On this episode of Electric Worm, Cory digs into the strange history of Victorians eating mummies. From Egyptomania and unwrapping parties to the use of “mummy powder” as medicine, find out why people thought mummies had magical powers and whether or not that made Victorians cannibals.

Electric Worm is the podcast that brings you the weirdest, wildest, and actually true stories from history and science told in a way that’ll make you say, “Wait… that really happened?!”