1-800-1803: On Meat Beating & Batteries

1-800-1800 · Dec 2, 2025 · 1h 23m · transcript

This week on 1-800-1800, Madeline guides us through the horrifying world of early 19th century meat batteries and an experiment to raise a malefactor hanged at newgate prison from the dead. Listen for all the facts on nicotine enemas, the “apparently” drowned, and an alternative reality where frogs legs were a necessary component of consumer electronics.

Madeline & Mabel

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