Organ Theft: Not Just An Urban Legend

Organ Theft: Not Just An Urban Legend

Organ theft and trafficking via the black market are insidious and illegal practices, increasing in numbers year-over-year worldwide. We discuss the causes, the regions most affected, and how transplant tourism plays a role. Go to http://babbel.com/30mm to get up to 55% off your subscription. Go to http://auraframes.com and use code 30MM to get free shipping. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Pro Wrestlers' Untimely Deaths - Part 2 with James Willems

Pro Wrestlers' Untimely Deaths - Part 2 with James Willems

We investigate the culture and behaviors that have led to so many tragic deaths in professional wrestling, in and out of the ring. Joined by special guest and wrestling enthusiast, James Willems. Ge...

25 Nov 202437min

Why Do So Many Professional Wrestlers Die Young? - Part 1 with James Willems

Why Do So Many Professional Wrestlers Die Young? - Part 1 with James Willems

From Eddie Guerrero to Curt Hennig (Mr. Perfect) to Owen Hart, an unusual number of professional wrestlers have died suddenly, in their prime, statistically outpacing any other sport. We search for an...

11 Nov 202447min

How Does the Haunted House Industry Work?

How Does the Haunted House Industry Work?

Ever wonder what it takes to operate a haunted hayride every Halloween season? Or how Disney's The Haunted Mansion singlehandedly grew an entire subset of spooky theme park entertainment? Well, we've ...

28 Okt 202459min

Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost that Haunts America's Victorian Seaside Hotel

Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost that Haunts America's Victorian Seaside Hotel

As the filming location of Some Like It Hot, the favorite vacation destination of author L. Frank Baum, and one of the last Victorian era hotels in the world, Hotel Del Coronado is famous for many rea...

21 Okt 202445min

Don't Summon the Midnight Man if You Believe in Creepypastas

Don't Summon the Midnight Man if You Believe in Creepypastas

Ritualistic party games and Creepypastas are the subject of today's episode, as we cover The Midnight Game, a modern Internet ghost story. Plus, we analyze the psychology behind mirror illusions, and ...

14 Okt 202435min

Did the Curse of the Ninth KILL History's Greatest Composers?

Did the Curse of the Ninth KILL History's Greatest Composers?

Like the "27 Club," the Curse of the Ninth is one of music's most infamous superstitions. Supposedly, completing a ninth symphony is essentially a death sentence. Composers go from composing to decomp...

7 Okt 202440min

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...

3 Okt 202435min

The Dating Game Killer Was TV's Creepiest Game Show Contestant

The Dating Game Killer Was TV's Creepiest Game Show Contestant

Back in the 1970s, a serial killer named Rodney Alcala managed to charm his way onto the hit show "The Dating Game" and even WON, but his creepy behavior off-camera raised a ton of red flags. Perhaps ...

23 Sep 202432min

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