It’s 54 days till Halloween! Spooky season has officially begun. But not everything that comes with the darkness is a costume or a ghost story. As the nights grow longer, strange things start happening, and the evil that’s been waiting all year finally comes out to play. Learn mo ...Show more
Deadly Songs of the Sirens
A compilation of some our spookiest tales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fleas spell disaster for people living in the Middle Ages. The inhabitants of an ancient Iraqi city hurl scorpions at an invading army. In Victorian London, a rat catcher turns his unsavoury profession into a form of street entertainment. And a miracle new pesticide turns out to ...Show more
Fleas spell disaster for people living in the Middle Ages. The inhabitants of an ancient Iraqi city hurl scorpions at an invading army. In Victorian London, a rat catcher turns his unsavoury profession into a form of street entertainment. And a miracle new pesticide turns out to ...Show more
There exists in this life a very real, horrifying phenomenon that science cannot yet extinguish. It strikes a surprising number of people, and none of us are safe. And if it comes for you, it will come at the most vulnerable moment you will ever know. Music: Kevin MacLeod (incom ...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