Baseball's Deadliest Pitch and How it Changed the Sport Forever

Baseball's Deadliest Pitch and How it Changed the Sport Forever

Tragedy struck on August 16, 1920, when during a visiting game at the Polo Grounds, home of the New York Yankees, Cleveland shortstop and all-around affable guy Ray Chapman was beaned in the head by a "spitball" thrown by submarine pitcher Carl Mays. Just 12 hours later, Chapman would be declared dead. In this episode, we cover a dark blemish on the history of baseball, the controversial "dead ball" era, and look at how the sport has changed to avoid possible fatalities on the field. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us: @30MorbidMinutes @ElyseWillems @jessicaaaaavasami Music by Casey Edwards @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Death Clocks & the Morbid Nature of Time

Death Clocks & the Morbid Nature of Time

Time can be a truly scary concept. In this episode, we investigate the personification of time, through imagery and art. We talk about chronophobia, the fear of time, and how Doomsday Clocks and Mille...

27 Syys 202237min

CTE and the Risks of High Contact Sports

CTE and the Risks of High Contact Sports

The average lifespan of someone diagnosed with CTE is just 51 years. Promising athletic careers have been cut short, and lasting legacies have been marred by this debilitating neurodegenerative diseas...

20 Syys 202238min

Funeral Home Secrets, Stigmas, and Horror Stories

Funeral Home Secrets, Stigmas, and Horror Stories

The modern funeral industry capitalizes on stigmas about death, creating a deliberate air of mystery and secrecy around how funeral homes operate. We go inside the unspoken practices of morticians, an...

13 Syys 202241min

Hidden Killers of the Victorian Era

Hidden Killers of the Victorian Era

Sometimes the most dangerous place to be in the Victorian Era was inside your own home, thanks to the overwhelming number of chemicals and toxins that were in everyday use and objects. We unravel how ...

6 Syys 202240min

New 30 Morbid Minutes Coming Sept 6!

New 30 Morbid Minutes Coming Sept 6!

Podcasting's death-obsessed duo returns with all-new episodes and topics, this September 6th. First up: Hidden Killers of the Victorian Era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...

1 Syys 20222min

The Paris Catacombs: A Labyrinth of Death

The Paris Catacombs: A Labyrinth of Death

Overflowing cemeteries and rampant disease forced 18th century Parisians to find a new place to inter the dead; the Paris Catacombs, a series of abandoned mining tunnels running 200 miles beneath the ...

9 Elo 202232min

 Making An Exorcist

Making An Exorcist

With a renewed interest in and demand for exorcists worldwide, we’re looking at the Vatican’s relatively new “exorcist school,'' and what it takes to become a fully-fledged exorcist. Plus, how an exor...

2 Elo 202249min

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

History’s obsession with being prematurely buried alive, and what to do if you do find yourself six feet underground with no escape. We look at how this became a very real problem in the Victorian Era...

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