We've all heard of the Blue Moon of Kentucky thanks to Elvis Presley, Kentucky Blue Grass, and Kentucky Blue is even a color of paint... But this is an entirely different type of blue; The Blue Fugates. They are a family with a rare blood disorder called methemoglobinemia. It can cause blue skin, and boy did it. Four of their seven children exhibited blue skin so the family retreated from society... and inbred over and over until they became world renowned for this hue. What happened to them? Can it be treated?  And how can you turn yourself blue from the comfort of your own home? We answer those questions and many even crazier this from the preverbal cornucopia of weird, Kentucky. Special thanks to this week’s sources:Cover ArtJoshua LernerBooks and ArticlesHereditary Diaphorase Deficiency and Methemoglobinemia - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/570011The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek | Kim Michele RichardsonBlue-Skinned Gods | S. J. SinduVideosMystery of the Fugate Family: The Blue People of Kentucky - https://youtu.be/3GYMFKs_6TsWebsitesBlue Fugates - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_FugatesFamily Aggregation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_aggregationArgyria - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArgyriaScience Classroom Teacher Resources - https://www.nclark.net/BluePeopleofTroublesomeCreekWired - https://www.wired.com/story/does-colloidal-silver-work/How Stuff Works - https://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/circulatory/blue-people-kentucky.htmABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/Health/blue-skinned-people-kentucky-reveal-todays-genetic-lesson/story?id=15759819Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories:weird@hysteria51.comSupport the ShowGet exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1Join Our Discord Serverhttps://discord.gg/WuPKAZ6cpgShopBe the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting!https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria-51?ref_id=4106 

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