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Ep 20Houdini: Defying Death and Spiritualism
EOne of the preeminent entertainers of the 20th century, Harry Houdini was a master of his craft, thrilling audiences with captivating physical stunts. An inventor, illusionist, and escapologist, he spent the final years of his career fighting to define the blurring line between entertainment and exploitative false spiritualism. In observance of the 96th anniversary of his death, join us as we explore the extraordinary life of the most famous magician of all time.David Copperfield’s secret magic museum revealed in new book – PHOTOS | Las Vegas Review-JournalEscape Artist Harry Houdini Was an Ingenious Inventor, He Just Didn’t Want Anybody to Know More than just a magician, Houdini was also an actor, aviator, amateur historian and businessman By Jackson Landers January 9, 2017Houdini Unchained: The Legacy of Harry Houdini – Muzeo Museum and Cultural CenterHarry Houdini and the Art of Escape Why do the magician’s tricks and triumphs still fascinate us? By David Denby March 23, 2020Excerpted from The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World Copyright © 2015 by David Jaher. Published by Crown Publishers, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.10 Things You May Not Know About Harry Houdini - HISTORY.COMAudio of Houdini on his Water Torture Cell (1914)Houdini Archival FootageHoudini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss by Kenneth SilvermanWILD ABOUT HARRY - Where Houdini Lives By John CoxThe Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero by Larry Sloman and William KalushAmerican Museum of Magic | The wonder of it all!Houdini Museum: Tour & Magic Show | Scranton | Lackawanna County, PAMargery Pamphlet | American Experience | Official Site | PBSScientific American vs. the Supernatural - Scientific American By Katherine Harmon Courage on September 1, 2020How the 1918 Pandemic Spurred a Spiritualism Craze of Talking to the Dead - HISTORY<a...

Ep 19Ed & Lorraine Warren's Occult Museum
EFor 50 years, Ed & Lorraine Warren investigated paranormal activity throughout the United States and the world at large. Their exploits brought them fame and acclaim as authorities of demonology and psychic phenomena. In their home in Monroe, Connecticut, they gathered relics and cursed items from the homes and haunted places they explored, known as the Warren's Occult Museum.The Paranormal to Pop Culture Pipeline | Religion DispatchesInside the Warrens' Occult MuseumThe Conjuring Universe | A Life in Demonology | Warner Bros. EntertainmentThe Conjuring - The Real Lorraine Warren FeaturetteHome - NESPREd and Lorraine Warren | CT PostThe Haunted 'Annabelle' Doll Of Horror Movies Is Real - And She's In ConnecticutInside the Warrens' Occult Museum in CT where Anabelle ‘lives’The Warren’s Occult Museum, Monroe – Damned ConnecticutFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 18Spiritualism: The Dead Talk Back
ESince the dawn of civilization, humans have longed to continue to connect with loved ones who have passed on. In the 19th century, the wildly popular religious movement Spiritualism was created as "proof" that mortals here on earth could connect with those who have crossed over to the other side. National Spiritualist Association of Churches"The Automatic Hand: Spiritualism, Psychoanalysis, and Surrealism" by Rachel Leah Thompson An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture ISSUE 33: (WINTER 2021)"Seances in the Red Room" White House Historical AssociationHydesville Memorial Park and the Fox Sisters - Newark, NY - Exploring UpstateNews from the Spirit World: A Checklist of American Spiritualist Periodicals By ANNBRAUD E"A Supernatural Scammer In Getty's Collection" By Sarah WaldorfSpiritualism | BritannicaVictorian Spiritualism. Dr Andrzej Diniejko, D. Litt.; Contributing Editor, Poland The Victorian Web"The Rise of 19th-Century American Spiritualism, 1854–1873" by David K. Nartonis, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion "Why Did So Many Victorians Try to Speak with the Dead?" | The New Yorker"The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism." by Karen Abbott, Smithsonian MagazineFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 17Robert Did It! The Robert the Doll Story
EGene Otto's childhood doll, 'Robert', is long-believed to be haunted, with an ability to move on its own, to change facial expressions, and cause misfortune to those who offend him or question his power. For more than 25 years, Robert the Doll has been displayed at the Fort East Martello Museum, allowing visitors to encounter this haunted history up close, and to decide for themselves if the stories are true."Beware Robert the Doll" in Florida Weekly, June 23-29, 2016.Watchmojo.com: Most Haunted Dolls ListRobert the haunted doll: Creeping out Floridians since 1904Most Haunted Places in the Florida Keys: Creepy Spots You Can Visit - ThrillistThe Steiff Story | Margarete Steiff ROBERT THE DOLL®Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 16The Malleus Maleficarum: The Witch Hunters' Handbook
