05):
remains to families. Clark Morgan's funeral director license had already
been revoked in twenty twenty four, while regulators temporarily suspended
Johannes Morgan's license shortly before the latest discovery. Now, families
are left trying to determine whether their log ones are
among the fifty six bodies. The Medical Examiner's Office is
(21:27):
going through documentation, death certificates, and the condition of individual
remains to establish their identities before notifying relatives. One woman
who believed her mother was being properly cared for, learned
that authorities would now need to identify and examine her
mother's remains. As of the latest reporting, note, arrest have
(21:48):
been announced, but Chicago police are investigating. The case. Is
especially disturbing because this is not an isolated incident. Nationally,
multiple funeral homes around the have been discovered in recent
years storing large numbers of decomposing bodies, sometimes while families
were given ashes that did not actually belong to their relatives.
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(23:18):
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Hey everyone, Welcome the Monday's Morbid Minute. This is your
quick rundown of the week's most fascinating stories involving death, disease,
medicine and injury, making headlines and rippling through the pop culture.
We'll tease the cases here, then do a deep dive
into the pathology, forensics, and medical mysteries later in our
Normal Mother Knows Death episodes, in articles over in the
(00:27):
Gross Room, and during our weekly YouTube live bonus episode
exclusively for Gross Room members. If it's dark, disturbing, medically bizarre,
or just too good not to dissect, you'll hear it
first on Monday's Morbid Minute. In true crime and court cases,
(00:50):
New Jersey mom jailed for eight months after being wrongfully
accused of killing her baby. Caitlin Gibson was arrested in
May of two, twenty twenty five, after her three month
old daughter, Aliyah Santiago, died from severe blunt force trauma
to the head, and autopsy found two skull fractures, a
(01:10):
subdural hematoma, seven fractured ribs, and a broken wrist, some
of which were already healing. These types of injuries not
only point to recent child abuse, but the healing fractures
point to a history of abuse over time. The medical
examiner ruled the death of homicide. Both Gibson and the
baby's father, Reuben Santiago, were charged with murder. Santiago gave
(01:35):
investigators several different explanations for the injuries, including that he
accidentally dropped a bottle on the baby's head and that
she may have fallen while being removed from a bouncer.
Doctors say that those explanations did not match the severity
of the trauma. Gibson spent about eight months in jail
while maintaining that she had not hurt her daughter. The
(01:57):
case changed when Santiago ultimately admitted that he was responsible
for the fatal abuse and said Gibson was not present
when it happened. In January of twenty twenty six, Santiago
played guilty to aggravated manslaughter and Gibson was released. He
was later sentenced to twenty five years in prison. What
(02:18):
makes this case especially troubling is that Gibson lost her
baby and was then jailed as one of the people
accused of killing her. The older healing fractures initially raised
serious questions about what both parents may have known, but
prosecutors ultimately determined that there was not enough evidence to
hold Gibson criminally responsible for her daughter's death. A decomposing
(02:42):
man was found with a knife sticking out of his neck.
Police responding to a wellness check in Brooklyn made a
disturbing discovery when they found the decomposing body of a
fifty eight year old man inside of his home with
a knife protruding from his neck. The unidentified man was
reportedly already in advanced state of decomposition when officers arrived.
(03:07):
Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene, while detectives
and crime scene investigators spent several hours collecting evidence. Despite
the obvious presence of the knife, police had not immediately
classified the death as a homicide. The New York City
Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy to determine both the
cause and manner of death, and investigators have not said
(03:30):
how long the man may have been dead inside of
the home. An eighteen year old accused of biting a
newborn's face to make the baby stop crying. An eighteen
year old Indiana man is accused of repeatedly biting the
face of a nine day old newborn because he allegedly
wanted the baby to stop crying. Police say Caden Manuel
(03:52):
Lewis Shrum admitted that he initially began nibbling the baby's
cheek before escalating it into repeated biting or chomping motions.
According to investigators, Shrum later described the child's face as
looking like a quote, busted up egg. The case came
to authorities attention after a pediatrician reported the infant's injuries
(04:16):
to Child Protective Services. Shrum was arrested at a hospital
in charge with felony battery resulting in injuring a person
under fourteen. The baby's current condition has not been publicly released,
and authorities have not clarified Shrum's relationship to the child.
He was also already facing felony charges in an unrelated case.
(04:39):
A naked woman allegedly steals an ambulance and talks over
fire department radio. A Wisconsin woman was arrested after police
says she stole a Pleasant Prairie emergency vehicle while completely naked.
