

Dirty Secrets: the Quest for Immortality
History in Minutes by SHANE APPEL
S1 · E10
Sep 16, 2025
11:37
Episode notes
Today we’re diving into maybe humanity’s oldest obsession: living forever. Spoiler alert — we’ve been spectacularly bad at it. From swallowing mercury to bathing in blood, people have tried some truly bizarre (and downright disgusting) ways to cheat death. In this episode, we dig into the sticky, smelly, and often gross side of the quest for immortality.
Keywords
Dracula
Elizabeth Bathory
Immortality
Medicine
Medical Cannibalism
Cryonics