EAlso known as the "Hammer of Witches," the Malleus Maleficarum was used for 300 years as a handbook to aid in the persecution and execution of an unknown number of innocent people. With a particular focus on women, the Malleus stands today as one of the most misogynistic and terrifying texts ever written.Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected] Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger (Dover Occult) by Montague Summers, Heinrich Kramer, James Sprenger, et al.The Historical Medical Library - The College of Physicians of Philadelphia'Where there are many women there are many witches': The Social and Intellectual Understanding of Femininity in the "Malleus Maleficarum" by Jessica O'Leary Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Monash UniversityThe Malleus MaleficarumThe Malleus Maleficarum | Library of Congress by Nathan Dorn April 08, 2019Witchcraft - The witch hunts | BritannicaMalleus Maleficarum - New World Encyclopedia"The Flying Phallus and the Laughing Inquisitor: Penis Theft in the Malleus Maleficarum" by Moira Smith Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan. - Apr., 2002), pp. 85-117 (33 pages) Published By: Indiana University Press Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger Excerpt from Malleus Maleficarum (1486)Malleus maleficarum | Summary, Hammer of Witches, & Facts | BritannicaArtwork: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 15The Thrill Killers: Leopold & Loeb
EIn 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two college students born to wealthy Chicago families, brutally murdered Bobby Franks, a 14-year-old boy. Nearly 100 years later, their famous case, known as one of the first 'thrill killings' of the modern era, captivates our societal imagination.Clarence Darrow Interview (Source unknown)Orson Welles as Clarence Darrow in CompulsionCompulsion Film (1959)The Paris Review - Reopening the Case Files of Leopold and LoebChicago History Museum Images - Eyeglasses owned by Nathan LeopoldNina Barrett: The Leopold and Loeb Files: An Intimate Look at One of America’s Most Infamous CrimesThrill Me: NJ Production ClipWTTW: Nathan Leopold's Bird CollectionNorthwestern University Archives | 1924: Leopold and Loeb | Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 14Choreomania: The Dancing Plague
EThis week Katie explores the strange, terrifying, and seemingly inexplicable Dancing Plague of 1518. Bali Trance Dance"The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness" by John WallerThe history of ergot of rye (Claviceps purpurea) I: from antiquity to 1900 - PubMedWhat was the dancing plague of 1518? by Evan Andrews, HISTORYSt. Vitus - Saints & Angels - Catholic OnlineDetroit Institute of Arts Museum, Pieter Bruegel Collection"The people who 'danced themselves to death'" By Rosalind Jana 12th May 2022, BBC Culture"Divine Punishment or Disease? Medieval and Early Modern Approaches to the 1518 Strasbourg Dancing Plague" by Lynneth J. Miller, Dance Research Volume 35, Issue 2, November, 2017"A Strange Case of Dancing Mania Struck Germany Six Centuries Ago Today" By Maris Fessenden, Smithsonian MagazineKeep on moving: the bizarre dance epidemic of summer 1518 | Dance | The GuardianThe Dancing Plague of 1518 By Ned Pennant-Rea, The Public Domain ReviewFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 13Victorian Mourning: Hair of the Dead
EIn the 19th century, grieving was a major aspect of Victorian society. Mourning jewelry and relics made from the hair of the deceased were an essential expression of these rituals and customs.Lincoln Ring - Gallery Item Display (Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, National Park Service)Victorian mourning etiquetteA Road Trip Made Out of Human Hair – The Five Best Places to See Art Made From Dead People's HairHair Wreath- Sauk County Historical SocietyEarly 19th Century Style Represented in a Mourning Ring - Art of MourningThe Millicent Library — Hair WreathGeneral Access: Hair Jewelry and Godey’s Lady’s Book - Dilettante ArmyMental Floss: Abraham Lincoln Hair SculptureMinnesota History Collections: Hair ArtInside the Conservator's Studio: Conservation of Victorian Hair ArtJenine Shereos Modern Hair ArtThe Mutter Museum: Woven Strands ExhibitionThe Dead Still Among Us: Victorian Secular Relics, Hair Jewelry, and Death CultureFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 12112 Ocean Avenue: The Amityville Horror House
