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This week on After Midnight, up-and-coming comedian Jordan Thewlis joins Shane and Duncan to debate the all-time greatest movies that were based on true stories. Which of your favorite films will make the cut? And what's in your top 5? Tell us in the DISCORD ... Also, make sure to check out Jordan on all the socials (links below) and catch him live in New York, D.C., and Oakland.   https://linktr.ee/jordanthewlis https://www.tiktok.com/@jordan.thewlis?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc https://www.instagram.com/jordan.thewlis/ ~ Access the entire back catalog of After Midnights, plus bonus episodes and perks over at the brand new MFFI Patreon:    PATREON   ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website  

What’s the world’s most dangerous plant? Which notorious stinging nettle is capable of an aerial attack? And what the heck is a hemicryptophyte?  Join Shane and Duncan as they explore the wild world of toxic foliage in this week’s lush, leafy, and lethal episode of MFFI.  ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Atropa Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) Herbaceous, Perennial, Rhizomatous, Hemicryptophyte Augustus and Livia Atropine Daffodil (Narcissus Poeticus) Lycorine Castor Bean (Ricinus Communis)  1978 Umbrella Murder (Georgi Markov) Ricin Poison Gympie-Gympie (Dendrocnide Moroides) Gubbi-Gubbi Phototoxic Giant Hogweed (Heracleum Mantegazzianum) Tangent: Corpse Bloom (Amorphophallus Titanium) Hemlock (Conium Maculatum) Socrates Nerium-Oleander The Deadliest Plant on Earth Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript

Against all odds, the first full MFFI livestream wasn't a complete disaster! Sure, there were occasional shenanigans and fiascos (we're looking at you, spontaneously collapsing pop filter), but the Insomniacs wouldn't have it any other way.  In this week's episode, Shane and Duncan try to agree on the top 5 "guilty pleasure" movies of all time. What's in your top five? Tell us in DISCORD ... Insomniacs can access the live video feed as well as the archived video and the entire back catalog of After Midnights, plus bonus episodes and perks over at the brand new PATREON   ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website  

On September 26, 1983, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Soviet army saved the world. When the Oko nuclear-warning system erroneously reported an incoming barrage of American missiles, Stanislov Petrov chose not to alert his superiors, and averted the apocalypse. But what if he had made a different decision? Would civilization still exist? What would the world look like today?  Join the boys as they examine the uniquely human obsession with revising history, and take a journey down the "what if" rabbit hole. ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   The Roman Origins of Alternate History Titus Livius's Ab Urbe Condita Points of Divergence Chaos Theory The Butterfly Effect Edward Norton Lorenz "For Want of a Nail"  Apocalyptic Futures Lieutenant Colonel Stanislov Petrov The Oko Warning System "Launch on Warning" Protocol Mutually Assured Destruction Northern Hemisphere Effects vs. Southern Fallout Little Ice Age vs. Nuclear Winter  What if the North Hadn't Won the Civil War? Likelihood of a Northern Failure/Southern Stalemate Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1864 McClellan Negotiates a Ceasefire Lincoln's Legacy Slavery Continues Southern Decline Westward Expansion, Further Fragmentation WWI in America Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript

To make up for the lost episode due to Shane’s bout with COVID, MFFI is releasing another full, brand new After Midnight this week! Enjoy your favorite segments like “How Stupid Are We?” and “This Week’s Random Fact,” plus the greatest movie sequels of all time. What’s in your top five? Tell us in DISCORD ... ~ Access the entire back catalog of After Midnights, plus bonus episodes and perks over at the brand new MFFI Patreon:    PATREON   ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website  

The future is here, and it's terrifying. Join the boys as they learn all about the revolutionary gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9. What's with the crazy acronym, how swole can a chicken be, and when will Duncan get his prehensile tail? Find out on the latest DNA-snipped, biologically enhanced episode of MFFI.  ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats Genetic Scissors Streptococcus Pyogenes Bacteria: The Real Hero Yoshizumi Ishino Francisco Mojica Cas9 Emanuelle Marie Charpentier and Jennifer Anne Doudna DNA/RNA/crRNA Cas12a Sickle Cell Treatment Victoria Gray CRISPR Crops Memphis Meats The GMO issue HIV and Cancer Treatments Challenges Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript        

