The Macabrecast

At the Garita del Diablo watch tower in Puerto Rico, you might hear ghostly sounds of guitars playing and laughter if you go on a moonless night. Holly will tell us all about the legends that surround Garita del Diablo and the man who went missing from it.

For thousands of years, Western medicine was ruled by a belief in the four humors. This week, Brooke is diving back in to tell us all about the history of all four: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Whether people thought the humors were separated in the body or operating like a slushie machine, they definitely believed that they ruled how bodies work in strange and interesting ways. 

Brooke is getting down to the nitty gritty with this episode’s focus—cadavers and their many careers! Dare to explore the plethora of ways bodies continue to live on after death, from the mundane plastic surgery training lab to the more grueling body farm! 

At a convent in France, during the middle ages, the nuns raised their voices in a beautiful chorus...of meowing? Holly will be sharing the strange tale of the meowing nuns this week, but we'll also be diving a little deeper. We'll chat about some other strange happenings at convents around Europe and learn a little bit about what could be the link between them: mass psychogenic illness. 

We dive into a whirlwind tale about a couple in romance and in theft! Brooke divulges all the details about the infamous art thief Stephane Breitwieser and his girlfriend Anne Catherine Kleinklaus who hit museums all across Europe in the 1990s. Pull up a chair for a long episode of intrigue, theft, and confusion before we jump into part two next time.