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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April 13, 2026 • 25 mins
Curious about the inner thoughts and routines of a career mortician? We pull the best questions from a Reddit AMA with a real life funeral home director.
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March 30, 2026 • 40 mins
Disney controls its family friendly image with an iron, four-fingered fist, but even the all-seeing Mouse House can’t anticipate every casualty – including the tragic deaths of park visitors or staff. Between 2006 and 2020, more than 20 people have met their end while at Florida’s Magic Kingdom, and countless others have died in fatal incidents at other parks around the globe. We investigate the main causes while attempting to debu...
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March 16, 2026 • 25 mins
What lasting impact can someone's final words leave? We talk about the new Netflix series Famous Last Words, and examine some of history's most iconic and memorable deathbed quotes.
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March 2, 2026 • 19 mins
Have you ever seen a painting of a saint holding their own severed head in their hands? These saints are known as cephalophore saints, and each and everyone one has a distinctly morbid backstory. Their headless predicament certainly begs the question: where does the halo go?
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February 16, 2026 • 33 mins
How would you react if you saw a dead body that, after a year, still looked like the person had died just yesterday? What about after five years? A hundred? This type of preservation, called incorruptibility, can happen. And while some consider it a holy miracle, science tells a different story. (Originally released February 27, 2024)
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February 2, 2026 • 30 mins
Discussing what a Last Will and Testament is, and why you should have one, plus, some of Reddit's weirdest Wills.
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January 19, 2026 • 24 mins
It's time for a quick catch-up with your favorite gruesome twosome. Elyse and Jessica talk about the state of the podcast, what's to come, and of course, get a little silly.
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December 29, 2025 • 21 mins
From their practical role in funerary processions, to the eerie folklore and superstitions that later surrounded them, this episode traces the history of corpse roads in Medieval England.
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December 15, 2025 • 28 mins
This episode was originally released December 19, 2023
Gathering around the fire and telling ghost stories during the holiday season was extremely in vogue during the Victorian Era. We explore how a tradition of yuletide terror came to be, and the authors behind it.
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December 1, 2025 • 31 mins
We’re doing a thorough examination of what life is like for a professional coroner, pulling questions from a Reddit AMA in which a real-life coroner gives personal insight into the ways in which they investigate deaths, locate and notify families of deaths, determine cause and manner of death, and relay information to the media.
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November 10, 2025 • 24 mins
Sometimes a surprise birthday party can result in an unforeseen death. We explore the dark statistical phenomenon that is the Birthday Effect.
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October 27, 2025 • 30 mins
What compels thrill-seekers and ghosthunters to spend the night amongst the gravestones? And how do local communities use cemeteries for special events and spooky movie nights? Find out, in 30 Morbid Minutes.
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October 20, 2025 • 34 mins
Spooky enthusiasts rejoice, it's the most wonderful time of year: Halloween season! No better time than now to dive into the history behind America's most morbid holiday; how it started, where certain traditions like trick-or-treating come from, and how Halloween has evolved and popularized into more than just a commercial candy and costume fest. (This is a re-release of an episode originally released on October 4, 2022.)
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October 13, 2025 • 34 mins
In the 1987 the Tallman Family of Horicon, Wisconsin were driven from their home by paranormal activity caused by an unexpectedly haunted artifact: bunk beds.
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October 6, 2025 • 31 mins
Examining the real life mad doctors and their galvanic experiments that inspired one of literature's most famous monsters. (This episode was originally released October 10, 2023.)
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September 22, 2025 • 34 mins
Reddit user Generic Box was 20-years-old when they had their first out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest -- meaning, their heart just suddenly stopped beating. After being diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, eight more sudden cardiac arrests and "deaths" happened to them. In this episode, we dive into their Reddit AMA and get to the heart of what it's like to cheat death and their various near death experiences.
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September 8, 2025 • 37 mins
Who are the Whittakers, and why has the world become so fascinated with them and their isolated West Virginia way of life? We take a look at their insular family tree, and the genetic fallout that can occur with inbreeding.
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August 25, 2025 • 27 mins
Is the rich history of Appalachian folklore meant to be taken literally? Do cryptids, spirits and supernatural dangers exist in those rugged hills? If you hear a voice say your name in the woods, should you respond? (Spoiler: no.) In this new episode, we examine the unspoken rules of Appalachia and give a brief history of the mountain range.
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August 11, 2025 • 32 mins
In this episode, we pull the most interesting questions and responses from Reddit user odd_fisch's cemetery groundskeeper AMA! They live at and maintain a historic and still active cemetery.
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July 28, 2025 • 27 mins
Cemeteries and graveyards aren’t actually the same thing. An important distinction that probably doesn’t matter much… if you’re dead. In this episode, we examine the historical and practical differences that set these two bone yards apart.
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