30 Morbid Minutes

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Fireworks Made with Human Ashes: The Explosive New Post-mortem Trend Apr 07, 2025

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If you’re considering cremation as an alternative to traditional burial, we might be able to help you take things up a notch with fireworks displays containing actual human cremated remains. Did you know that there are pyrotechnic companies around the world that will memorialize your deceased loved one by firing their remains up into the sky in tiny rockets? We look into the rules and logistics behind this new post-mortem trend, and talk about the famous writer who had it done.

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30MorbidMinutes

Elyse Willems

Jessica Vasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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Death on Airplanes: How Do Flight Crews Handle a Death Onboard? Mar 24, 2025

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In-flight medical emergencies occur about once every 604 flights, with a mortality rate of 0.3% of those incidents. While extremely rare, if someone dies, specification actions must be taken. So what happens when a plane passenger dies during a flight? Or even the pilot? We investigate.

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Elyse Willems

Jessica Vasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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From the Crypt: Death on Cruise Ships (New Intro) Mar 03, 2025

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Revisiting one of our fan favorite classic episodes with a newly recorded introduction!

An estimated 200 people die every year while taking a cruise. As a result, ships and their crews have developed intricate systems, code words, and protocol in the event a passenger dies on board. Still, dire complications can arise out on the open water, and not all deaths are by natural causes…

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30MorbidMinutes

Elyse Willems

Jessica Vasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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The Deranged Doctor Who Stole the Corpse of the Woman He Obsessed Over Feb 17, 2025

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Karl Tanzler, also known as Count Carl von Cosel, was a radiologist in Key West, Florida who developed an unhealthy obsession for his young patients, Elena Milagro Hoyos. His obsession continued, even after Elena died from tuberculosis in 1931...

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30MorbidMinutes

Elyse Willems

Jessica Vasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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Battling Vampires (and Tuberculosis) in the 19th Century Feb 03, 2025

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Did a deadly disease spark the legend of vampires? Or were bloodthirsty creatures really lurking in the shadows? We learn how the rampant spread of the "wasting disease" (tuberculosis) contributed to mass panic and vampire hysteria in the nineteenth century.

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Elyse Willems

Jessica Vasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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If you like 30 Morbid Minutes, checkout Slaycation: True Crimes, Murders, and Twisted Vacations Jan 27, 2025

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Slaycation brings a darkly comic, unique vantage point to chilling, thrilling and WTF? stories of vacations gone horribly wrong. Listen to this excerpt from "Ep 40 How NOT to Scuba in Aruba" and checkout the full episode available on all major podcast platforms. Just search for “Slaycation” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.

30 Morbid Minutes will return with a new episode next week! Until then, bad bye...

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How to Legally Marry Someone Who is Dead... Jan 20, 2025

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Necrogamy, or posthumous marriage, involves a living person marrying someone who is dead, or two dead people being married to each other, and is legally recognized in certain parts of the world. We look into what it takes to marry a deceased person in France, and how this unusually morbid custom was codified into French law.

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Elyse Willems - @ElyseWillems

Jessica Vasami - @jessicaaaaavasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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Death by Laughter isn't Funny... OK? Jan 06, 2025

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The concept of "laughing oneself to death" has been around for centuries in folklore, myth, and media, but it CAN happen in real life, too. Laugh along with us as we cover real stories and dig into the underlying causes.

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Elyse Willems - @ElyseWillems

Jessica Vasami - @jessicaaaaavasami

Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey

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The Flying Dutchman and Other Famous Ghost Ships Dec 23, 2024

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A ghost ship is a lot like a Wild West ghost town. The kind with abandoned buildings and a tumbleweed rolling through. Except in this case, the town is the water, and the ship is the tumbleweed. In this episode we share some of history's eeriest ghost ship sightings that have never been explained, and which King of England swore to have seen the infamous Flying Dutchman.

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@ElyseWillems

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Music by Casey Edwards

@ComposerCasey

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Can a Severed Foot Found on Mount Everest Solve a 100 Year-old Mystery? Dec 09, 2024

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Remember our 'Dead Bodies of Mount Everest' episode? Well, it's time for an update! We're back with news about Jost Kobusch, the solo climber who's trying to crest Everest in its most dangerous season. Plus, a startling discovery might shed light on what happened to George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, climbing partners who disappeared in 1924 while trying to summit the mountain.

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@ElyseWillems

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Music by Casey Edwards

@ComposerCasey

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