119. Birthing Rabbits

Mary Toft was an English woman who, in 1726, claimed to have given birth to rabbits, successfully deceiving many doctors, scientists, and even the king for several weeks. The poor, illiterate woman from Surrey became the subject of intense public fascination and a national spectacle until the hoax was exposed, leading to her arrest for fraud. She eventually confessed that she had inserted animal parts, procured by her family, into her own body to simulate monstrous births. Producer/editor: @yunkjunkIG and TikTok: @insidethemorguepod