Mad Medicine: Bloodletting, Blubber, and Birth Control

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.publishersweekly.com/9780761189817] https://www.aamc.org/news/grave-errors-spooky-cures-and-creepy-medical-missteps-past [https://www.aamc.org/news/grave-errors-spooky-cures-and-creepy-medical-missteps-past] https://time.com/4982099/quackery-medicine-history [https://time.com/4982099/quackery-medicine-history] https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-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/Bloodletting] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_surgeon [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.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.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-26807485] https://www.fibonaccimd.com/post/the-history-of-the-whale-cure-for-rheumatism [https://www.fibonaccimd.com/post/the-history-of-the-whale-cure-for-rheumatism] https://magicsilverbullet.substack.com/p/the-whale-hotel-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.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/e671cb02-4e5e-4f52-a835-25a5dd2a5963] https://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/ss/slideshow-birth-control-history [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.livescience.com/11376-history-future-birth-control/2.html] https://www.history.com/articles/7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques [https://www.history.com/articles/7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques]

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://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/bob_berdella/] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6139717/robert_andrew-berdella [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6139717/robert_andrew-berdella] Robert Berdella - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Berdella]

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.

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://www.truecrimeavenue.com/2024/10/the-case-of-matthew-hoffman-he.html] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hoffman_(murderer) [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://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://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://moviedelic.com/matthew-john-hoffman/] https://abcnews.com/US/killer-matthew-hoffman-stockpiled-leaves-ohio-home-made/story?id=12877942 [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.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 [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354984/Matthew-Hoffmann-Confession-burglar-murdered-3-raped-girl.html] Sarah Maynard: What Happened to the Survivor? [https://moviedelic.com/sarah-maynard/]

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=KD5ycbCKg7Y [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5ycbCKg7Y] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYjhbpqKQs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYjhbpqKQs] * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3ocyLyAKE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3ocyLyAKE] * https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwvl93ywlpo [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwvl93ywlpo] * https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/red-barn-murder [https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/red-barn-murder] * https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_accurate_account_of_the_trial_of_Will/cUDw7ut9RK4C [https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_accurate_account_of_the_trial_of_Will/cUDw7ut9RK4C] * https://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/view/?id=15013 [https://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/view/?id=15013] * https://visit-burystedmunds.co.uk/blog/red-barn-murder [https://visit-burystedmunds.co.uk/blog/red-barn-murder] * https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27903742 [https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27903742] * https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-real-electric-frankenstein-experiments-of-the-1800s [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-real-electric-frankenstein-experiments-of-the-1800s] * https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/phrenology-in-victorian-america.htm [https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/phrenology-in-victorian-america.htm]