Every weekday, we recommend a podcast related to a movie or TV show you can watch at home: In 1867 in Leicester, England, five-year-old Joseph Merrick began developing strange symptoms—overgrown limbs, massive facial tumors, and rough, loose flaps of skin. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Medical Mysteries on Spotify. Also, check out the film The Elephant Man, which is now available to stream!

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