Hello, listeners. Thank you so much for your patience between episodes. As an end of the year

gift, you'll be getting another episode before the end of this month. For 2024, we hope to bring

you two episodes a month every month. One will be a previously released patron-only episode,

which will be available for free for a week. And the other will be a regular released patron-only episode, which will be available for free for a week,

and the other will be a regular episode that will remain available to you entirely free.

I want to show you the fun we have on Patreon, and how, for just $2 a month, you can enjoy the

MCP so much more. I hope to see you on Patreon in 2024.

The information in this episode is meant for interest only.

The MCP and I cannot be held responsible for any injury caused by the misuse of any of the plants mentioned in this episode.

Please be responsible.

Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.

Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity, and it has gripped millions of people throughout the ages.

I am one of those people.

My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. Previously, in our plants series, we discussed toxic plants that can cause death through poisoning.

This is usually due to the presence of alkaloids,

organic compounds that have a pronounced physiological effect on humans.

We then discussed plants that have psychoactive properties and have been used by humans for both religious and medical purposes

since before written history.

In this fourth installment, we discuss carnivorous plants,

plants that capture and consume living prey in order to sustain themselves.

We'll discuss how these plants developed, where they thrive, and some of the history of their study and cultivation.

After the break, we'll go into detail on different trap types and how you might be able to grow your own carnivorous plants.

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