Thirty six year old Emily Fair allegedly made several unauthorized
transmissi over the vehicle's dispatch radio shortly before one am,
(05:04):
including telling dispatchers that she was hungry and asking whether
they had any food. Police first located Fair around two am,
but when an officer approached, she asked are you following me?
Or am I following you? And drove away again. Officers
later found her sitting naked in the driver's seat. Fair
(05:25):
reportedly told police she was a firefighter and was allowed
to use the vehicle, then explained that her address was
in the back. She was taken into custody after putting
on the dress. Her bomb was set at two hundred dollars,
and her attorney has requested a competency hearing a man
(05:45):
fakes threats against himself to get out of working on
Rocky Horror. A Vermont man admitted that threatening messages supposedly
sent to him over a community theater production were actually
messages he had sent to himself. Kenneth Greener twenty six,
who is the musical director for the ex Community Player's
(06:06):
production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, when he reported
receiving threatening and harassing texts connected to the show. The
threats were taken seriously enough that the production was canceled.
Police eventually traced the IP addressed use to the register
the virtual phone numbers back to Greener's own home. He
allegedly admitted that he fabricated the threats because he wanted
(06:29):
an excuse to leave the production due to difficulties with
the cast and crew. The nonprofit theater group reportedly lost
somewhere between eleven thousand, five hundred and fifteen thousand dollars
because of the cancelation. Greener received a misdemeanor citation for
filing a false report, and the case was referred to
(06:50):
a community justice program. A fight over lobster spot leads
to alleged attempt murder under water. A fight over a
Florida lobster diving spot escalated into an attempted murder charge
after authority say one boater deliberately shut off another diver's
(07:11):
air supply while the man was underwater. Michael Joseph Simpson,
fifty one, of Miami Beach, allegedly confronted another group on
July twenty ninth, claiming they were diving in his spot.
At the time, one of the group's divers was underwater
using a Brownie's third lung system, which pumps air from
the surface through a hose. According to the arrest Affidavid
(07:35):
Simpson allegedly threatened that he could shut the air system off,
jumped in the water, and then intentionally did exactly that.
The owner of the other boat jumped into rescue the diver,
whose surface tangled into the air hose and anchor, lined
gasping and appeared disoriented. The diver was not seriously injured.
(07:56):
Simpson later turned himself in and was charged with a
felony at tempted murder. His attorney denies the allegations and
says Simpson never disabled anyone's equipment. An Arizona intruder breaks
into a trailer and bites a man on the neck.
An Arizona home invasion took a bizarre turn when authorities
(08:17):
sit an intruder broke into a trailer and bit the
twenty year old resident directly on the neck. The incident
happened August fourth at the Valley View Trailer Park near
Three Way, Arizona, where deputies initially receive reports of a
man throwing rocks at trailers and attempting to break into them.
The suspect eventually forced his way inside one of the
(08:39):
homes and allegedly attacked a resident, biting him in the
neck like a vampire before fleeing. Deputies chased the suspect
on foot, eventually catching him after he allegedly fought with
officers while being taken into custody. He was booked on
charges including aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, and threatening an intimidate. Behavior.
(09:01):
Authorities have not released his identity, explained what prompted the
bizarre rampage, or provided an update on the bite victim's condition.
A woman sues the Yankees for ten million dollars after
a flying bat allegedly caused a brain injury. A New
Jersey woman is suing the New York Yankees for ten
million dollars after she says she suffered a traumatic brain
(09:24):
injury when a bat flew into the stands at Yankee Stadium.
Stephanie Doulac, thirty seven years old, was attending a June's
second game against the Cleveland Guardians when Guardian star Jose
Ramirez lost control of his bat after a swing. The
bat flew towards the seats near the on deck circle
and struck Dolc in the head. According to the lawsuit,
(09:47):
the impact was strong enough to knock her out of
her seat and throw her to the ground, Dolac claims
she suffered a concussion and traumatic brain injury, along with
persistent headaches, balanced problems, severe light sensitivity, cognitive problems, and
injuries to her neck and hands. She says the effects
have prevented her from returning to work. The lawsuit argues
(10:08):
that the protective netting around Delux's seating area was significantly
lower than the netting and neighboring sections, creating an opening
that left spectators vulnerable to flying equipment. The MLB required
teams to expand protective netting in twenty eighteen following several
serious fan injuries, but the exact height and reach of
(10:29):
that netting could vary throughout stadiums. The Yankees have not
publicly responded to the allegations. When the lawsuit was reported
in Celebrity and pop culture News. Perez Hilton remains hospitalized
and will need surgery after the live stream incident. Perez
Hilton remained hospitalized in serious but stable condition following the
(10:51):
disturbing TikTok live stream in which he appeared to harm himself.