Little-known fact: the mad doctor from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein was based on a real-life scientist named Giovanni Aldini. And even Aldini's corpse-reanimating experiments were mild compared to some of the bizarre and horrifying travesties that have been committed in the name of scientific progress. Join the boys as they explore two-headed dogs, telekinetic pong-playing monkeys, and the history of unhinged science. ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Vladimir Demikhov Head Transplants Shavka and Brodyaga Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado Shiro Ishii Unit 731 Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night (Disease Fleas) Giovanni Aldini, the OG Frankenstein Galvanism The Postmortem Electrocution of George Forster Andrew Ure, Frankenstein Part 2 The Postmortem Electrocution of Matthew Clydesdale Elon Musk and Neuralink Pager the Mind-Pong Monkey Cryonics Alcor, the Life-Extension Foundation M.E.A.R.T, the Semi-Living Artist Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript        

Leroy Robert Ripley would transcend humble origins to become an unlikely superstar, rebranding from an awkward teenage cartoonist to the sophisticated leader of a profitable multimedia empire. In the process he would expand minds, introduce Americans to the wonders of the larger world...and also contribute to misinformation, promote stereotypes, and work hard to conceal the true secret behind his success. Join the boys this week as they tackle the complicated legacy of Ripley's Believe It or Not!   ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Leroy Robert Ripley Santa Rosa Those Teeth From the San Franciso Bulletin to the New York Globe Robert Leroy Ripley Handball Champion Rebranding/Makeover Champs and Chumps Believe It or Not The Laconia Ramble 'Round the World With Ripley Ripley Meets India Ripley Fetishizes China The Lindbergh Controversy The First Book William Randolph Hearst Makes Ripley Rich Curioddities Norbert Pearlroth, Secret Weapon The Warner Brothers Film Shorts The Radio Show Ripley, Casanova BION Island The First Museum Human Exhibits, Oddities, and "High Class Freaks" Freda Pushnik Post-World-War Tour The First TV Show Death Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript    

In the late 17th century, a satanic panic swept through the Puritan colony of Salem, Massachusetts. Neighbors turned on neighbors, families were torn apart, and when all was said and done 19 innocent men and women were dead. And the scariest part? It could happen again.   Join Shane and Duncan for a thorough exploration of one of the most shameful episodes in American history: the Salem Witch Trials.  ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   European Witch Trials The German Trier Trials King James VI The Berwick Witch Trials Connecticut Witch Trials Arthur Miller's The Crucible The Puritans The Catholic Church and Indulgences Salem in the 1690s Abigail Williams and Elizabeth "Betty" Parris Samuel Parris William Griggs Mary Sibley and the Witches Cake Elizabeth Hubbard and the Wolf The First Three Accused: Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba Ann Putnam Jr. The Devil's Book John and Elizabeth Proctor John Hathorne and Jon Corwin Governor Sir William Phipps Judge William Stoughton The First Execution: Bridget Bishop Oyer and Terminer Spectral Evidence Witch Tests The Pressing of Giles Cory The Superior Court of Judicature The Panic Ends Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript    

Everything you think you know about H.H. Holmes is probably a lie. Which is appropriate, because "Dr. Henry Howard Holmes" was more of a serial liar than a serial killer. But while the popular version of his story is more myth than reality, the truth behind the legend is equally fascinating. Join the boys as they unearth the disturbing history of Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes.  ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Herman Webster Mudgett Myths vs. Reality Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City vs. Adam Seltzer's The True History of the White City Devil Yellow Journalism The "Murder Castle" The World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) Formative Years Herman Webster Mudgett, "Resurrectionist" First Wife: Clara Lovering First Child: Robert Lovering Mudgett Second Wife: Myrta Zulique Belknap Second Child: Lucy Theodate Holmes Englewood, Chicago The Holtons Scams and Swindles (Mineral Water and Natural Gas) Benjamin Pitezel The Connors: Julia, Ned, and Pearl The Keeley Cure The Disappearance of Emeline Cigrand Third Wife: Minnie Williams Disappearance of Anna and Minnie On the Run Fourth Wife: Georiana Yoke Murders of Benjam, Howard, Alice, and Nellie Pitezel Apprehended The Trial Executed Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript    

