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30 Morbid Minutes

Giants: From Myth to Modern Day Hoax

30 Morbid Minutes

30 Morbid Minutes

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.8731 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Our "biggest" episode yet, covering all things GIANTS. We learn how classical cultures and folklore embraced the myths and fantastical stories of giant, flesh-eating, humans; debunk archaeology's infamous giant skeleton hoaxes; and investigate real life gigantism as a medical anomaly. Go to http://bombas.com/30mm and use code 30mm to get 20% off your first purchase. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/30MM to get 10% off your first month. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is a roosterteeth production. Some of history's biggest hoaxes, pun intended, involve archaeological fraudsters faking

0:41.1

discoveries of giant bones.

0:43.5

We investigate why on 30 Morbid Minutes. This is the podcast where we cover topics of a morbid, macab, dark, and downright grisly nature.

1:06.0

Sometimes we explore the unknown and debunk conspiracy theories.

1:09.2

Other times, we dive into history to gain a new

1:11.2

perspective on today. I'm Elise Willems. I'm Jessica Vasami. Tackling the contents of today's

1:16.5

episode is quite the tall order. Literally, because we are talking about giants. Okay, let's get

1:22.5

the obvious ones out of the way here. All right, you jacking the beanstock giants, your attack

1:26.9

on Titans, your Shrek's. Is Shrek technically a giant, Jess jacking the beanstock giants, your attack on Titans,

1:27.7

your Shrek's. Is Shrek technically a giant, Jess? I mean, he's big, mostly from all the layers.

1:33.3

Oh, yeah. He's got a lot of layers. Yeah, he's a big guy.

1:37.8

But first, we're dialing our investigation back in time and taking a look at classical cultures

1:43.8

and texts to see how

1:44.9

the myths of giants first took shape. Which I love this stuff, especially Greek mythology.

1:50.0

Love it. Then we are exposing and debunking the modern day hoaxes where in archaeological

1:55.9

frauds have made wild attempts to try and fake giant bones being discovered and unearthed. It's crazy.

2:03.3

It's crazy. It literally is. And the pictures are, they're fun to look at, I will say. Yeah. Oh, it's a blast.

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