30 Morbid Minutes

Both George V and George VI succumbed to declining health and respiratory ailments. The latter, was the first royal to have his funeral televised, whereas the former's death was seemingly expedited to meet the morning headlines -- a secret unearthed fifty years after his passing. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us ⁠⁠30MorbidMinutes⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Jessica Vasami⁠⁠ Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's an apples to oranges of morbidity as Jessica and Elyse take ten random yet gruesome facts and, using their macabre expertise, rank them from least to most disturbing. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us ⁠30MorbidMinutes⁠ ⁠Elyse Willems⁠ ⁠Jessica Vasami⁠ Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Buried in an instant. Preserved for eternity. What really happened in the final moments of Pompeii? Plus, Jessica reminisces about her phallic-filled tour. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :)Follow Us 30MorbidMinutesElyse WillemsJessica VasamiMusic by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :)Follow Us 30MorbidMinutesElyse WillemsJessica VasamiMusic by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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.Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :)Follow Us 30MorbidMinutesElyse WillemsJessica VasamiMusic by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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… Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :)Follow Us 30MorbidMinutesElyse WillemsJessica VasamiMusic by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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...Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :)Follow Us 30MorbidMinutesElyse WillemsJessica VasamiMusic by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :)Follow Us 30MorbidMinutesElyse WillemsJessica VasamiMusic by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :)Follow Us - @30MorbidMinutesElyse Willems - @ElyseWillemsJessica Vasami - @jessicaaaaavasamiMusic by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices