The Morbid Museum
von Katie Meade and Luke Boyd
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Join two museum professionals as they take you on a wild and often lighthearted tour through a virtual cabinet of curiosities, including the strangest artifacts and tales from historic sites and museums around the world! From ghost towns and death masks, to serial killers and US Presidents assassinated by bacteria, you have NO IDEA what you might find in The Morbid Museum!
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- PATREON PREVIEW - We Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts: A Morbid Museum Spooktackular! · 23 Min.Who We Gonna Call? The Ghostbuster's Firehouse! Join Luke and Katie with friend of the pod Firefighter Nick Vitucci, as they discuss scary movies, spooky experiences, and the…
- Billy Tipton: Reluctant Trans Icon · 1 Std. 16 Min. · Folge 67In 1989, jazz musician Billy Tipton died from a bleeding ulcer. Examinations of his body revealed a startling reality: Billy was assigned female at birth. From 1935-1989, Billy…
- Remembering 9/11, 25 Years Later: Rescue, Recovery, & Rebuilding · 2 Std. 12 Min. · Folge 66After the collapse of the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan, thousands of first responders, trade workers, building and construction professionals mobilized at Ground Zero in a…
- Remembering 9/11, 25 Years Later: Health Effects & Advocacy · 2 Std. 18 Min. · Folge 65The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 resulted in the deaths of 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Twenty five years on…
- A Ranger’s Reflections, Part 2: The Bloody Battle of Bunker Hill · 57 Min. · Folge 64The American Revolution continues with Part 2 of our conversation with Ranger Rick Lawson. Rick recounts the pivotal Battle of Bunker Hill, fought outside Boston on June 17…
- A Ranger's Reflections, Part 1: The Battles of Lexington & Concord · 1 Std. 13 Min. · Folge 63Join Katie and Luke in conversation with retired National Park Service Ranger Rick Lawson for an in-depth exploration of the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775…
- Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in America · 1 Std. 30 Min. · Folge 62In 1906, New York found itself in the grips of one of the worst outbreaks of typhoid fever in its history. After an extensive investigation, the outbreak would ultimately be…
- PATREON PREVIEW - Ahistorical Cinema: Braveheart (Or, Kiltin' It) · 18 Min.In this preview of a Patreon exclusive episode, Katie & Luke discuss the film that launched Mel Gibson as cinema historian, "Braveheart". Enter the world of late stage 90's…
- Ahistorical Cinema FREEBIE! - The Patriot · 54 Min. · Folge 61In celebration of America 250 and in anticipation of our next Patreon episode, we are releasing this gem from our Patreon Vault! Our historical accuracy film review series…
- Thomas Paine's Body · 1 Std. 29 Min. · Folge 60The Morbid Museum returns with a special America 250 episode! In 1776, forgotten revolutionary and Founding Father Thomas Paine blazed a trail of powerful rhetoric with "Common…
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre · 1 Std. 4 Min. · Folge 59On February 14th 1929, a gruesome murder scene was uncovered - 7 associates of the North Side Gang had been riddled with bullets while inside a garage. The crime horrified the…
- Hart Island: New York City's Public Cemetery · 59 Min. · Folge 58For 150 years, Hart Island has been the final resting place for New York City's unclaimed, forgotten, and unknown dead. We review the history of this potter's field discussing…
- Necropolis Part II: New Orleans | A City of Cemeteries · 1 Std. 3 Min. · Folge 57In part II of the series we will delve more deeply into the history of NOLA's death culture, funerary and burial practices by exploring it's cemeteries.
- Necropolis: New Orleans | City of the Dead · 45 Min. · Folge 56New Orleans is a beloved and complex city that has a reputation for being obsessed with joy and death in equal measure. Haunted by alleged ghosts and it's very real past, the…
- Controversy at the Mütter Museum: A Repatriation Conversation Part II (Patreon Preview) · 17 Min.Note: As of the release of this episode, the Town Hall meeting has been released and is watchable at: https://youtu.be/Da0uML0BPy4?si=12pHRR1_abEaJ6EF In recent decades, museums…
- Controversy at the Mütter Museum: A Repatriation Conversation · 1 Std. 1 Min. · Folge 55In recent decades, museums and historical sites all over the world have been engaging in the incredibly important and difficult conversation of repatriation, especially when it…
- Eastern State Penitentiary · 1 Std. 17 Min. · Folge 54In Philadelphia, a hulking ruin of one of America's largest prisons is now a historic site and famed attraction. Eastern State Penitentiary illustrates the changing cultural…
- The Legend of Sweeney Todd · 1 Std. 2 Min. · Folge 53For at least two centuries, the tale of Sweeney Todd has delighted and terrified us to our very core, but has left us with some questions. How did this legend begin? Was Sweeney…
- Titanic Redux: Ahistorical Cinema Patreon Freebie! · 42 Min. · Folge 52Hey Morbuddies! As a special treat, we have decided to release an exclusive episode from our Patreon Ahistorical Cinema Vault! Did you know we’ve added more tiers and benefits to…
- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Part II: From Tragedy Comes Change · 1 Std. 0 Min. · Folge 51What began as a small bin fire on the 8th floor of an unsafe factory, would end in the tragic and untimely death of 146 workers. Sorrow turned to outrage, and this tragedy would…
