Got the Morbs: An Oddcast

Got the Morbs
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A podcast for fans of true crime, haunted places, weird things, creepy stories, and all that is morbid. Backstory: two cousins, obsessed with everything weird and dead, rope their brothers into starting a podcast with them. Hilarity ensues (or something). Creepin it in the family! Hosts: Beth Cieslik, Erin Ryan and Ken Dillon Research: Beth Cieslik and Erin Ryan Editing and music: Ken Dillon Photography: Mike Rahel

  1. Mad Medicine Part 2: Nicotine, Narcotics and Neurosurgery

    Jun 5

    Mad Medicine Part 2: Nicotine, Narcotics and Neurosurgery

    Join us for part two as Beth explores more quack medicine and horrifying medical experiments. REFERENCES • Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780761189817 • https://www.aamc.org/news/grave-errors-spooky-cures-and-creepy-medical-missteps-past • https://time.com/4982099/quackery-medicine-history • https://www.nytimes.com/video/well/100000010831025/the-internets-latest-wonder-drug-nicotine.html • https://www.mdlinx.com/article/how-docs-are-responding-to-the-maha-linked-trend-pushing-nicotine-as-an-anti-dementia-hack/3KjgIchHjyeX6e6EDf3B4B • https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-history • https://www.ohsu.edu/historical-collections-archives/theres-cure-historic-medicines-and-cure-alls-america • https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/our-stories/old-fashioned-medicine-still-in-use • https://www.healthline.com/health/old-medical-treatments-make-your-stomach-turn • https://www.businessinsider.com/yes-bayer-promoted-heroin-for-children-here-are-the-ads-that-prove-it-2011-11?op=1 • https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/-cure-all-medication-caused-death-in-thousands-of-babies • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sqBr4vJHaY • https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/hole-in-the-head-trepanation • https://www.vice.com/en/article/drilling-a-hole-in-your-head-for-a-higher-state-of-consciousness • https://bcmj.org/mds-be/brief-reflection-not-so-brief-history-lobotomy

    47 min
  2. Mad Medicine: Bloodletting, Blubber, and Birth Control

    May 22

    Mad Medicine: Bloodletting, Blubber, and Birth Control

    Ever heard of the rheumatism hotel? Wondered how George Washington really died? Considered adorning your bosom with weasel testicles? We certainly hadn’t. As it turns out, medicine was once more of an art than a science. After this episode, you'll be eternally grateful that someone figured out that science part. Please don’t send this episode to RFK, Jr. Sources: Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780761189817 https://www.aamc.org/news/grave-errors-spooky-cures-and-creepy-medical-missteps-past https://time.com/4982099/quackery-medicine-history https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_surgeon https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prescription-rheumatism-used-be-sit-inside-rotting-whale-30-hours-180950335 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-26807485 https://www.fibonaccimd.com/post/the-history-of-the-whale-cure-for-rheumatism https://magicsilverbullet.substack.com/p/the-whale-hotel-for-rheumatism https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/e671cb02-4e5e-4f52-a835-25a5dd2a5963 https://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/ss/slideshow-birth-control-history https://www.livescience.com/11376-history-future-birth-control/2.html https://www.history.com/articles/7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques

    41 min
  3. The Kansas City Butcher

    May 8

    The Kansas City Butcher

    Got the Morbs takes on its first serial killer case (with an Ohio connection). This is one of the most brutal stories we’ve told to date - not just for the murders but for the prolonged torture these poor victims endured. This is the story of the Kansas City Butcher. Sources: https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/bob_berdella/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6139717/robert_andrew-berdella Robert Berdella - Wikipedia

    50 min
  4. Daniel LaPlante

    Apr 24

    Daniel LaPlante

    Once upon a time, in rural Massachusetts, a creepy, stinky teenage boy called Danny escalated from petty theft to stalking to triple homicide in the span of two years. This is his story.

