In this Substitute Sister episode, Meagan is joined by friend of the podcast and spooky storyteller Tyson Kemp to tell you about two people and one chicken who miraculously survived three very harrowing medical emergencies. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and more.
You can find Tyson on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tysonunkempt/ and TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@tysonunkempt/. He also recently launched a new horror fiction series on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4UKp-cGAQA
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Here are our sources:
Phineas Gage:
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1114479
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9904626
- https://asklib.hms.harvard.edu/faq/153359
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Phineas-Gage
- https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/disappearing-pod/everything-you-know-about-phineas-gage-is-wrong/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/phineas-gage-neurosciences-most-famous-patient-11390067
Miracle Mike the Headless Chicken:
- https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34198390
- https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-can-chickens-run-around-after-their-heads-have-been-chopped-off-103701
- https://www.sciencealert.com/how-long-does-a-human-head-actually-remain-conscious-after-being-cut-off
Jean Hilliard: