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Vote for my friend Emily’s Podcast Morbidology!

Hey guys! I’m so sorry to once again be asking you to vote for me for something. However, the British Podcast Awards are coming up and I would be eternally grateful if you could vote for Morbidology. As you all know, Morbidology is a one-woman should and I would be so honoured if you’d consider voting for me! Just click this link and type Morbidology in the search bar.

Thank you so, so much!

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Episode 3 - True Crime Lab LIVE! - Who Let the Dog Out (Part 1)

We talk about David Berkowitz, Ryan’s top 5 Artist Inspirations, and More! 

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Right in the feels, but absolutely a necessity.

US Helplines:

Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696

Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433

LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255

Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386

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Eating Disorders Hotline: 1-847-831-3438

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Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253

Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453

UK Helplines:

Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org

Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111

Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk

Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk

b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk

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“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare for…the compassion and empathy that was never shown to you, but might one day save humanity as we know it.” -Unabridged...

Mandy Patinkin on The Late Show, December 18, 2015

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I guess I’m back briefly because I can’t post this on any other platform:

People in jail and prison always get sick during flu season. You put a few thousand people in close quarters, then make them wait in line to eat in groups in the same dining room in a hurry. When it goes around, everyone gets it. You learn to just expect it, and deal. If your immune system is good you might not get it, but there’s no way to avoid it. Since tumblr is visual, the dining room I am talking about looks like this:

and a typical prison has about 2,000 people eating in a few of these in under an hour, three times a day.

People in jail and prison don’t have medical care. The prison pretends to take care of them just enough to avoid being sued. They will fail to diagnose you in time to save you and then watch you suffocate slowly while they refuse to call an ambulance and hope their shift ends before you die. After you’re dead, they will pretend to care, because they know it is less work.

There’s 2.3 million people in jail or prison in the US. If they all get coronavirus, and anywhere from 10-20% of them need hospital care, that is 230,000-460,000 people who need to be hospitalized and probably won’t be.

If you need to be in a hospital, but you’re not, you die.

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Keep the flame going for those we have lost to suicide. 

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I’m a technical writer for a healthcare company. Me and my team of three total have been writing nonstop for the 5000 employees we have. By Wednesday I had over 35 hours worked and over 15 docs drafted and approved and published.

That’s only on the back end. We’re burnt out, we’re exhausted, and we aren’t even interacting with patients. God bless health care workers, their families, and the sacrifices they make every day, especially in times of pandemic.

Real heroes deserve more appreciation                           

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Morbidology the Podcast - 39: Breck Bednar

Over the past decade and a half, the rise of smartphones and social media has combined, making it all too easy for teenagers to live their lives online. Understandably, many parents worry about what takes place behind the veil of secrecy of the internet. Many wonder if their children are being bullied or talking to people that they shouldn’t be. In Surrey in 2014, the case of Breck Bednar was a chilling reminder of just how dangerous the internet can be.

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Me irl

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Donna Scrivo was described by those who knew her as a warm and welcoming woman. The 59-year-old registered nurse was given legal guardianship of her mentally ill son, Ramsay Scrivo, after he attempted to commit suicide and was released from a psychiatric hospital.

Ramsay had been diagnosed with “psychosis” and had several stints in psychiatric hospitals. He believed that somebody had implanted a device in his gums from which voices talked to him. Those who knew them said that they seemed to have a loving relationship but following the death of Donna’s husband, things became tough. Ramsay in particular found the death hard and felt as thought he couldn’t live with his father. His suicide attempt came just the day after his father passed away.

On the 26th of January, 2014, Donna reported her son missing. She claimed he had left the house that afternoon and had not returned. As the search was underway, police received several reports of a middle-aged woman throwing garbage bags from her car window as she drove along the roads of St. Clair. When police arrived at the scene and recovered the garbage bags, they were horrified to discover what was hidden inside: human remains.

