Cloning

Elyse Willems and Jessica Vasami host 30 Morbid Minutes, a podcast that finds the strange, the tragic, and the darkly funny in the corners of history and human experience. These two comedians and friends guide you through a carefully curated half-hour of the macabre each episode, blending research with conversational chemistry. You’ll hear them unpack everything from historical oddities like the Victorian era's fascination with death and the mystery of screaming mummies, to modern anxieties like sleep paralysis demons and theories about a silent, dark forest universe. The show digs into true crime territory with tales of obituary bandits and medical malpractice, while also exploring cultural phenomena like celebrity death hoaxes and the enduring appeal of zombie apocalypse lore. No cursed object is left unturned, no case of spontaneous human combustion is left unexamined, and no unexplained cruise ship demise is left adrift. It’s a balanced mix of the scholarly and the speculative, the gruesome and the giggle-worthy, all delivered in a digestible thirty-minute format. Tune in for a consistently engaging exploration of the topics that fascinate and unsettle us, where the history is often dark, the culture is peculiar, and the conversation is always lively.