What is a body farm?

The US has an unusual number of outbreaks of food-borne illness going on in the summer of 2026, and the star of the show is cyclospora. How does this parasite make people sick, where does it come from? You may not want to know.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

It’s rare that the downfall of an empire can be chalked up to the decisions of just one person. It’s even rarer, when the empire falls over the course of a year. That’s pretty much what happened with the Soviet Union when Mikhail Gorbachev dissolved it.See omnystudio.com/listener ... Show More

Narcolepsy is one of those amazing rare disorders that everyone thinks they understand – people just fall asleep at random times, even in the middle of doing something. But there’s a lot more to it and – even better – we actually may be able to explain it. Josh and Chuck run it d ... Show More

<p>Have you ever known someone who donated their body to science? On paper, it's an extraordinarily noble act. Yet in the US, this form of donation is chock-full of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. In this episode, the guys dive headlong into the tragic, often disgusting realit ... Show More

The “body farm” at Texas State University is a place almost no one is allowed to see, because it’s one of very few places in the world that deliberately puts out human bodies to decompose in nature. Forensic Anthropologists observe decomposition in order to help police officers d ... Show More

The Bizarre Story behind the 'Necropants' made from Human Skin in the 1700’s in Iceland. In 2022 an individual in China captured Video of an Abandoned Lab being used as an Organ Farm that contained Children’s corpses. Join us for our Theories Thursday Topics. 

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In today's episode, Mina talks about how to launder your clothes, the ethics of wearing clothing made of human hair and also eating your friend's leg, urbanites cosplaying as farm girls (guilty), and the history of the dude ranch industry. Support the podcast on Patreon! Instagra ... Show More

<p>Don't run away! True enough, this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind considers a most repellent sexual atrocity, but there's more to necrophilia than the sexual abuse of human corpses. Join Robert and Christian as they discuss necrophilia in the animal kingdom, includi ... Show More

In Yuba City, California, a farmer reported a trespassing incident on his property. What started as an illegal trash disposal complaint turned out to be a corpse buried between two trees. In the following days, 24 more bodies would be uncovered.<br /><br />Find out more about us ... Show More

<p>Henry & Eddie bring you this week's weirdest stories and true-crime news starting off with a slew of updates and then - the Kansas man caught selling disposed fetuses and human body parts online, the Ohio woman found mauled by neighbor's pigs on Christmas Day, mysterious white ... Show More

<p>This week the boys are diggin' deep into the world of Necrophilia and those who indulge in sexual acts with the dead, breaking down the 10 sub-divisions of the paraphilia, as well as some of the most notorious (and revolting) Necrophilic figures throughout history.</p> <p><p>< ... Show More

How do insects factor into our traditions of death -- and how do insects handle their own burials? Find out in this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind as Robert and Joe discuss ants, termites, Virgil, ancient civilizations, bees and more. (originally published 1/21/2021) ... Show More