From the largest animal to ever inhabit the earth to the heaviest predator of all time, from Spinosaurus to Dire Wolves (they were real!), Shane and Duncan explore the biggest of the big.  ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Modern Megafauna Blue Whale: Balaenoptera Musculus Megatherium (Giant Ground Sloth) The Pando Aspen Colony  Armillaria Ostoyae: Clone Network of Fungus Rhizomorphs La Brea Tar Pits and Zed The Five Major Extinction Events The Square Cube Law Patagotitan Mayorum Brontosaurus (?) Spinosaurus Meganeuropsis Permiana Paraceratherium Dire Wolves Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript  

Welcome to another exciting episode of "Is it a cult?" (Spoiler: yep!) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is one of the world's youngest and fastest-growing religions. It's also completely bonkers. In this week's supersized episode, Shane and Duncan marvel at the sheer awesome silliness of Mormonism and recount the unlikely story of the church's enigmatic con-artist founder, Joseph Smith. ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Joseph Smith The Angel Moroni and the Golden Plates Urim and Thummim The Book of Mormon (Lehi, Nephi, Laman et al)  Brigham Young Nauvoo Exoduses from: New York, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri Revelation of Polygamy The Expositor and the Death of Joseph Smith Salt Lake, Utah The Mountain Meadows Massacre Missionaries The Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah Warren Jeffs Tithing (Sacred Taxation) The Artists Formerly Known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir The Endowment Ceremony Covenants, Tokens, Signs and Seals Veils and Secret Handshakes Execution of the Penalty Sacred Temple Garments (God's Armor) Baptizing the Dead Exaltation (Private Worlds) Mormon cosmology and Kolob The Oath of Vengeance Mormons and LGBTQ+ Prop 8 Family Home Evening (FHE) Shunning/Excommunication ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript  

What was the sinister secret behind "Camp Century"? Did the American government really import and employ high-ranking Nazi scientists after WWII? Is there a non-pervy interpretation of the term "Rods of God"? Find out the answers to all of these questions and more in this week's classified, undercover, top-secret edition of MFFI.  ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Project Iceworm Project Sunshine Project Thor Operation Northwoods Operation Paperclip ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript  

Gather your supplies and settle in for a wall-crushing, bunker-busting, fire-raining episode of MFFI as the boys explore the most brutal sieges in history. ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Complete Investment Circumvallation Trebuchets, Catapults, Siege Towers, Mangonels The Siege of Stirling Castle Alexander the Great and The Siege of Tyre The Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)  The Siege of Ceuta  The Siege of Saguntum The Siege of Tenochtitlan ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript  

What do touchscreens, electrical outlets, color televisions, and fax machines have in common? They were all revolutionary technological breakthroughs that debuted at World’s Fairs. Also from World’s Fairs: powdered root beer, portable bathtubs, and Elektro the Smoking Robot. Hey, they can’t all be winners. This week, join the guys for a grand tour of the most sensational hits and misses from the storied history of International Expositions.  ~ Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Fairs vs. Expositions Prague in 1791 France in 1798 et al The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park (https://www.royalparks.org.uk/whats-on/the-great-exhibition-virtual-tour) Monkey Closets and George Jennings Thomas Crapper Spending a Penny The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations Prince Albert Karl Marx, Shade Thrower Schweppes  The Mountain of Light Cyrus McCormick's Steam-Powered Reaping Machine The Fax Machine Leeches and the Tempest Prognosticator Charles Hobbes and the Parautoptic Lock Linus Yale The Bureau Internationale De Expositions Specialized Expos, World Expos, Horticultural Expos, and the Milan Triennial Donald Rumsfeld and the Known Unknowns The Space Needle The Chicago 1893 World's Columbian Exposition H.H. Holmes William Cody Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. and the Ferris Wheel X-Rays, Zippers, and AT&T's Picture Phone RCA and Color Television The Knoxville Tennessee World's Fair Samuel Hurst and the Touchscreen Cherry Coke The Eiffel Tower The Paris Colonial Exposition The "Truth on the Colonies" Elektro the Smoking Robot, and Sparko The New York World's Fair of 1964 The Bell Rocket Belt The Suboceanic Resort It's a Small World The Festival of Gas Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition of 1876 The Statue of Liberty's Hand Ethelbert Watts and the Portable Bathtub (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XSXQIO/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_ADHM9NHG1NVP9Q2X13H5) Expo '86 The Challenger Disaster and Chernobyl ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript  

