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30 Morbid Minutes

Human Skin: Lampshades, Wallets, Books, Oh My!

30 Morbid Minutes

30 Morbid Minutes

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.8731 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A grisly foray into the history and motivation behind human skin crafting (clothes, trinkets, housewares, books), from Scythians to serial killers. 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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0:30.6

This is a rooster teeth production. For centuries, human scan has been used to graft, oh so many grizzly trinkets.

0:40.3

We are digging into some of the gruesome truths and stories behind human skin accessories.

0:46.3

Welcome to 30 Morbin minutes. This is the podcast where we explore topics of a morbid, macab, dark, and downright grisly nature.

1:07.9

And while we try to treat subject matter with the sensitivity it deserves,

1:11.8

sometimes we just have a bag of laughs. Sure do. Yeah, I'm Elise Willems. And I'm Jessica Vasami.

1:19.0

May 11th, 1950 was a warm and bright day on 5th and Cedar Street in Rollins, Wyoming. Perfect

1:25.6

conditions for the construction workers digging the foundation

1:28.4

of the soon-to-be Rollins National Bank. Cedar Street was the epicenter of town, a stretch of two-story

1:34.8

buildings housed doctors, lawyers, banks, and markets. The train ran along the backside of town

1:40.7

blowing warnings as it approached the Union Pacific Railroad Station,

1:44.3

which was two blocks from the construction site. Well, that day the train's horn wasn't loud

1:49.7

enough to drown out the shouts and kind of screams of the construction workers as they

1:54.5

unearthed a barrel buried behind what was once the office of the late 19th century Dr. Thomas

2:00.5

McGee. Inside the barrel, the late 19th century Dr. Thomas McGee.

2:01.4

Inside the barrel, the workers discovered a pile of dusty bones, including the bottom

2:06.3

half of a skull.

2:07.7

And not just any ordinary skull.

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