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190: The Mysterious Cult Leader Who Inspired Jonestown - Father Divine
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What if I told you that one of the most influential... and mysterious cult leaders in American history is someone most people have never heard of? <br>
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And that Jim Jones himself, yes Jonestown Jim Jones, got many of his ideas from ... Show More
1h 7m
Nov 12
189: The Wicked Truth Behind Hollywood’s Favorite Movie - The Wizard of Oz
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You’ve seen The Wizard of Oz... the ruby slippers, the Yellow Brick Road, the flying monkeys… But you've also heard rumblings of some dark rumors, haven't you?<br>
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Well, behind all that glitter and Technicolor magic was a nightmare ... Show More
1h 8m
Feb 2024
Grave Robbers Turned Murderers: The Sinister Story of Burke and Hare
The Burke and Hare case was a scandalous episode in 19th-century Edinburgh where William Burke and William Hare, two Irish immigrants, resorted to murder to supply fresh corpses to medical schools. Operating in the early 1820s, they targeted vulnerable individuals, including trav ... Show More
35m 34s
May 2021
“The Anatomy Murderers” Burke and Hare Pt. 1
When a tenant at their boarding house died in 1827, William Burke and William Hare found a way to make some extra money: selling bodies to a medical school. But to keep it up, they’d need a fresh supply of dead bodies — and those were hard to come by. Naturally, at least. Learn ... Show More
45m 17s
Jun 2023
Before Roe: The Physicians' Crusade (2022)
Abortion wasn't always controversial. In fact, in colonial America it would have been considered a fairly common practice: a private decision made by women, and aided mostly by midwives. But in the mid-1800s, a small group of physicians set out to change that. Obstetrics was a ne ... Show More
52m 48s
Aug 24
Qui fut le tout premier médecin ?
Rediffusion Dès l'aube de l'humanité, les hommes ont cherché à se soigner. Ainsi a-t-on retrouvé des ossements d'hommes préhistoriques attestant de l'existence de certaines techniques de soins, comme la trépanation ou la réduction de fractures.De même, la médecine égyptienne étai ... Show More
2m 9s
Oct 2022
Donate Your Body To Science?
Halloween calls to mind graveyards and the walking dead, so, naturally, Short Wave wanted to know what happens when you donate your body to real scientists. Host Aaron Scott talked with journalist Abby Ohlheiser about their reporting trips to a Forensic Osteology Research Station ... Show More
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