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From the hosts of Murder and Medicine; comes murder, medicine, mystery, magic and any other aliterations we can think of. Join us for a sporadic frolic through the fields of wonder and weirdness.
Episode 1: The Lady of the Lake / Body Saponification
The Dopamine and Dandelions Podcast
41 minutes 32 seconds
3 years ago
Episode 1: The Lady of the Lake / Body Saponification
How bodies turn into adipocere in certain conditions.
Did you know you could become soap when you die? Not the clean-your-butt-crack-in-the-shower type of soap, but a greasy, waxy, cottage cheese type of substance called ’adipocere’. Amelia and Rachel discuss all things saponification, including the exhumed bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Ellenbogen, mistaken identities of deer/sheep carcasses and a MERDER!
Complete with gruesome photos available on Insta @murdermedpod
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Episode Sources:• Medium.com• Curiocity.com• Historylink.org• Wikipedia• Morbidology Podcast• Penn Museum• Expedition Magazine• Atlas Obscura• Smithsonium• Live Science• Forensic Yard• Landrucimetieres.fr• Royal Society of Chemistry• Stem.org.uk
The Dopamine and Dandelions Podcast
From the hosts of Murder and Medicine; comes murder, medicine, mystery, magic and any other aliterations we can think of. Join us for a sporadic frolic through the fields of wonder and weirdness.
