The Kuru Cannibal Disease
Join Kelli as she talks about a prion disease called Kuru. Prion diseases occur when misfolded proteins duplicate and clog up the brain, and cause things like Mad Cow Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Diseas...
7 Jan 202431min
The Inca Mummies
Join Kelli as she discusses the Inca Empire and their religious practices - including capacocha, the practice of sacrificing children and leaving them to mummify on mountain peaks. Intro and Outro mu...
24 Dec 202331min
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Join Kelli as she discusses the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, an experiment on black men (without their consent) where the US Public Health Service and the CDC allowed them to live with untreated syphilis ...
10 Dec 202344min
The Cannibal Island
Join Kelli as she discusses a Stalin Soviet-era plan to deport unwanted citizens and petty criminals to an island in the middle of Siberia - without proper shelter, supplies, or food. It only took a f...
26 Nov 202338min
The Waco Siege
Join Kelli as she explores the history that led up to the Waco Siege, where ATF agents conducted a failed raid against Branch Davidian leader David Koresh at his Mount Carmel compound in Waco, Texas. ...
12 Nov 20231h 1min
The History of Halloween
Join Kelli as she explores the Celtic roots of Halloween - from Samhain and Celtic mythology, to Puritan fun-sponges, to Irish immigration, and into Spirit Halloween stores, we'll learn the history be...
29 Okt 202323min
The Halifax Explosion
Join Kelli as she goes over the biggest, manmade, non-nuclear explosion in history - the Halifax Explosion. On December 6th, 1917, a French ship filled with explosives was heading into Halifax Harbor...
15 Okt 202324min
The Monongah Mine Disaster
Join Kelli as she goes over the deadliest mine explosion in history - the Monongah Mine Disaster of 1907. In the industrial world of the early 20th century, there was little regulation over safety in...
1 Okt 202345min
