Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast

Have you ever been so drunk you’ve started eating people? This episode, Carmella tells the absurd true story behind Géricault’s famous painting of ‘The Raft of the Medusa’. TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/11/28/6-sea-part-iii-the-raft-of-the-medusa/ CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack an...

Eating your crew-mates after a shipwreck used to be so common that it was known as the ‘custom of the sea’. This episode, Alix offers up a buffet of maritime disasters that ended in cannibalism. TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/11/21/5-sea-part-ii-the-custom-of-the-sea/ CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on...

A fire at sea leads to a grisly fate for the crew of the Luxborough Galley, an 18th Century slave ship. TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/11/14/4-sea-part-i-the-sinking-of-the-luxborough-galley/ CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. With special thanks to Ellys Harrison for the indispensable help with research. Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him...

What forces an entire settlement into cannibalism? In this two-part episode, we’re looking at Jamestown and Leningrad – two stories of the terrible effects of war and famine on a desperate populace. TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/11/07/3-land-part-iii-the-starving-time-at-jamestown-and-the-siege-of-leningrad/ CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis....

If you’re scared of flying, here’s why you’re right! This episode, we’re covering the tragic fate of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, also known as The Miracle of the Andes. TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/10/31/episode-2-uruguayan-flight-disaster/ CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and...

Why shouldn’t you take an untested shortcut on the California trail? In our first episode, we sink our teeth into the story of the Donner Party: the most infamous case of survival cannibalism in American history. TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/10/31/episode-1-donner-party/ CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find h...

What have you always wanted to know about cannibalism? Whet your appetite and meet your hosts Alix and Carmella as they answer listener questions about all things anthropophagous (aka "human flesh-eating") in the run up to Episode One. TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/10/24/s1-e0/ CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. Theme music by Daniel Wackett....

Would you eat another person to survive? Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast launches on 31 October 2019. CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett. Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend. Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Networ...

How far would you go to stay alive? From failing colonies to the frozen North, from whaling ships to wagon trains, humans have been eating other humans to survive since time began. Join hosts Carmella and Alix in a new podcast on the true history of survival cannibalism. Each episode, we'll be telling a different real-life story about people pushed to break this ultimate taboo. Casting Lots: A Sur...

Join hosts Alix and Carmella in a new podcast on the true history of survival cannibalism. Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast will be launching 31 October 2019. ------------------------------ CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett. Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitte...