In this episode of MACABRE: Dark History, we descend into the unsettling origins of classic nursery rhymes.

Current vibes: Nursery rhymes… but make it ✨childhood trauma✨

This week we’re asking the important questions:— Who or what was Humpty Dumpty and why was he really on that wall?— What exactly were Jack and Jill doing up on that hill? 👀— And how does Henry VIII manage to ruin everything, including birds?

🎙️ Join the unhinged ladies of Macabre as we dig into the creepy, chaotic, and downright disturbing origins of the rhymes that raised us.

Perfect for fans of: Morbid, Last Podcast on the Left, My Favorite Murder, and anyone who loves a good true crime mystery with a side of comedy.

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Was the Montauk Project real… or just one of the most elaborate science fiction conspiracies ever told?

From whispers of secret military experiments to stories of mind control, time travel, and Nazi scientists folded into Cold War paranoia—this legend has it all. But how much of it actually holds up?

Join Halley and Blaire as they dig into the origins of the Montauk Project, unravel the myths, and attempt to debunk one of the U.S. military’s most bizarre and enduring mysteries.

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SOURCES:

🔗 SOURCES & FURTHER READING — THE MONTAUK PROJECT

• The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time — Preston B. Nichols & Peter Moon
  https://www.amazon.com/Montauk-Project-Experiments-Time/dp/0963188909
• Montauk Revisited: Adventures in Synchronicity — Peter Moon & Preston B. Nichols
  https://www.amazon.com/Montauk-Revisited-Adventures-Synchronicity/dp/0963188925
• Pyramids of Montauk: Explorations in Consciousness — Peter Moon
  https://www.amazon.com/Pyramids-Montauk-Explorations-Consciousness/dp/0963188933

🌊 MONTAUK, LONG ISLAND & LOCAL LEGENDS

• Camp Hero & Montauk Air Force Station History
  https://www.nyparks.gov/parks/camphero/details.aspx
• Montauk Project Urban Legend Breakdown (Skeptical Analysis)
  https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4110

In the final chapter of The Macabre Feature: The Sinking of theTitanic, Blaire examines the aftermath of the disaster—uncovering the hubris that sealed its fate, the gripping court testimonies that followed, and the haunting lives of those who survived. As stories clash and reputations unravel, this episode reveals how survival came with a lasting cost, leaving many to carry guilt, grief, and the weight of that night for the rest of their lives.

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From the fatal collision to the first realization that the unsinkable ship was doomed, this episode unravels the confusion, disbelief, and growing terror as passengers and crew faced the unthinkable. We continue our tale of terror, the sinking of the Titanic through the recollections of the passengers and crew in this 3 part series.

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They called it unsinkable.

In Part I of our Titanic series, Blaire explores the ambition, luxury, and quiet warnings surrounding the ship before disaster struck.

Because the real story didn’t start with the iceberg…

It started long before anyone stepped on board. In this special feature, hear first hand accounts of passengers and crew of the Titanic.

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Self-proclaimed doctor Linda Hazzard believed starvation could cure disease. In the early 1900s, patients traveled to her Washington sanitarium known as Starvation Heights, where many were subjected to brutal fasting treatments that left them weak, skeletal, and sometimes dead. Join Halley and Blaire as they travel back in time, when medical treatments were deadlier than the disease.

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https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/2508

https://www.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/person/hazzard-linda-burfield-perry-1867-1938

https://archive.kitsapsun.com/news/local/olallas-starvation-heights-still-causes-chills-after-a-century-ep-418381772-357167181.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawQEUm5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE3bFB4aTFGYjliOVg3OHhrc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHh-Bs5RwqwI2fNmPWey-BIVYlSsx3k2CnIpyKruOOSwYv2lNZB_kPfgQRkyN_aem_uDBJE6aDnsCpe12ZmyxBMg

Royalty, ego, and historical humiliation. Today on MACABRE, Henry VIII and Louis XIV face the ultimate punishment… Blaire and Halley are at it again, with a new installment of Roasting History on MACABRE.

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Sources:

https://www.thecollector.com/how-keep-your-head-king-henry-viii-court/https://history.as.uky.edu/reign-louis-xiv-1643-1715-overview

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We’ve officially survived three years of MACABRE dark history… so today we’re celebrating by oversharing. From unlikely roommates and embarrassing injuries to prophetic dreams, sleepwalking chaos, and possible past lives — this is the behind-the-curtain, best-friends-at-2am energy episode you didn’t know you needed.

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