DAY 12: Cotard’s Syndrome (ShortHand’s 13 Days of Halloween)

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In the last 13 days before Halloween, a different ShortHand will rise from the archives for 24 hours only – before disappearing back into the vault. Get exclusive access to every ShortHand episode ad free only on Amazon Music Unlimited.

The dead live among us: walking, talking corpses who appear normal, but are rotting from the inside out. Or at least, that’s what sufferers of Cotard’s syndrome will have you believe.

Cotard’s is a rare condition in which the affected (and very much alive) person is certain that they are already dead and decaying, with their blood frozen in their veins. The delusion is so great that some stop eating, and starve to death. Here’s the ShortHand.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to RedHounded early and ad-free.
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0:08.7	What if I told you that the crime of the century is the one being waged on our planet?
0:13.5	Introducing Lawless Planet, Wondry's new podcast exploring the dark side of the climate crisis.
0:19.7	Uncover shocking tales of crime and corruption threatening our world's future.
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0:28.8	Hello there, spooky listener.
0:30.7	It's October, our favorite time of the year.
0:33.4	And so to celebrate and give you all a well-deserved treat,
0:36.7	we're bringing you the 13 days of Halloween.
0:40.1	Short-hand edition.
0:42.0	Usually, every single week over on Amazon Music, we release brand new episodes of our bite-sized sister show, Shorthand.
0:49.8	It's like Red Hand's little friend.
0:51.7	Where we delve into all sorts of fascinating topics,
0:55.2	from hell in different religions, Haitian voodoo, the death of Edgar Allan Poe,
0:59.7	Qatar's syndrome, Japan suicide forest, and so much more. And this Halloween, from the 19th of October
1:06.7	to the 31st of October, we are going to be pulling out 13 of our most terrifying episodes of shorthand
1:13.0	to drop straight into your red-handed feed every single day.
1:18.3	But beware.
1:21.4	Each episode will only be available for 24 hours.
1:25.8	So get listening or abandon or hope.
1:30.0	Enjoy.
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