Mexican Corpse Bride, Are We All Infected?, Lobster Boy & Jonestown
The Absurd by Rod and Mel
Episode notes
We’re starting off this week with a bizarre story of La Pascualita, a famous, highly realistic mannequin displayed since 1930 in the window of a bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico, known as "La Casa de Moda Bridal" Next, science has shown that over 90% of all humans are infected with the John Cunningham Virus. Most of us will never even know we have it, but for the 10% who have the virus activated … it’s bad. Mel will tell us the story of Grady Stiles, who was born with a genetic condition that caused his fingers and toes to develop into a claw-like position. His life was complicated, including committing murder. Lastly, we’ll look at the incident in Jonestown, Guyana where in 1978, over 900 people committed mass suicide, though some were also murdered. This incident gave rise to the saying “to drink the Kool-Aid.