Have you heard of corpse medicine?

In today’s episode of Ovaries And Oddities we dive into corpse medicine throughout history. For centuries in Europe, people believed that the human body itself could be medicine. From mummy pills and skull medicine to drinking blood.

Let’s dive in

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Ivanna Brookes

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Would you give your body to science?

What if I told you that in 1788, a mob stormed a hospital… dragged doctors into the streets… and set the equipment on fire?

This is the true story of the Doctors’ Riot of 1788 in New York City

This episode dives into the dark truth behind early medical practices, grave robbing, and the terrifying moment when society turned on its own doctors.

If you love dark history, true crime, disturbing real events, and forgotten historical horrors, this episode is for you. 💀

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Ivanna Brookes

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Imagine going to the doctor for anxiety…

and leaving with an ice pick shoved through your eye socket.

In the 1940s and 50s, this wasn’t a horror movie plot. It was a medical procedure performed tens of thousands of times across the United States, often on women, children, and people who were simply considered “difficult.”

Rosemary Kennedy, president john f. Kennedys sister, had this procedure done on her to fix her mood swings and ended up permanently disabled. She was then left to rot in an institution for the rest of her life.

If you didn’t guess it by now… Today we’re talking about the terrifying history of lobotomies.

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Ivanna Brookes

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What if I told you there was a queen who may have killed 50% of her kingdom… using ritual poison trials… and history still can’t decide if she was a monster or a woman refusing to let Europe colonize her?

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Ivanna Brookes

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Urban legends aren’t just stories… some of them are rooted in real murders, real disasters, and real violence.

In this episode of Ovaries and Oddities, we uncover the disturbing true events behind some of the most terrifying urban legends ever told:

- The Vanishing Hitchhiker

-The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs

- The Mothman

-Slender Man

From Appalachian folklore to digital creepypasta, we’re exploring how tragedy becomes myth.

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Ivanna Brookes

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Vampires didn’t start with Twilight.

Long before Dracula, entire villages were digging up graves, staking corpses, and burning bodies during the 18th-century “Great Vampire Epidemic.” In this episode of Ovaries and Oddities, we’re tracing the complete history of vampirism, from ancient blood to drinking demons and medieval vampire hysteria in Eastern Europe, to Elizabeth Bathory, Vlad the Impaler, and the literary creation of Dracula.

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Ivanna Brookes

What does a human body taste like… and why have people throughout history been driven to eat one another?

From the horrifying Nazino Island tragedy in Stalin’s Soviet Union, where thousands were abandoned and left to starve…

To the shocking World War II incident involving captured American pilots and Japanese officers…

To the misunderstood ritual cannibalism of the Korowai people in Papua, Indonesia…

These are not myths.

These are documented cases of survival, warfare, fear, and belief pushing humans past every moral boundary.

Next week we will be diving into vampires 🩸

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Ivanna Brookes

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Everybody’s so creative, but did we really need to be this creative with medieval torture devices.

I mean we’ve got the:

00:46 Intro

01:43 The Rack

02:57 Scolds Bridle

05:40 Head Crusher

07:32 Rat Torture

09:10 Brazen Bull

11:30 Outro

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Ivanna Brookes

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In this episode of Ovaries and Oddities, we explore the hauntings of Kenyon College, one of the most haunted college campuses in America. From the tragic 1905 death of Stuart Pierson on the railroad trestle, to the devastating Old Kenyon Fire of 1949 that claimed nine students’ lives, to the disturbing elevator death in Caples Hall, this episode dives into the real events that gave rise to decades of ghost stories 👻

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Ivanna Brookes

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In this episode of Ovaries and Oddities, we dive deep into the chilling legend of the Blood Countess, separating historical fact from gothic horror.

Explore the life of Elizabeth Báthory, her rise to power in 16th-century Hungary, the shocking accusations that made her infamous, and the theories that suggest she may have been a victim of political conspiracy and misogyny. From vampire folklore to true crime history, this episode examines how one woman became one of the most terrifying figures in history.

Until Next Week,

Ivanna Brookes