His family said Saturday that he suffered significant blood loss,
along with additional injuries that will require surgery and that
they expect his recovery to be a long process. He
is reportedly able to communicate with his family. His family
(11:14):
also revealed that his children, niece, and sister had been
inside of the home only minutes before the incident began.
Once they realized he was experienced a severe mental health crisis,
they reportedly left the house to prevent the children from
witnessing any additional trauma. Police were ultimately able to de
escalate the situation and transport Hilton for medical treatment. There
(11:36):
is also growing scrutiny over how long the video was
allowed to remain live on TikTok. TikTok says its automated
safety system quickly detected the live stream and sent it
to a human moderator, but a moderation error prevented the
stream from being removed immediately. The graphic live stream reportedly
(11:57):
remained accessible for over fifteen minutes before it was finally
taken down. His account was subsequently banned. By that point, However,
portions of the live stream have already been recorded and
redistributed across other social media platforms. The incident has generated
criticism over whether platforms are equipped to respond quickly enough
(12:20):
when someone broadcasts an active mental health emergency, particularly when
extreme graphic material can reach thousands of viewers before moderators intervene.
RFK Junior's doctor says that a quote perfect poop should
be white free and nearly orgasmic. Doctor Sean O'Mara, a
(12:42):
physician and health optimizer consultant whose dietary approach has been
reported by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior and Vice
President J. D Vance, has a very specific definition of
the perfect bowel movement. According to O'Meara, it should take
only a few seconds, have little to no odor, require
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essentially no wiping, and feel nearly orgasmic. O'Meara promotes what
he calls a living carnivore diet, which eliminates sugar, alcohol,
and heavily processed foods, while emphasizing griss fed meat, eggs,
fermented foods such as sour kraut and kimchi, yogurt, berries,
and age cheese. Kennedy reportedly began following the diet last
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year and is credited with helping him lose about twenty
pounds and improving several health complaints. O'Mara argues that an
exceptionally clean bowel movement is evidence of good gut health,
but gastroenterologists warned that meat heavy diets without sufficient fiber
can instead contributed constipation, abnormal stools, and other digestive problems.
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Body World's creator Gunther van Hagens, dies at eighty one.
Doctor Gunther van high Huggins, the German anatomists who invented
plastination and created the internationally famous Body World's exhibition, has
died at the age of eighty one. Von Hagen's developed
plastination as a way of preserving human bodies by removing
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water and fat from tissues and replacing them with polymers,
allowing entire bodies and individual organs to remain preserved for decades.
The process became the foundation of body Worlds, where real
human bodies are dissected and posed to expose muscles, organs,
blood vessels, and other anatomic structures. Preparing just one complete
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body for an exhibit can take around fifteen hundred hours.
The exhibits attracted millions of visitors around the world, but
also generated controversy over the public display of human remains
and questions surrounding body donation and consent. Von Hagens maintained
that The purpose was a education allowing the public to
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see inside the human body in a way previously available
primarily to medical professionals. In medicine and health news, Virginia
reports its first ever locally acquired case of dengay. Virginia
health officials have confirmed the first documented case of dengay
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acquired locally within the state. The patient lives in northern
Virginia and had not traveled outside Virginia before becoming sick,
which means this was not a typical travel related infection.
That is what makes this case important. Dengay is usually
associated with tropical and subtropical regions, and the US cases
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occur in people who become affected while traveling. In this case, however,
the virus appears to have been transmitted by a mosquito
inside of the United States, showing that the mosquitoes capable
of spreading dengay are present locally and can potentially transmit
the virus when it's introduced into the community. Investigators believe
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a Virginia resident who had recently returned from international travel
was infected with dengey. A local eighties mosquito may have
bitten that person while the virus was circulating in their
blood and then later bitten the second patient passing the
infection along. Dengay does not normally spread directly from person
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to person. Dengay could cause high fevers, severe headaches, pain
behind the eyes, intense muscle and joint pain, nausea and rash,
and in more severe cases, it could cause severe bleeding, shock,
and potentially life threatening illness. For now, health officials emphasize
that this is a single locally acquired case and not
an outbreak. No additional locally transmitted cases have been identified,
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and the overall risk to the public remains low. However,
this case is significant because it demonstrates that dengay transmission
can occur locally in parts of the United States when
an infected traveler introduces the virus into an area where
the right mosquito species already lives. Doctors removed one hundred
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and eighty nails, magnets, and other metal objects from a
man's stomach. Doctors in China removed and astonishing one hundred
and eighty iron nails, along with magnets, coins, screws, nuts,
and other foreign objects from a man's stomach, with everything
removed weighing more than two point two pounds or one kilogram.
