"I am done with this world!" -John Schmidt (1906) Civil War era embalming of soldiers before being sent home for burial. Sources for this episode: 1. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/arsenic-and-old-graves-civil-war-era-cemeteries-may-be-leaking-toxins-180957115/ 2. https://gemeinde-horrweiler.de/geschichte/ 3. https://serialkillercalendar.com/Johann%20Otto%20HOCH.php 4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29941276/johann-otto-hoch 5. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluebeard 6. https://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-history-cop/2016/02/johann-hoch-hung-110-years-ago-today-his-last-moments-on-earth/ 7. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/05/abraham-lincoln-embalming/
A podcast about serial killers, their possible motives, and reasonings. As well as, hauntings, crime, and other "spooky" moments in time.