Macabrepedia: A Marriage of True Crime and the Truly Bizarre

Burying a loved one is always a sad day, and it can be an emotional and trying time. But hopefully, the burial goes off without a hitch! That's because there are plenty of people behind the scenes making sure the grave is prepared for burial and maintained afterward. In our first interview, we talk with one of these people: Nicholas White. Nick is a groundskeeper at a memorial garden burial ground. He has grown up around death with a licensed mortician father, and his job involves digging graves, maintaining the grounds, and learning more about the death industry.




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Jesse Pomeroy was the youngest person in Massachusetts to be convicted of first-degree murder.  The first time Jesse was first arrested for his violent behavior, he was just 11 years old. And at 14-years-old, he was arrested for murder. Join us as we discuss.



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Continuing our segment on the history of the treatment of mental health, let's look at some treatments that have been historically used to help or "help" people like lobotomies, electroshock therapy, and more.  Most are still being used in some form!


Kreston, R. (2019, May 17). Pyromania! on neurosyphilis and fighting fire with fire. Discover Magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2021, from https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/pyromania-on-neurosyphilis-and-fighting-fire-with-fire.


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What is the history of mental health services and the places that provide them? Let's find out!




Suffer the little children. (1968).
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"Lizzie Borden took an axe...." So begins the children's rhyme about two brutal murders that shook New England. Who was Lizzie Borden? Why did she kill her father and step-mother? Let's find out!



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During the stages of death, the body goes through a series of processes that can help determine cause of death. What happens during corpse decomposition? Also! What are your options for after you die? 






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When travelers start disappearing in  Galloway, nobody knows why until a husband and wife are pulled from their horse in front of dozens of travelers. This leads them to the worst cannibal family in the history of the country. But, did Sawney Bean really exist? Was this story grossly exaggerated, or did his family do what their legend famously says?






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Countess Elizabeth Bathory is famous for how she tortured and killed for pleasure, and it's been said that she bathed in and drank the blood of young virgin girls because she believed it would help her stay young. The Blood Countess of Hungary is said to have killed over 600 girls, and she even holds the Guinness World Record for the most prolific female serial killer of all time. 
Who was Elizabeth Bathory? Did Elizabeth Bathory really bathe in blood? What did the Blood Countess do to her victims? 


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William Palmer or "the Prince of Poisoners" is known for poisoning his friend John Cook after Cook won big at a horserace in 1855. But he also lost his wife, five children, a mother-in-law, his brother, his uncle... and the bodies piled up. Did he poison them all? What evidence is there?











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When Jack the Ripper stopped his murder spree without being caught, people were left wondering where he went. When a prostitute in NYC is murdered and mutilated, the Chief of Detectives is under a lot of pressure to find the killer. Did Jack the Ripper go to NYC? 

Plus! A special reading of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe just in time for Halloween.














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