Ep 31 - The Corpse in the Carpet and Andrew Ure’s Body Experiment
Jan 14, 2019•25 min
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Episode description
You never know what you’ll find in the hard rubbish. In 1984 three Columbia University students picked up what they thought was a nice piece of carpet, but it contained a nasty surprise.
In the 1800’s, scientists thought that electricity could bring dead bodies back to life. Professor Andrew Ure’s grotesque experiment on a dead body left many feeling ill.
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