Spooky Science Lab
An all-ages podcast in which two horror authors discuss strange-but-true science facts that are scary, disturbing, and even downright spooky. Hosted by Nicholas Kaufmann and David Wellington.
Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/spooky-science-lab
Artwork by Errick Nunnally (https://erricknunnally.myportfolio.com/)
Theme "Phantom Fun" by Jonathan Boyle (c/o premiumbeat.com)
Podcasting since 2024 • 19 episodes
Spooky Science Lab
Latest Episodes
Episode 019: Lazarus Syndrome / Cerebral Organoids
In this episode, Nick explores Lazarus Syndrome, a rare occurrence where people who are declared dead suddenly and mysteriously wake up hours later, sometimes just minutes away from being embalmed. The dead are rising, but this isn't a zombie m...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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55:01
Episode 018: Into the Immune System / Dark Flow
In this episode, Nick shrinks Dave to the size of a bacterium and sends him into the savage battlefield of the human immune system, a breathtaking biological enterprise that's second in complexity only to the human brain. Then, Dave takes us to...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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55:37
Episode 017: The Manchineel Tree / Deep Life
In this episode, Nick gets too close for comfort to a tree the Guinness Book of World Records called "the deadliest tree in the world." With poisonous fruit, toxic bark, and lethal sap, there's no doubt the manchineel tree wants you de...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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51:02
Episode 016: Death by Slug / A Field Trip to the Exoplanets
In this episode, Nick recounts the true story of a young Australian man in the peak of health who, in 2010, ate a common garden slug on a dare. What followed was a swift and brutal physical deterioration, eventually putting him into a coma. But...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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49:02
Episode 015: When Birds Attack / The Yucca Flat Experiment
In this episode, Nick recounts the bizarre events that befell the small coastal city of Capitola, California in 1961, when thousands of seabirds attacked the city, an incident eerily similar to Alfred Hitchcock's famous movie The Birds...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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39:25
