S1E17 The Plague: "Bring Out Your Dead!"

First ice mummy on Little House is enough to chill you to the bone. | NBC

Welcome back for a Halloween episode about one of the scariest things in the world… infectious diseases. Walnut Grove is rocked to its core by a plague that thankfully only kills people we aren’t invested in. Pa and Mr. Edwards bromance reaches a new level, we learn how to properly dispose of corpses ravaged by typhus (and other infectious diseases), and we get our first ice bath out of 25,000 in this series. It will give you chills.

In addition to this dark, skin-crawling tale, we discuss the worst sicknesses we’ve ever experienced, our favorite Halloween candies, and what we are going to dress up as this year.

Special Thanks to our nurse researchers Courtney Schuman and Nicole Ellsworth for answering our many questions.

Waste time with these links...

• Are dead bodies dangerous?
• Quick clip of Bilbo Baggins lashing out at Frodo for the Ring
• Smart ways to use cornmeal
• ​Giant rabbits

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Cryability for this EpisodE

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Amy's Poison Ivy Fiasco

Stage 1: Can't see.

Stage 3: The swelling has gone down quite a bit. And by "down" I mean to my chin.

Stage 2: I can see a little better, but my chin is growing.

Regular photo of Amy for scale.

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