Curious about the inner thoughts and routines of a career mortician? We pull the best questions from a Reddit AMA with a real life funeral home director. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30 Morbid Minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Jessica Vasami Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disney controls its family friendly image with an iron, four-fingered fist, but even the all-seeing Mouse House can’t anticipate every casualty – including the tragic deaths of park visitors or staff. Between 2006 and 2020, more than 20 people have met their end while at Florida’s Magic Kingdom, and countless others have died in fatal incidents at other parks around the globe. We investigate the main causes while attempting to debunk some infamous myths and rumors.  (Originally released June 13, 2022) Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30 Morbid Minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Jessica Vasami Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What lasting impact can someone's final words leave? We talk about the new Netflix series Famous Last Words, and examine some of history's most iconic and memorable deathbed quotes. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30 Morbid Minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Jessica Vasami Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever seen a painting of a saint holding their own severed head in their hands? These saints are known as cephalophore saints, and each and everyone one has a distinctly morbid backstory. Their headless predicament certainly begs the question: where does the halo go? Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30 Morbid Minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Jessica Vasami Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How would you react if you saw a dead body that, after a year, still looked like the person had died just yesterday? What about after five years? A hundred? This type of preservation, called incorruptibility, can happen. And while some consider it a holy miracle, science tells a different story. (Originally released February 27, 2024) 30 Morbid Minutes is made by Elyse Willems and Jessica Vasami Music by Casey Edwards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Discussing what a Last Will and Testament is, and why you should have one, plus, some of Reddit's weirdest Wills. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30MorbidMinutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Jessica Vasami Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for a quick catch-up with your favorite gruesome twosome. Elyse and Jessica talk about the state of the podcast, what's to come, and of course, get a little silly. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! 30 Morbid Minutes is made by Elyse Willems and Jessica Vasami, with theme music composed by Casey Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From their practical role in funerary processions, to the eerie folklore and superstitions that later surrounded them, this episode traces the history of corpse roads in Medieval England. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! 30 Morbid Minutes is made by Elyse Willems and Jessica Vasami, with theme music composed by Casey Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode was originally released December 19, 2023 Gathering around the fire and telling ghost stories during the holiday season was extremely in vogue during the Victorian Era. We explore how a tradition of yuletide terror came to be, and the authors behind it. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! 30 Morbid Minutes is made by Elyse Willems and Jessica Vasami, with music by Casey Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re doing a thorough examination of what life is like for a professional coroner, pulling questions from a Reddit AMA in which a real-life coroner gives personal insight into the ways in which they investigate deaths, locate and notify families of deaths, determine cause and manner of death, and relay information to the media. Leave us a review -- it helps the show! :) Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30MorbidMinutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jessica Vasami⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices