Headless Saints: Religion's Morbid Martyrs

Headless Saints: Religion's Morbid Martyrs

Have you ever seen a painting of a saint holding their own severed head in their hands? These saints are known as cephalophore saints, and each and everyone one has a distinctly morbid backstory. Their headless predicament certainly begs the question: where does the halo go? Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30 Morbid Minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Jessica Vasami Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost that Haunts America's Victorian Seaside Hotel

Beautiful Stranger: The Ghost that Haunts America's Victorian Seaside Hotel

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Don't Summon the Midnight Man if You Believe in Creepypastas

Don't Summon the Midnight Man if You Believe in Creepypastas

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Did the Curse of the Ninth KILL History's Greatest Composers?

Did the Curse of the Ninth KILL History's Greatest Composers?

Like the "27 Club," the Curse of the Ninth is one of music's most infamous superstitions. Supposedly, completing a ninth symphony is essentially a death sentence. Composers go from composing to decomp...

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Baseball's Deadliest Pitch and How it Changed the Sport Forever

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Tragedy struck on August 16, 1920, when during a visiting game at the Polo Grounds, home of the New York Yankees, Cleveland shortstop and all-around affable guy Ray Chapman was beaned in the head by a...

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The Dating Game Killer Was TV's Creepiest Game Show Contestant

The Dating Game Killer Was TV's Creepiest Game Show Contestant

Back in the 1970s, a serial killer named Rodney Alcala managed to charm his way onto the hit show "The Dating Game" and even WON, but his creepy behavior off-camera raised a ton of red flags. Perhaps ...

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We're Back from the Dead!

We're Back from the Dead!

It's with giddy, macabre glee, that we announce we are BACK for a limited run of episodes, just in time for the spooky season! Next week we kick things off with one of our usual episodes, but in this,...

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Badbye (For Now)

Badbye (For Now)

The end comes for us all. Go to http://meundies.com/30mm for 20% off your first order, plus free shipping. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your...

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Why the Island of the Dolls is One of the Creepiest Places on Earth

Legend has it that La Isla des las Muñecas, a dark tourism hot spot, is where a young girl was tragically found drowned to death. The dolls that decorate the island serve as both a tribute and a warni...

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