Blood eagle

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Blood eagle has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

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Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels

  • Urquhart said some scholars believe the blood eagle was an offering to Odin around battles.

    “it's believed by some scholars to be something done as an offering to the Norse god of war, Odin, before and after battles”

    Morbid: Episode Revisit: Torture (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 39:18

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Episodes

  • Episode Revisit: Torture

    Morbid · May 14, 2026 · 1 h 21 min

    Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart revisit their early episode on historical torture devices, from the brazen bull and iron maiden to flaying.