Join Kelli as she goes over a tale of a Scottish incestuous cannibal family - the Beans.

As legend goes, they lived in a cave in southwest Scotland, only venturing out to kill passersby and loot them for good - and meat. Over 25 years, it's said they killed over 1,000 people.

But how much truth is there to this grisly tale? It sounds a little too gross to be real.

Let's dive into the history to find out where the Sawney Bean story comes from, how credible the sources are, and whether there's any truth we can corroborate from the story.

From James I and his bloodhounds to the Jacobite Rebellion and Battle of Culloden (I see you, Outlander fans), let's see how much history we can attribute to this gory story.

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Join Kelli as she goes over yet another example of US doctors experimenting on their own people.

Starting in the 1950s, dermatology Dr. Albert Kligman came to the Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia and experimented on its prisoners. What started as a simple cure for an athlete's foot outbreak turned into a decades-long series of experiments, ranging from testing lotions and cremes to hallucinogenic drugs to the toxic compounds found in Agent Orange.

Though the experiments eventually stopped in 1974, it was more or less swept under the rug, despite prisoner/victims filing lawsuits. But thanks to the work of men like Allen Hornblum, and the victims and their families who never gave up, the horrors at what happened at Holmesburg are coming to light.

Source referenced:
Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison by Allen Hornblum

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Happy holidays, APHOUT fans! Join Kelli as she goes over a Welsh Christmas Day Massacre! In 1175, William de Braose committed a massacre against some rival families in Gwent, southeast Wales.

De Braose, a Norman who was given control of Abergavenny Castle after his uncle Henry Fitzmiles was killed, decided to seek retribution against the man responsible - Seisyll ap Dyfnwal. Seisyll, his son, and many of his men, came to have a peaceful Christmas dinner at de Braose's Abergavenny keep. Once inside, de Braose locked the doors and slaughtered them all - a scene that no doubt inspired Game of Thrones' Red Wedding.

De Braose then went out to slaughter the rest of Seisyll's family, including his wife and 7-year-old son Cadwalladr.

He got vengeance for his Uncle's death, but worsened tensions between the Welsh noble families and the invading Normans.

So let's take a look at this story and place it in historical context - what was this massacre really about?

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