    40 min
  5. Matthew Hoffman: The Leaf Killer of Mount Vernon

    Apr 10

    Matthew Hoffman: The Leaf Killer of Mount Vernon

    A case with three gruesome murders and one twisted abduction from our home state of Ohio. We promise you’ll never look at a pile of crisp autumn leaves in the same way again. P.S. We have an update on the Villisca murder bacon, courtesy of a patron and a former butcher we met at a bar recently. (It’s a little worse than we thought.) Sources: https://www.truecrimeavenue.com/2024/10/the-case-of-matthew-hoffman-he.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hoffman_(murderer) https://inews.co.uk/culture/matthew-hoffman-now-what-happened-to-tina-herrmanns-killer-and-how-long-hes-in-jail-3628368 https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/knox-county-detective-recounts-one-of-ohios-most-horrific-murder-cases-15-years-later-matthew-hoffman/530-7b709ec6-f783-4079-b418-8c7c4ddf60fb https://moviedelic.com/matthew-john-hoffman/ https://abcnews.com/US/killer-matthew-hoffman-stockpiled-leaves-ohio-home-made/story?id=12877942 https://www.oxygen.com/twisted-killers/crime-news/why-matthew-hoffman-is-known-as-leaf-killer https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354984/Matthew-Hoffmann-Confession-burglar-murdered-3-raped-girl.html Sarah Maynard: What Happened to the Survivor?

    38 min
  6. The Red Barn Murder

    Mar 27

    The Red Barn Murder

    The unfortunate life of Maria Marten and The Red Barn of Polstead References: Listen to “Murder in the Red Barn” by Tom Waits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5ycbCKg7Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYjhbpqKQshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3ocyLyAKEhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwvl93ywlpohttps://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/red-barn-murderhttps://www.google.com/books/edition/An_accurate_account_of_the_trial_of_Will/cUDw7ut9RK4Chttps://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/view/?id=15013https://visit-burystedmunds.co.uk/blog/red-barn-murderhttps://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27903742https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-real-electric-frankenstein-experiments-of-the-1800shttps://www.nps.gov/articles/000/phrenology-in-victorian-america.htm

    30 min
  7. The Villisca Axe Murders

    Mar 13

    The Villisca Axe Murders

    Today’s episode combines two of our interests: true crime and the supernatural. WHY IS THERE BACON?!?! https://bestattractions.org/usa/iowa/villisca-axe-murder-house-ia/ https://usghostadventures.com/hauntings/ https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/ The Unsolved Mystery Of The Villisca Axe Murders

    43 min
  8. History’s Horndogs

    Feb 27

    History’s Horndogs

    Oh look, our first explicit content warning! (Thanks, Beth!) Join us for our most juvenile episode to date, as we learn about five famous men and their... eccentricities. Much of my research came from “The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People” Link to buy: https://feralhouse.com/the-intimate-sex-lives-of-famous-people · https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/02/02/james-joyces-love-letters-dirty-little-fuckbird · https://web.archive.org/web/20140707230101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/magazine/letters-warren-g-harding.html · https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/warren-harding-child-sex-sandal-121404 · https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/11/talking-tough-martin-luthers-potty-mouth · https://www.sacerdotus.com/2025/11/martin-luthers-fart-fetish.html · https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-seppuku · https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/02/archives/japans-student-army-disbands.html · https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201124-yukio-mishima-the-strange-tale-of-japans-infamous-novelist · https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/28/mark-twains-disturbing-passion-for-collecting-young-girls · https://marktwainstudies.com/the-study/a-disturbing-passion-mark-twain-the-angelfish · https://medium.com/timeline/mark-twain-collected-little-girls-55abc82a41b3 · https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/appraisals/angel-fish-pin-from-mark-twain-ca-1895

    45 min
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A podcast for fans of true crime, haunted places, weird things, creepy stories, and all that is morbid. Backstory: two cousins, obsessed with everything weird and dead, rope their brothers into starting a podcast with them. Hilarity ensues (or something). Creepin it in the family! Hosts: Beth Cieslik, Erin Ryan and Ken Dillon Research: Beth Cieslik and Erin Ryan Editing and music: Ken Dillon Photography: Mike Rahel

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