88: Self-Experimenting Medical Researchers and Sybil Ludington

This week we deep dive into the absolutely disgusting history of medical researchers who experimented on themselves and the story of teenager Sybil Ludington, the unfortunately nicknamed "female Paul Revere," who rode 40 miles in the pouring rain to warn American revolutionaries of the encroaching British army. A listener email explains a werewolf baby phenomenon.

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Middle Eastern/ North African Representation in Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

11:00am, ROOM 407

Episode Tabs:

20 Self-Experimenting Medical Researchers in History

https://historycollection.com/20-self-experimenting-medical-researchers-in-history/

Sybil Ludington

https://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhSybilLudington.php

Listener Tabs:

Babies develop 'werewolf syndrome’ after medicine mix-up in Spain

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/29/babies-develop-werewolf-syndrome-after-medicine-mix-up-in-spain

Dr. Pepper Museum Animatronic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQ1GJ17-6E

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