Medical Horror Stories

Before anesthesia, surgeons used a hammer, whiskey, and a prayer. In the very first episode of Waywut?, Darrell drags Jason down the bloody rabbit hole of medical horror stories — from 1800s “ether frolics” to secret plutonium injections in 1945. No lectures, just two middle-aged dorks asking: How the hell did we figure this out? Patients bit through leather straps during amputations Dentists turned ether into party drugs Government injected plutonium into a guy… and paid him for his glowing pee Jason’s shoulder surgery sparks a rant on pain empathy, cow licks, and why you should never post your stitches on Facebook. Timestamps (Apple/Spotify/Overcast): 00:00 Intro & Podcast Promo • 00:40 Welcome to Waywut? • 01:01 Darrell & Jason Banter • 03:01 Shoulder Surgery Check-In • 04:36 Pain Empathy Rant • 06:18 Anesthesia Origins • 07:31 Pre-Anesthesia Surgery Horror • 10:45 Ether & Chloroform Discovery • 15:22 Plutonium Human Experiments • 21:30 The Glowing Pee Deal • 28:15 Government Secrets Exposed • 34:01 “I Don’t Have Cancer!” • 35:01 Plutonium Man’s Fate • 36:15 Wrap-Up & Next Ep Tease • 38:46 Outro & Review Plea #WaywutPodcast #MedicalHistory #ScienceHorror #HumanExperiments #Anesthesia #TrueStories