Episodios

  • The First Televised Royal Funeral and a Death Headline Fit for a King

    The First Televised Royal Funeral and a Death Headline Fit for a King
    May 26 2025
    Both George V and George VI succumbed to declining health and respiratory ailments. The latter, was the first royal to have his funeral televised, whereas the former's death was seemingly expedited to meet the morning headlines -- a secret unearthed fifty years after his passing. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us ⁠⁠30MorbidMinutes⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Jessica Vasami⁠⁠ Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    34 m
  • Ranking the Most Morbid Facts

    Ranking the Most Morbid Facts
    May 12 2025
    It's an apples to oranges of morbidity as Jessica and Elyse take ten random yet gruesome facts and, using their macabre expertise, rank them from least to most disturbing. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us ⁠30MorbidMinutes⁠ ⁠Elyse Willems⁠ ⁠Jessica Vasami⁠ Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 m
  • The Final Moments of Pompeii

    The Final Moments of Pompeii
    Apr 21 2025
    Buried in an instant. Preserved for eternity. What really happened in the final moments of Pompeii? Plus, Jessica reminisces about her phallic-filled tour. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us 30MorbidMinutes Elyse Willems Jessica Vasami Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 m
  • Fireworks Made with Human Ashes: The Explosive New Post-mortem Trend

    Fireworks Made with Human Ashes: The Explosive New Post-mortem Trend
    Apr 7 2025
    If you’re considering cremation as an alternative to traditional burial, we might be able to help you take things up a notch with fireworks displays containing actual human cremated remains. Did you know that there are pyrotechnic companies around the world that will memorialize your deceased loved one by firing their remains up into the sky in tiny rockets? We look into the rules and logistics behind this new post-mortem trend, and talk about the famous writer who had it done. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us 30MorbidMinutes Elyse Willems Jessica Vasami Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 m
  • Death on Airplanes: How Do Flight Crews Handle a Death Onboard?

    Death on Airplanes: How Do Flight Crews Handle a Death Onboard?
    Mar 24 2025
    In-flight medical emergencies occur about once every 604 flights, with a mortality rate of 0.3% of those incidents. While extremely rare, if someone dies, specification actions must be taken. So what happens when a plane passenger dies during a flight? Or even the pilot? We investigate. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us 30MorbidMinutes Elyse Willems Jessica Vasami Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    26 m
  • From the Crypt: Death on Cruise Ships (New Intro)

    From the Crypt: Death on Cruise Ships (New Intro)
    Mar 3 2025
    Revisiting one of our fan favorite classic episodes with a newly recorded introduction! An estimated 200 people die every year while taking a cruise. As a result, ships and their crews have developed intricate systems, code words, and protocol in the event a passenger dies on board. Still, dire complications can arise out on the open water, and not all deaths are by natural causes… Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us 30MorbidMinutes Elyse Willems Jessica Vasami Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    53 m
  • The Deranged Doctor Who Stole the Corpse of the Woman He Obsessed Over

    The Deranged Doctor Who Stole the Corpse of the Woman He Obsessed Over
    Feb 17 2025
    Karl Tanzler, also known as Count Carl von Cosel, was a radiologist in Key West, Florida who developed an unhealthy obsession for his young patients, Elena Milagro Hoyos. His obsession continued, even after Elena died from tuberculosis in 1931... Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us 30MorbidMinutes Elyse Willems Jessica Vasami Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 m
  • Battling Vampires (and Tuberculosis) in the 19th Century

    Battling Vampires (and Tuberculosis) in the 19th Century
    Feb 3 2025
    Did a deadly disease spark the legend of vampires? Or were bloodthirsty creatures really lurking in the shadows? We learn how the rampant spread of the "wasting disease" (tuberculosis) contributed to mass panic and vampire hysteria in the nineteenth century. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us 30MorbidMinutes Elyse Willems Jessica Vasami Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 m
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