Objects Made From Human Skin

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Hallie Lloyd

Cryptid, Serialkiller, Science, Disease, Medicine, Scary, Skeleton, Historyofmedicine, Social Sciences, Ghost, History, Medical, Anthropology, Monsters, Archeology, Murder, Creepy, Skeptic, Paranormal, Prison

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In the 1800s, there was a surge in the creation of leather objects made from human skin. None of the people making the objects were considered criminals or even particularly disturbed. In this episode we discuss some of these objects, how they were made, and why.

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0:00.0	This episode was suggested by a listener, Lydia P, on Twitter.
0:04.4	If you'd like to make a suggestion, you can do so on Twitter at Morbid Podcast,
0:09.4	on Facebook and Instagram, at Morbid Curiosity Podcast, and on our website,
0:14.5	www.morbid Curiosity Podcast.com.
0:19.2	As it's October and Halloween is just around the corner, I wanted to do some extra
0:24.4	creepy episodes.
0:25.9	This week, our topic involves objects that have been made out of human skin.
0:30.5	It can be quite descriptive, so if that's something you'd rather not hear about, this may
0:35.2	be a good episode to skip.
0:48.1	Music you'd rather not hear about, this may be a good episode to skip. Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.
0:55.3	Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity,
1:00.4	and it has gripped hundreds of people throughout the ages.
1:03.9	I am one of those people.
1:06.3	My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast.
1:42.5	Thank you. My name is Hallie, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. Most of us in the creepy community have heard of objects being made out of human skin.
1:45.8	The first thing that comes to mind for most people is Ed Gein, the American murderer and corpse thief, who made furniture and clothing from human skin,
1:52.1	the man who inspired Buffalo Bill from a film, Silence of the Lambs. However, Ed Gein was not the first
1:58.9	person to do this, though it can be said he was actually
2:01.9	one of the least skilled at it.
2:04.1	In the 18 and 1900s and before, some truly interesting and well-made items were created
2:09.8	from human skin in many parts of the world.
2:12.8	The reason why these things were made are varied, but none of the people making them
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