It's a god#%m mothe$#@king s*#tshow on this week's episode as the guys explore the history, purpose, and benefits of profanity. Keep it classy, Insomniacs.    Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Profanus: Outside of Temple Zounds Osculation Sl*tty Tummies The Overton Window Modern Profanity: Racism, Sexism, and all the other isms The Problem With Time Machines The Home of Profanity: The Right-Brain Limbic System Aphasia International Restrictions on Speech Obscenity Laws The Miller Test (The 3-Pronged Obscenity Test) Averages and Community Standards Lenny Bruce Jim Morrison, Hugh Hefner, and Mae West George Carlin's "7 Dirty Words" Eddie Murphy's "Delirious" Telegraph, Radio, and Television The Radio Act of 1912  The Federal Radio Commission The Radio Act of 1927 The Federal Communications Commission WBAI  John Douglas Goes to the Supreme Court The Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters The Fairness Doctrine The Hays Code (The Motion Picture Production Code) The MPAA and Arbitrary Ratings Steven Pinker and the 5 Functions of Swearing Cathartic, Dysphemistic, Emphatic, Idiomatic, Coprolalia ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript  

What do celebrities, sex magic, and the antichrist have in common? Find out in this week's all-clear, billion year, intergalactically cult-ilicious episode of MFFI.  Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health Lafayette Ronald Hubbard Going Clear Celebrity Members (Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Giovanni Ribisi, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Pena, etc) Margaret Louise "Polly" Grubb Hubbard in the Navy Jack Parsons, Thelema, OTO, and Aleister Crowley The Moonchild (Antichrist) Marjorie Cameron  Sarah Northrup Engrams Auditors E-Meters Scientology vs Psychiatry The Reactive vs. The Analytical Mind The Tone Scale Founding of Scientology The Sea Org The Bridge (Ladder) to Total Freedom Operating Thetan Levels The Purification Rundown OT3, Xenu, Teegeeack, Glycol, DC-8s, Super Colossal Screens Hubbard Discards His Body David Miscavige, Sleazy Diminutive Sociopath Suppressive Persons 7th Floor of the Hollywood Headquarters Pre-Clear Folders The Office of Special Affairs Scientology vs. the IRS Michele "Shelly" Miscavige Scientology Television Network Meet a Scientologist, Freedom TV, Voices For Humanity ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript  

In this first episode of the Epic Rivalries series, the boys opt for a (mostly) lighthearted introduction to the world of legendary grudge-matches. Enjoy! Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   Coke Vs Pepsi Hatfields Vs McCoys Pat’s Vs. Geno’s ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript  

Ready for a trip down memory lane? No? Well, it's happening, and it's all Duncan's fault. The plague monkey strikes again. (Thanks a lot, omicron.) But luckily the first long-distance episode ended up being a rollicking good time. Listen along as the boys revisit everyone's favorite and most inappropriate moments from the first 100 episodes. Trigger warnings and NSFW tags apply. Enjoy!   Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website    

It’s the MFFI 100th episode extravaganza!! Announcements, podcast Q&As, plus a supersized topic: the History of Asylums. Support the show by becoming a Midnight Minion, Menace, or Maniac, and unlock exclusive bonus content over at PATREON ~ Join the MFFI community and vote on episode topics via DISCORD ~ In this episode:   The Moonstruck Etymology of "Lunatic" The 21st-Century Language Act of 2012 Mental Healthcare Pre-Asylums Bedlam: The Bethlehem Royal Hospital The Mad Doctors Munro Alienists Hydrotherapy Rotational Therapy Blistering  Evacuation  Venesection  Scarification Mercuric Chloride James Norris and Edward Wakefield The Quakers William Tuke & Hannah Mills The York Retreat  Public Institutions  County Asylums Act The Lunacy Act of 1845 Utica State Hospital Thomas Story Kirkbride The Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason Friends Hospital Dorothea Dix Nellie Bly, Redux Henry Cotton Julius Wagner-Jauregg Malaria Injections Insulin Coma Therapy Lobotomies, Redux Electroconvulsive Therapy, ECT Ugo Cerletti Straight Jackets The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Domestic Trouble Sterilization The Rise of Antidepressants and Antipsychotics ~ Join the Midnight Masses! Become an Insomniac by dropping a review, adding us on social media, and contacting us with episode ideas.  And we now have Midnight Merch! Show your Insomniac pride and pick up a tee shirt or coffee mug to spread the word!  Midnight Merch  ~ Leave an Audio Message! ~  Instagram ~ Podcast Website ~ Episode Transcript