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The man was brought to the hospital after experiencing repeated
vomiting and abdominal pain. Imaging revealed a massive collection of
metal inside his abdomen. The objects had clumped together in
such a large mass that they had stretched and distended
his stomach and caused it to sag downward. Surgeons spent
nearly three hours removing the objects, including one nail that
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measured almost four inches b or ten centimeters long. Doctors
found that inside his stomach was covered with ulcers and erosions,
but amazingly, none of the nails had perforated the stomach
or traveled into his intestines. That's important because sharp metal
objects can puncture the GI track, allowing intestinal contents to
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leak into the abdominal cavity and potentially cause sepsis and death.
Doctors said some of the nails appear to have become magnetized,
causing the metal objects to stick together rather than moving
farther through the digestive track. The man's family told local
media that he has a long history of mental illness,
although they did not say why or over what period
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of time he swallowed the objects. Despite the amount of
metal removed in the damage to his stomach. The patient
is reportedly stable and recovering after surgery. In freak Accidents
and Unexpected deaths, an earthquake hitched a Japanese hospital why
doctors are operating? Dramatic security footage from Kumamoto General Hospital
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in Japan shows the moment a powerful earthquake struck while
doctors were in the middle of an operation. The video
shows equipment and fixture shaking throughout the operating room as
hospital staff immediately moved to stabilize the patient and secure
items around the surgical table. The footage has received attention
because the medical team appears to remain remarkably composed despite
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the violent shaking around them. Instead of abandoning the procedure,
staff can be seen protecting the patient and attempting to
keep the operating environment under control until the shaking subsides.
And In other death news, our last story, fifty six
decomposing bodies found inside a Chicago funeral home after neighbors
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complained about the smell. Authorities in Chicago discovered the remains
of fifty six people in various stages of decomposition inside
of the South Chicago Chapel funeral home on August sixth.
Investigators say the bodies had been improperly stored, including in
unrefrigerated areas under conditioned state regulators described as deplorable. The
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discovery came after people living near the funeral home had
reportedly been complaining for months about a foul odor coming
from the building. When authorities finally entered, officials reported decomposition
along with rodent and maggot infestations. The Cook County Medical
Examiner sent investigators and forensic pathologists to begin examining and
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identifying the remains. The funeral home is connected to Johanna
and Clark Morgan, a husband and wife team with a
troubling history in the funeral industry. They previously operated Heights
Crematory in Chicago Heights, which also lost its license following
allegations of mishandling human remains and failing to return cremated
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remains to families. Clark Morgan's funeral director license had already
been revoked in twenty twenty four, while regulators temporarily suspended
Johannes Morgan's license shortly before the latest discovery. Now, families
are left trying to determine whether their log ones are
among the fifty six bodies. The Medical Examiner's Office is
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going through documentation, death certificates, and the condition of individual
remains to establish their identities before notifying relatives. One woman
who believed her mother was being properly cared for, learned
that authorities would now need to identify and examine her
mother's remains. As of the latest reporting, note, arrest have
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been announced, but Chicago police are investigating. The case. Is
especially disturbing because this is not an isolated incident. Nationally,
multiple funeral homes around the have been discovered in recent
years storing large numbers of decomposing bodies, sometimes while families
were given ashes that did not actually belong to their relatives.
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And that's it for this week's Monday's Morbid Minute. For
full breakdowns of these stories, plus any breaking news that develops,
be sure to tune into this week's regular Mother Knows
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Thank you for listening to Mother nos Death. As a reminder,
my training is as a pathologist's assistant. I have a
master's level education and specialize in anatomy and pathology education.
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I am not a doctor and I have not diagnosed
or treated anyone dead or alive without the assistance of
a licensed medical doctor. This show, my website, and social
media accounts are designed to educate and inform people based
on my experience working in pathology, so they can make
healthier decisions regarding their life and well being. Always remember
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in this episode are based on my knowledge of those
subjects at the time of publication. If you are having
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