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Tonight, we travel back to a time when getting sick didn’t just ruin your day — it erased your entire life. Welcome to the slow, itchy apocalypse of medieval leprosy. From your first mysterious rash to your public funeral (held while you're still alive), this episode explores what actually happened when the Middle Ages decided your skin was morally unacceptable.This is history with splinters — vivid, uncomfortable, and oddly soothing. Told in a calm, dry voice designed to help you drift off while learning just how much worse things could be.So dim your lights, adjust your pillow, and try not to scratch that spot on your arm. It’s probably nothing. Probably.