Operating as a guise for Ireland's so-called "wayward" women, Magdalene Asylums exploited and abused the women living and working in them, well into the late twentieth century.

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Tragedy struck Boston’s North End neighborhood in 1919 when dozens died and hundreds were injured in a freak accident. Today, we’re slip-sliding into Boston’s Great Molasses Flood of 1919, examining the aftermath and the causes.

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Necessity may be the mother of invention, but, on rare occasions, death is the result. Some of history’s brilliant minds and go-getters were tragically killed by their own creations, as recounted in this episode.

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Get to know your hosts in this funny, thoughtful, and low-key chat about what sparked the podcast, growing up gruesome, scary movies, and more. New episodes coming next week, September 12th.

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We're back, starting September 5th! And big news: once this morbid train leaves the station, it's not stopping! Going forward you'll be able to enjoy 30 Morbid Minutes week-to-week, with no breaks between seasons. 'Til death do us part,' so to speak. Check out this quick preview of what's to come.

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From Paul McCartney to Avril Lavigne, celebrity death hoaxes spread like wildfire in the Internet Age. We examine some of the more ridiculous ones, and look back at death hoaxes of notable people throughout history.

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The natives of Sentinel Island know nothing of the outside world, and remain primitive in their technology and way of life. Many have attempted to make contact, to varying consequences.

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An iron lung, a medical device used to treat polio patients, remains an recognizable visual of the polio epidemic. Essentially, it keeps its user alive. But is this now seemingly outdated technology still used today?

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Laugh, grimace, and react in horror at this collection of gruesome and weird coital catastrophes and deadly sex-ploits.

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History's most infamous ship has garnered its fair share of conspiracy theories, some more outlandish than others. We separate fact from fiction as we cover the Titanic.

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