The Grimm Mystics

A Little Off the Top


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In this week’s episode, The Mystics poke around the history of lobotomies 🧠 because nothing says "medical breakthrough" like scrambling someone’s brain with an ice pick 🥶 The Gruesome Twosome delve into the rise of this, unique procedure 🥴 in the United States, what a patient could expect (spoiler: it’s not great), and the wild roadshow known as the Lobotomobile 🚙 where one man took brain surgery on tour like a rock star… but with way more permanent consequences. Finally, they play a round of Put a Finger Down: Lobotomy Edition 🤚✋only to realize they would’ve been prime candidates for a little off the top 🤯 Tune in for a sharp-witted take on one of history’s most head-scratching medical moments!

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The Grimm MysticsBy Amber Ringus & Lesley Gregg