Macabre : Dark History Podcast

From the fatal collision to the first realization that the unsinkable ship was doomed, this episode unravels the confusion, disbelief, and growing terror as passengers and crew faced the unthinkable. We continue our tale of terror, the sinking of the Titanic through the recollections of the passengers and crew in this 3 part series.

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They called it unsinkable.

In Part I of our Titanic series, Blaire explores the ambition, luxury, and quiet warnings surrounding the ship before disaster struck.

Because the real story didn’t start with the iceberg…

It started long before anyone stepped on board. In this special feature, hear first hand accounts of passengers and crew of the Titanic.

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Self-proclaimed doctor Linda Hazzard believed starvation could cure disease. In the early 1900s, patients traveled to her Washington sanitarium known as Starvation Heights, where many were subjected to brutal fasting treatments that left them weak, skeletal, and sometimes dead. Join Halley and Blaire as they travel back in time, when medical treatments were deadlier than the disease.

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https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/2508

https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/hazzard-linda-burfield-perry-1867-1938

https://archive.kitsapsun.com/news/local/olallas-starvation-heights-still-causes-chills-after-a-century-ep-418381772-357167181.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawQEUm5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE3bFB4aTFGYjliOVg3OHhrc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHh-Bs5RwqwI2fNmPWey-BIVYlSsx3k2CnIpyKruOOSwYv2lNZB_kPfgQRkyN_aem_uDBJE6aDnsCpe12ZmyxBMg

Royalty, ego, and historical humiliation. Today on MACABRE, Henry VIII and Louis XIV face the ultimate punishment… Blaire and Halley are at it again, with a new installment of Roasting History on MACABRE.

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Sources:

https://www.thecollector.com/how-keep-your-head-king-henry-viii-court/https://history.as.uky.edu/reign-louis-xiv-1643-1715-overview

#roastinghistory

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We’ve officially survived three years of MACABRE dark history… so today we’re celebrating by oversharing. From unlikely roommates and embarrassing injuries to prophetic dreams, sleepwalking chaos, and possible past lives — this is the behind-the-curtain, best-friends-at-2am energy episode you didn’t know you needed.

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Join Blaire and Halley in this 2 part, heavy hitter.

He looked ordinary.
Soft-spoken. Awkward. Forgettable.

But behind the walls of a modest Milwaukee apartment, something unspeakable was unfolding.

In this two-part series, MACABRE dives into the chilling life and crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer — from his isolated childhood and escalating obsessions… to the gruesome discoveries that shocked the world.

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Join us Blaire and Halley for the final installment of J is for Jeffrey Dahmer.

Part Two: The apartment. The evidence. The aftermath. MACABRE MORSELS... whale sounds? Gacy and Dahmer? The strange phone calls.

This is not a story for the faint of heart.

Because sometimes the most terrifying thing is how ordinary evil can look.

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SOURCE: https://vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-lionel-dahmer

They don’t chase you.
They don’t scream.
They don’t even move.

They just bloom.

And somewhere between the petals and the perfume…
your nervous system shuts down, your lungs fill with fluid, or your heart simply… stops.

Today on MACABRE, we’re talking about killer plants — the flowers that poison, the shrubs that suffocate, and the innocent little garden guests that have ended more lives than some serial killers.

Welcome… to the Murder Garden. ( A MACABRE throwback/ Exhumed from Season 2!)

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What if I told you there’s a black market hiding in plain sight—
not for drugs… not for weapons… but for human bodies?

In 2026, investigators uncovered a case so disturbing it forced a national reckoning over who owns the dead, how bodies are regulated, and how easily grief can be exploited for profit.

At the center of it all is one name: Jonathan Gerlach.

This isn’t a story about a single crime—it’s about a system that allowed human remains to be bought, sold, and shipped like inventory.

And once you hear how it worked… you’ll never look at body donation the same way again.

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Sources:

• https://6abc.com/post/horror-movie-come-life-cops-find-more-100-skeletal-remains-pennsylvania-mans-home/18373761/

• https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/pa-man-accused-of-stealing-bones-from-cemetery-in-delaware-county/4329838/

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/pennsylvania-grave-robbery-human-remains

• https://www.fox29.com/news/pa-grave-robber-more-human-remains-discovered-corpses-found-hanging-from-ceiling

• https://local21news.com/news/local/ephrata-man-jonathan-gerlach-admits-to-selling-human-remains-stolen-from-pa-cemetery-search-warrant-delaware-county-philadelphia-mount-moriah-cemetery-lancaster-pennsylvania-skulls-skeletons-pa

• https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/ephrata-man-jonathan-gerlach-admits-to-selling-human-remains-stolen-from-pa-cemetery-search-warrant-delaware-county-philadelphia-mount-moriah-cemetery-lancaster-pennsylvania-skulls-skeletons-pa

• https://delcoda.com/news/delaware-county-da-tanner-rouse-announces-arrest-and-charges-against-suspect-in-graveyard-burglaries/

  
  

  Jeremy Pauley Case

  • https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/thompson-man-sentenced-72-months-prison-trafficking-stolen-human-remains

  • https://apnews.com/article/86edc382669ab9790fdb4b79ee96b0ed

  • https://crimewatch.net/us/pa/cumberland/da/5591/post/enola-man-arrested-dealing-stolen-body-parts

  Body Market / Human Remains Trade (Context)

  • https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-brokers/

  • https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/06/13/harvard-medical-anatomy-human-remains-network

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_morgue_case

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_broker

We're back! Another round of Idioms...Blaire and Halley unpack the sh*t we say today by digging into the past to uncover the truth of their origins. Sometimes disgusting, sometimes unhinged, but always entertaining. Discover the original meaning of "kick the bucket", "hungover", and more. Stick around for the second half of the episode where we play a little game called, "guess the meaning" of words and phrases from the book "1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue".

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Sources:

Oxford English Dictionary.  ⁠https://www.oed.com/?tl=true⁠ 

Piers Plowman (c. 1350–1380) 🔗 ⁠https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/piers-plowman-manuscript⁠

⁠https://www.gutenberg.org⁠

Brewers Dictionary of phrases and fables : ⁠ https://www.bartleby.com/81/⁠

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue — Text version (⁠Archive.org⁠)⁠https://www.archive.org/stream/1811dictionaryof05402gut/dcvgr10.txt⁠