The remains were soon identified to belong to Ramsay and the woman who was spotted dumping his remains was none other than his own mother. Donna denied that she had killed her son. During her trial, she claimed she walked into her son’s bedroom and found an armed man who had killed her son. She said the man then forced her to dispose of his body. “I’m not mother of the year. I think I did everything to protect the rest of my family,” she said to the court.

The prosecution refuted her claims and said “you either believe that… or you believe the physical evidence.” They argued that Donna had drugged and then strangled Ramsay to death before dismembering him in the bath tub. The jury found little credibility in her alibi and found her guilty of first-degree murder. She was sentenced to life in prison.

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Tumblr,

As you’re probably aware, the coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, has now been found in countries all over the globe. This is an understandably disconcerting moment for many, but there are steps we can all take to help mitigate the effect on our communities.

COVID-19 is spreading, but misinformation and disinformation are spreading even faster. The most responsible thing you can do is protect yourself from both the disease and false information. Being prepared with facts and data instead of assumptions and fabrications will help inform how you can best prepare for COVID-19.

Here are some resources you can trust:

WHO provides daily updates surrounding COVID-19’s spread, infection rate, and general influence on our society. Their latest update given on March 3, 2020, details that there is a shortage of personal protective equipment for healthcare professionals. They also provide a very handy FAQ section, where you can learn more about how to protect yourself and your community. 

Every day Worldometer updates its website with the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in each country that has been affected. Worldometer has been rated one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association, and for good reason: it lists every single one of its regular sources here, and lists the source of every COVID-19 update at the bottom of the COVID-19 page. 

Your local health department will often have the most up-to-date information specific to your immediate area, including how to proceed if you believe you may be showing symptoms of the virus. If you live in the United States, you can find the contact information for your health department by visiting the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

There’s another thing about this news that a lot of places are not talking about: the toll on one’s mental health, especially if you are someone who struggles with anxiety. If you find your concerns about being prepared are crossing a line that affects your mental health, please consider reaching out to a loved one who can guide you to help, a mental health professional, or an organization set up to help those in need.

Here are a couple of organizations you can trust:

Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support. Just text 741741 from anywhere in the United States. The Crisis Text Line will connect you with a trained Crisis Counselor. 

National Alliance on Mental Health (@namiorg) offers free support and resources for those who are struggling. NAMI can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 am - 6 pm EST at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or by email at info@nami.org.

Take care of yourselves, Tumblr. Wash your hands well, practice keeping a safe distance from others, only wear a mask if you believe you are sick with COVID-19 symptoms and could infect others (or are immunocompromised yourself), and remember to fact check everything that you see. Head on over to @world-wide-what for a refresher on what fake news looks like and how it spreads. Pass those tips onto others when you see them accidentally spreading false information. 

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You never know what someone is going through. Keep that in mind.

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Every now and again, you need a good laugh!

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Are they any types of cases that you won't cover. Are there boundaries ? Or types of cases that make you uncomfortable. I follow a true crime YouTube channel that notes that they will never cover anything involving child neglect and abuse because they personally struggle covering those sorts.

That is a WONDERFUL question. Honestly, there is one that I’ve identified as a case we’d never do and that’s the Toolbox Killers. There is nothing but brutality and horribleness.

We take things on a case by case and try and use our best judgement. I know that’s a non-answer answer, it’s the best one I have!

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I love places like this. Such history and culture surrounded by concrete.

An abandoned psychiatric hospital in Ukraine. It took Joe and I forever to find this. It was in the middle of a forest and we knew it was there somewhere, we just weren’t sure where and you can’t really google map it, lol. It was massive and there was a decomposing animal near one of the entrances.

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Every . Damn . Night .

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Forensic Psychologist on Allan Lagere

He wanted to be perceived as someone strong and powerful and competent, and he tried to even convince himself of that, but his feelings of inferiority were just too overpowering for him, and so he constantly tried to compensate.