The Radium Girls

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

🗓️ 24 September 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the early 1900s, Radium became all the rage due to the luminous green light it gave off. It was used to paint watch dials and instrument panels, making them glow in the darkness. Little did most people know, Radium was highly radioactive. Some precautions were taken but an entire workforce of dial painters was seemingly forgotten and they suffered dearly for their employer's negligence.

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0:00.0	This episode was suggested by two listeners, Jessica and Ross, on Facebook.
0:05.7	If you'd like to suggest a topic, you can do so on Facebook and Instagram at Morbid Curiosity Podcast,
0:12.2	on Twitter, at MorbidPodcast, and on our website, www.morbidCur curiositypodcast.com.
0:37.4	Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.
0:42.9	Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity,
0:46.2	and it has gripped hundreds of people throughout the ages.
0:48.5	I am one of those people.
0:53.7	My name is Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity Podcast. These days, it seems as if some kind of ingredient is always on trend.
1:23.7	Currently, activated charcoal is all the rage and can be found in beauty products, health
1:29.3	supplements, and even in food.
1:31.9	It's said to detoxify everything it touches, despite the fact that nothing can detoxify
1:37.3	the human body except the human body itself, with the liver and kidneys.
1:42.8	Even though activated charcoal doesn't actually do what it's currently
1:46.2	on trend for, it does no harm if it's put on the skin or ingested. Common charcoal, on the other
1:52.9	hand, is carcinogenic, meaning it has been shown to cause cancer. There was another ingredient
1:59.0	on trend in the early 1900s, which was added to far more products than activated charcoal has been added to today.
2:06.6	This ingredient was added to everything from toothpaste, beauty creams, and lotions, to corsets, watches, and water.
2:14.6	However, it was more like common charcoal than activated charcoal. In fact, it was
2:20.7	downright deadly. But despite this knowledge, it was used in almost everything. This substance
2:27.4	was radium, and it caused the death of many people who used it. Radium is a metal found in nature.
2:35.0	Its anatomic number on the periodic table is 88, and its symbol is R.A.
2:41.0	Radium and all its isotopes or variations are radioactive, meaning they emit energy or radiation as they decay.
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