EThis week we welcome screenwriter, playwright, and horror nerd Brian Otaño to the Morbid Museum! Brian tours us through the horrifying events that took place within the walls of the most famous house in Amityville, while dissecting the subsequent conspiracies and legends that continue to haunt us to this very day.Ronald DeFeo Jr. - WikipediaRonald DeFeo | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersShattered Hopes: The True Story of the Amityville Murders | A Documentary FilmMy Amityville Horror | A Documentary Film"Life in a Haunted House" New York Daily News. Paul Hoffman, July 18, 1976"DeFeo's New Story; In his first newspaper interview since the 1974 murders that spawned `The Amityville Horror,' Ronald DeFeo now claims that he did not massacre his family." Newsday; Long Island, N.Y.; Mar 19, 1986; By Bob Keeler Newsday State Editor. By D.J. Hill;"The Amityville Horror" by Jay Anson"The Amityville Curse: Fact & Fiction" by Hans HolzerFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 11The Death of the Romanovs
EThe fall of the Romanov Dynasty and the subsequent murder of the Imperial family, is one of the most grisly endings to a monarchy the world has ever known. Shrouded in secrecy for years, the full story continues to unfold to this day, impacting Russia's political landscape both at home and abroad for many years to come.Last of the Czars - 1996 Documentary SeriesRomanovs: 1613 - 1918 By Simon Sebag MontifioreThe Last Days of the Romanovs: Tragedy at Ekaterinburg by Helen Rappaport"The Romanov Family Died a Century Ago. It’s Time to Lay the Myths About Them to Rest, Too" By Helen Rappaport"Why no nation would rescue Nicholas II and his family from revolutionary Russia" by Greg KingThe Executioner Yurovsky's Account "The Last Days of the Romanovs" By Edmund WalshKaiser Wilhelm of Germany and Czar Nicholas of Russia exchange telegrams - HISTORY"Treasures and Trivia of the Romanov Era" New York Times By Eve M. Kahn Nicholas II - Emperor Tsar Saint“We have to search for more remains of Alexei and Maria,” By Paul GilbertRussian History Museum, Jordanville, NY "DNA Analysis Confirms Authenticity of Romanovs’ Remains Will Russia’s fallen royal family finally receive a full burial from the Orthodox Church?" By Brigit KatzThe Murders at Ekaterinburg | Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 58 Issue 7 July 2008Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 10Dead Horse Bay
EDeep in the outer boroughs of New York City, the secrets of a growing city lie buried on Barren Island. Today, the legacy of urban renewal is dredged up with the tides at Dead Horse Bay. Dead Horse Bay contamination not ‘significant health risk’Good Work of School on Barren Island | Brooklyn Eagle 18 Aug 1901Dead Horse Bay Environmental Cleanup Project - Gateway National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)Hylan Makes Issue of Richmond Garbage | New York TimesJamaica Bay: A History | National Park ServiceDead Horse Bay closed because of radioactive contaminationDead Horse Bay: The Brooklyn bottle beach covered in cool vintage trashDead Horse Bay Brooklyn, New York | Atlas ObscuraDead Horse Bay: New York's Hidden Treasure Trove of TrashFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 9Rasputin
EThis week, Katie parses fact and fiction surrounding the life and death of one of the most morbid, mythical, and mysterious human beings of all time - Grigori Rasputin"Rasputin Was Poisoned, Shot, Beaten, and Drowned. But Did His Penis Survive? Answering the big question about Gregori Rasputin’s penis." By Kristin Winet, June 24, 2015"Rasputin myths busted: Murder, height, and where is his penis?" By Evelyn Richards, 28 Oct 2021Юсуповский дворец на мойке (Yusupov Palace on the Moika River)How was Russian mystic Rasputin murdered? 31 December 2016"Fact Or Fiction? Even When It Comes To Food, It's Hard To Tell With Rasputin" By Nina Martyris, January 31, 2017"The Murder of Rasputin, 100 Years Later How does the killing of the so-called Mad Monk fit into the larger picture of the Russian Revolution?" By Carolyn Harris, December 27, 2016The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs By Douglas SmithFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 8The Collyer Brothers
ELuke covers the famed story of New York recluses Homer and Langley Collyer, whose hoarding transformed their family brownstone in 1930s Harlem into an impenetrable fortress of rubbish and found objects. "Harlem House Mystery Ends: Tale of Love" | Aug 7 1942, Gettysburg Times | Google News Archive Collyer Brothers Park - New York City Department of Parks & RecreationThe Dazzle review | Theatre | The Guardian"Booby Traps Kill Hermit" San Jose Evening News Inside the Collyer brownstone: The story of Harlem's hermits and their hoarding – New York Daily NewsHomer and Langley by EL Doctorow | Fiction | The GuardianThe Legendary Collyer Brothers Harlem NY 1881-1947 – Harlem World MagazineFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 7The Dance of Death
