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🧟♀️ Episode 2 – Rabid Instincts: The Virus That Bites Back 🧪
Welcome back to Mutant Hollow, where science gets speculative, spooky, and just a little unhinged. In this episode, we sink our teeth into rabies—a virus so bizarre and terrifying that it may be the closest real-world equivalent to a zombie infection.
From ancient cave etchings to vampire legends and 28 Days Later fan theories, rabies has haunted the human imagination for millennia. It causes aggression, fear of water, hallucinations, and eventually death—with almost no survivors once symptoms begin. So… will it zombie?
🧬 Inside this episode:
- A deep dive into the rabies virus and how it hacks the nervous system
- Why it causes hydrophobia, confusion, rage, and hypersexuality (yep, it’s weird)
- Survivors, the Milwaukee protocol, and why most cases end so tragically
- Real-life horror stories, animal encounters, and species jumps
- Speculation on how a modified rabies strain could technically become a rage zombie virus
- Public health myths, bite response tips, and a few cautionary cow tales 🐄
🎙️ Hosts:
Your microbiologist-in-the-wilderness, Amber, is back with creature doctor and co-host Stacy, exploring the virology, folklore, and speculative chaos behind one of nature’s most brutal diseases.
🧠 Bonus Content on Patreon:
In our extended cut for Patreon members, we take a detour into experimental rabies vaccine research being used for cancer treatment and neurological diseases. What happens when we mess with a virus that already knows how to cross the blood-brain barrier?
🌕 Expect:
- Creepy soundscapes
- A PSA you might wish you heard before that raccoon bit your cousin
- A few undead jokes
- And some honest-to-goodness awe at how nature already wrote the zombie playbook
💀 Need a brain break? Stick around for bloopers and a bonus cow exam story after the credits.
👁🗨 Follow us:
Website: mutanthollow.com
Patreon: patreon.com/mutanthollow
IG & TikTok: @mutanthollow
YouTube: Mutant Hollow Podcast
🎧 Mutant Hollow blends microbiology, mythology, and monster science into immersive horror-edu-tainment. Whether you’re a science nerd, a cryptid lover, or just a fan of spooky storytelling with a side of rabies facts, we’ve got something brewing in the lab for you.
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By Amber Nocturne and Stacy Grimm🧟♀️ Episode 2 – Rabid Instincts: The Virus That Bites Back 🧪
Welcome back to Mutant Hollow, where science gets speculative, spooky, and just a little unhinged. In this episode, we sink our teeth into rabies—a virus so bizarre and terrifying that it may be the closest real-world equivalent to a zombie infection.
From ancient cave etchings to vampire legends and 28 Days Later fan theories, rabies has haunted the human imagination for millennia. It causes aggression, fear of water, hallucinations, and eventually death—with almost no survivors once symptoms begin. So… will it zombie?
🧬 Inside this episode:
- A deep dive into the rabies virus and how it hacks the nervous system
- Why it causes hydrophobia, confusion, rage, and hypersexuality (yep, it’s weird)
- Survivors, the Milwaukee protocol, and why most cases end so tragically
- Real-life horror stories, animal encounters, and species jumps
- Speculation on how a modified rabies strain could technically become a rage zombie virus
- Public health myths, bite response tips, and a few cautionary cow tales 🐄
🎙️ Hosts:
Your microbiologist-in-the-wilderness, Amber, is back with creature doctor and co-host Stacy, exploring the virology, folklore, and speculative chaos behind one of nature’s most brutal diseases.
🧠 Bonus Content on Patreon:
In our extended cut for Patreon members, we take a detour into experimental rabies vaccine research being used for cancer treatment and neurological diseases. What happens when we mess with a virus that already knows how to cross the blood-brain barrier?
🌕 Expect:
- Creepy soundscapes
- A PSA you might wish you heard before that raccoon bit your cousin
- A few undead jokes
- And some honest-to-goodness awe at how nature already wrote the zombie playbook
💀 Need a brain break? Stick around for bloopers and a bonus cow exam story after the credits.
👁🗨 Follow us:
Website: mutanthollow.com
Patreon: patreon.com/mutanthollow
IG & TikTok: @mutanthollow
YouTube: Mutant Hollow Podcast
🎧 Mutant Hollow blends microbiology, mythology, and monster science into immersive horror-edu-tainment. Whether you’re a science nerd, a cryptid lover, or just a fan of spooky storytelling with a side of rabies facts, we’ve got something brewing in the lab for you.