Dissecting Medical History

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we go way down South to find a serial killer doctor with her (yes a female), very own murder squad.  This one is way too close to current to be comfortable!  A serial killer female doctor just wanted to free up some beds.  Over 300 of them. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We are back!! So sorry to have kept you waiting.  This episode has some commentary in the beginning you can skip through and jump right into the Valley Fever content if you want around the 15min mark.  Then we talk about Valley Fever and its history..  More fascinating that I first realized.   By the say, I accidentally cuss in the first 15 mins which is why i have it as explicit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we continue the tales of monasteries baby farmers from the Victorian era!  Those babies did not stand a chance to those greedy women, and one man! Listener /discretion is advised.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail No, we aren't talking about baby's doing farming child labor!  This week's episode is the first of two parts talking about a practice that is thankful no longer done;  Baby brokering.  It combines medical history with medical true crime.   Hope you enjoy! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This woman went by many names and chose many different types of poison.  But it was all about the money.  Listen as we talk about this serial killer from the UK.   Music by Dresden the Flamingo, Which Witch?   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail AKA the Stockholm Killer of the 1980s.  This was was a real shocker!!  This week's episode is shared with the podcast Consistently Eccentric, Joe and Em from the UK!!   I Hope you enjoy! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We tell the story of an Ireland Witch and her associates, including her son.  Listen to the special Halloween episode as we tell her tale AND celebrate the podcast's 10,000 download milestone!   Thank you all for listening.  Hopefully you are learning something new each week.  Cheers to another 10K!   Music by Dresden the Flamingo, Which Witch?  (Full song at the end of the e...

Send us Fan Mail You may never have heard of the disease Syndrome K but know that this deadly disease has a happy ending.  This week I take you to Italy to tell you the tale! Music by Dresden the Flamingo, I Married Dracula. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Everyone has an ambition in life; Jane's was to kill as many people as she could in the disguise of a nurse's uniform.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Oh, Curiosity Seekers.... this one is a puzzle.  There were many young girls  in the Victorian Era that were part of the phenomenon called the Fasting Girls, but one in particular was far above and beyond an enigma.  Let me tell you why in this episode.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of a man who came from poor beginnings and managed to become the richest physician in the UK, but only because his patients left him in their wills.  Were their deaths untimely?   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to year two of Dissecting Medical History!!  In this episode I talk about the history of heat stroke and share a personal story involved with it.  Thank you for listening! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the women that Sophia Jex-Blake met when she came to New England.  A group of amazing female physicians that opened hospitals and schools and were trailblazers in their own right, who also happened to like the same sex.   Also, talk about some very interesting festivals held in other parts of the world... not for the very conservative.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail First female MD in Scotland.  She started schools.  She fought for female medical education.  She was a badass trail blazing woman!  She also just so happened to be a lesbian.  This episode highlights her amazing life, with a happy ending. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Toothache, tooth fairies, and a Saint of toothaches?  Yep, today's episode is all about the pain in the mouth!   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today's biography is a passionate woman that did not let the male society dictate her occupational fate!  She took a tragedy from a cheating husband to help fuel her desire to make changes for herself and society.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In 1865, the last man to be publicly hung in Scotland was Edward Pritchard.  Listen to this week's episode to find out why he was deserving of such an honor.    I tell this tale to a friend from the UK, Joe from the podcast Consistently Eccentric.  Enjoy!! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This story is about the infamous serial killing doctor, Marcel Petiot, from Paris, France.  He was definitely not an Angel of Mercy, more like the hand of Satan.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mom to the Fair-Haired Bastards.  The first Chinese physician in California was an amazing woman named Margaret Chung.  She was a larger than life character that accomplished a lot in life.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today's story is about a respiratory therapist named Efren Saldivar, from Glendale, California. A mercy killer who just wasn't being that merciful.    Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This is the tale of the first female dentist of the West!  Nellie Pooler Chapman from Nevada City, California.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode talks about the long forgotten cure by the Royals.  Join me on this tale all about the power of the monarchy that sadly just isn't used today! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Special episode with Joe from podcast Consistently Eccentric with a true crime story about the Angel of Death Donald Harvey.  Listen as I tell Joe all the creative and not so merciful killings by this unbelievable serial killer.    Support the show

Send us Fan Mail You get to be in on the joke for today's April Fool's Day episode where I tell historical fiction stories that I made up to friends.  Based on real research that includes boats, Pirates, and the Irish!  Hope you enjoy! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk about two amazing female doctors making their mark in California!  California wasn't always the forward thinking state we've come to know.  But two women helped to change that. Support the show