30 Morbid Minutes
30 Morbid Minutes
30 Morbid Minutes
Headless Saints: Religion's Morbid Martyrs
19 minutes Posted Mar 2, 2026 at 8:01 am.
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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?

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠30 Morbid Minutes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is made by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elyse Willems⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Jessica Vasami

Music by ⁠⁠Casey Edwards ⁠

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