Duncan McDougall
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 10 Jul
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Physician who performed early soul‑weight experiments in 1907
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentOtis GyrieChilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast · 470: Episode 470 - "The Cost of Coming Back" - Chilling Tale... · 21:49 · 10 Jul
…In 1907, a Haverhill, Massachusetts doctor by the name of Duncan McDougall managed, apparently overcoming any ethical reservations over human experimentation, to put six dying people on a bed equipped with sensitive springs and claimed to have observed a sudden loss of weight, about three-quarters of an ounce, at the exact moment of their death.…
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