EFor centuries artists have depicted our dance with death. Whether paintings or prose they all arrive at the same conclusion - death comes for us all.Saint-Saëns: Facts, pronuncation, works and more about the great composer - Classic FMSaint-Saëns: unfashionable, underrated – and overdue for reappraisal | Classical music | The GuardianDance of Death | Allegorical Concept | Britannica The Fantastic in Art and Fiction, Sponsored by Cornell University's Institute for Digital CollectionsCATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Dance of Death'Danse Macabre' by Camille Saint-Saëns Is the Scariest Halloween Song Ever Written - The AtlanticThe Medieval Dance of DeathFollow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 6London Stinks Part II: The Great Smog
EIn Part II of our series “London Stinks” we look into the history of air pollution in this world city, which began more than 500 years ago, and culminated in the deadliest smog in recorded memory, killing as many as 12,000 people in 1952.Medium: The Great SmogBreathing in London's history: from the Great Stink to the Great SmogYouTube: London’s Great Smog of 1952, The London MuseumBattersea Power Station | Our StoryMonet's obsession with London fog | Claude Monet | The GuardianBBC NEWS | UK | England | Pollution call on smog anniversaryThe Killer Fog of '52 : NPRThe Reason London is Renowned for Being Foggy - TheCultureTripFumifugium, John Evelyn, 1661Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod"A Foggy Day" by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong2022 All Rights Reserved.

Ep 5London Stinks Part I: The Broad Street Pump
EIn Part I of our series "London Stinks,", we will be exploring the immensely tragic, completely disgusting, but incredibly important story of the Broad Street Pump and how it changed science forever."The Lesson of John Snow and the Broad Street Pump" Mitali Banerjee Ruths, MD"Once Deemed ‘Biologically Dead,’ a New Report Shows London’s River Thames Recovering" Rasha Aridi November 12, 2021 - Sunderland and the Public Health ActCholera - Vibrio cholerae infection | Cholera | CDCWHO: CholeraLaing, W. B. “Removing The Pump Handle.” The British Medical Journal, vol. 2, no. 5046, 1957, pp. 712–712. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25383945. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022.The Mode of Propagation of Cholera Author(s): John Snow Source: Association Medical Journal , Feb. 16, 1856, Vol. 4, No. 163 (Feb. 16, 1856), p. 135 Published by: BMJ Stable Smeele, Wietske. “Grounding Miasma, or Anticipating the Germ Theory of Disease in Victorian Cholera Satire.” The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, vol. 49, no. 2, 2016, pp. 15–27. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44164803. Accessed 29 Jun. 2022."The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World" by Steven JohnsonVideos:Pumphandle Lecture 2021: Dr Anthony Fauci "Covid 19: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challanges.Ukraine war leaves Mariupol at risk of major cholera outbreak - BBC News Jun 11, 2022Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 4Lincoln's Body
EIn April 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Washington D.C. The body of the fallen President endured a series of morbid misadventures before being finally laid to rest in 1901. This is the true story of Lincoln's body. Sources:My Daguerreotype Boyfriend, Lewis PowellWok & Roll Restaurant (Mary Surratt's Boarding House) National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM): Medical Care During President Lincoln's Final Hours Commemorated in New ExhibitMütter Minute: John Wilkes Booth (Mütter Museum)The Lost Lincoln Photo Documentary - Discovery PlusThe Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln - Chicago History MuseumLincoln Rocker - Curating & Preserving - The Henry Ford MuseumFord's TheatreLincoln Home National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and MuseumLincoln's Tomb Virtual TourLincoln’s corpse and its grand yet ghoulish odyssey - Washington PostWhen You Die, You’ll Probably Be Embalmed. Thank Abraham Lincoln For That - Smithsonian MagThe Ballad of Booth (from "Assassins") - Patrick Cassidy & Victor GarberThis Dust Was Once The Man - Walt WhitmanAbraham Lincoln's Long Goodbye - CBS Sunday MorningThe Lincoln Catafalque | Architect of the CapitolDaniel Day Lewis - Lincoln (2012) ExcerptRaymond Massey - Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) excerptLincoln's Body: A Cultural History - Richard Wightman Fox New DNA study on Melungeons Attempts to Separate Truth from Fiction - Newsleader.comAbraham Lincoln's Marfanoid Mother: Clinical DysmorphologyLincoln in the Bardo: A Novel - George Saunders Stealing...

