Ep. 138: Kidney for sale

Thinking about urban legends got CoRri wondering about whether there are real life black markets for your internal organs and whether they look like waking up in a bathtub full of ice or something entirely different. Come find out. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about Oklahoma girl scout murders[24:35] CoRri adds some context to Mark’s Circleville letters story from last week[32:56] Mark talks about his “poo knife” illness and his permanent Twitter ban[46:48] We discuss our recent watch-along and some listener insights on our AI discussion[53:14] What we watched! (The Craft, Murder Bury Win, Unhinged, I Know Who Killed Me, The Lighthouse, On the Count of the Three)[70:30] We talk about what black markets for organs are like these days and how legalization could potentially decrease the problem Stuff we referenced: Cut and Run: The Black Market in Organ Trafficking The Great Kidney-Snatch Myth BLACK MARKET BODIES: HOW LEGALIZING THE SALE OF HUMAN ORGANS COULD SAVE LIVES The 1977 Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders: Finally Solved by DNA? GIRL SCOUT MURDERS: DNA CLOSES THE CASE 45 YEARS LATER 3 Girl Scouts were murdered at camp nearly 45 years ago. Here’s a look into the cold case Camper in tent next to victims recalls 1977 Oklahoma Girl Scout murders: ‘I had a lot of survivor’s guilt’