October Madness: Can Flying Corpses Carry Plague?

Welcome, ghouls! After coming across multiple articles claiming that the Tartar Army hurled plague-infected dead bodies over the wall of Kaffa in 1347, which resulted in the Genoese contracting and eventually bringing the plague to Europe, it got me thinking. Could this be true? Did the corpse missiles work? Was this the start of germ biowarfare and the primary cause of the Black Death? We're going to answer the age-old question, Can a flying corpse distribute the plague? This episode is gruesome! LISTENERS DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED Article: https://www.montana.edu/historybug/yersiniaessays/broughton.html (https://www.montana.edu/historybug/yersiniaessays/broughton.html) https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-bright-side-of-the-black-death If you enjoy Beauty Unlocked, then check out our Patreon page and consider becoming a Patron. You'll have access to all sorts of goodies: https://www.patreon.com/beautyunlocked (https://www.patreon.com/beautyunlocked) You can contact me: beautyunlockedpodcast@gmail.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZlw_nOXunLZmUX7-DWbEJg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZlw_nOXunLZmUX7-DWbEJg) Follow us throughout social media:&nbsp; https://linktr.ee/beautyunlockedpodcast (https://linktr.ee/beautyunlockedpodcast) Music &amp; Sound Effects: EpidemicSound.com Audiohero.com This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy <a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/beautyunlocked">Support this podcast</a>