Ep 3The Grand Guignol
EPrepare yourself as we embark on a sordid and macabre tour through the story of Le Theatre du Grand-Guignol, the theatre of horror that entertained and terrified Parisian audiences for 65 years, leaving behind an incredible legacy that continues to inspire film and theater makers to this very day. Content warning - this one isn't for the squeamish or prudish!Sources:The Grand Guignol : Theatre of Fear and Terror by Mel Gordon Grand-Guignol: The French Theatre of Horror (Exeter Performance Studies) by Richard J. Hand and Michael WilsonDeák, František. “Théâtre Du Grand Guignol.” The Drama Review: TDR, vol. 18, no. 1, 1974, pp. 34–43. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1144859. Accessed 15 Jun. 2022.Gerould, Daniel, and Oscar Méténier. “Oscar Méténier and ‘Comédie Rosse’: From the Théâtre Libre to the Grand Guignol.” The Drama Review: TDR, vol. 28, no. 1, 1984, pp. 15–28. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1145558. Accessed 15 Jun. 2022."Why the Grand Guignol was so shocking" BBC Culture The Grand Guignol: A Dramaturgical GuideGrand Guignol OnlineLa Naissance de GuignolVideo Mentioned in this Episode:CLIVE BARKER'S A-Z OF HORROR - Grand Guignol (BBC2, 1997) Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe to get new episodes every Monday!Follow us on IG: themorbidmuseum Email us: [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Ep 2Cropseyland
EThis week, Luke takes us on an epic journey parsing the tall tale of the "Cropsey Maniac," the true crime stories of missing children and murders on Staten Island that echoed the Cropsey myth, and the haunting landscape of abandoned institutions that inspire urban legends and urban exploration today.Sources: The Cropsey Maniac by Lee Haring and Mark BreslermanArtifacts Journal Blog The Cropsey ManiacJasper Cropsey Biography for the Catalogue Raisonne'The Burning' Pre-Production via Hysteria LivesNYC Farm Colony and Seaview Hospital History at Sometimes InterestingCropsey: The Terrifying Urban Legend of Cropsey Brought to Life at The LineupHistory of Willowbrook at the Terrifying Legend of Cropsey Classic New York History.comJennifer Schweiger’s Body Found AP Aug 1987The Charley Project: Missing Children Case informationWillowbrook MileWillowbrook State School Documentation Project at College of Staten IslandBeatings, Burns, & Betrayal: The Willowbrook Scandal’s Legacy New York TimesWhat’s Left of Abandoned Willowbrook State School Now on Staten Island via Untapped New YorkForgotten New York: Hospital of the DamnedNew York City Farm Colony via Opacity.usVideos:The Burning (1981) (Tubi, Roku Amazon)Cropsey Documentary (2009) (Tubi)Willowbrook, The Last Great Disgrace (1972) Geraldo Rivera, W-ABC (ABC7NY)<a...

Ep 1Death Masks
EIt's our first full episode! This week, Katie tours us through the totally creepy, centuries-old practice of creating death masks. Yep. It's as weird as it sounds.Sources:Death Mask Radiolab EpisodeEdward III and Philippa of Hainault | Westminster AbbeyThe curious and gruesome art of human death masksLCP Art & Artifacts - Death MasksResusci Anne and L'Inconnue: The Mona Lisa of the SeineNew-York Historical Society - Aaron Burr Death MaskRecreating Roman Wax Masks Vol 6 Iss 3, Expedition Magazine in 2014 Masks - Funerary and Commemorative UsesVideos Mentioned in this Episode:Orange County Registry - Making a Death Mask https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LyPx2x7ZJs&t=78sNew York Magazine - Death Mask Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOrk41H7WDYDeath Masks, BBC London News Article https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCe51xHmecNick Reynolds, Death Masks https://vimeo.com/111618823Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe to get new episodes every Monday!Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at [email protected]: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod2022 All Rights Reserved

Introducing The Morbid Museum!
EWelcome to The Morbid Museum! Step inside and learn a little about your tour guides Katie and Luke, and what they have in store for you this season on The Morbid Museum! (cue maniacal laugh)New Episodes every Morbid Monday! See what we did there?