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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

The Incubator Babies of Coney Island (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Jason Horton & Rebecca Leib

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7928 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In the first part of the 20th century, infants in incubators were a sideshow attraction at NY's Coney Island. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod Instagram: https;//www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/3vHqUCA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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That show is. Baby, I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Leeb. And this is Ghost Town.

1:04.4

At the turn of the century, Coney Island was a place for fun. You might hang out at the

1:08.4

beach, eat ice cream, ride some amusement park rides and see a side show. Oddly enough,

1:13.9

that side show might resemble something close to a fully functional neonatal intensive

1:18.9

care unit. Complete with makeshift incubators filled with sleeping, premature babies.

1:25.6

We've talked about a lot of strange baby trends over the years on Ghost Town, including

1:29.6

baby cages, or most recently, the target sperminator. But today, we're talking about the

1:34.6

bizarre and entertaining origin story of the baby incubator, from Coney Island's side

1:40.4

show to a hospital near you.

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