From zombie ants to Toxoplasma gondii, this Outbreak After Dark episode explores parasites that manipulate love, fear, and mating—and what that means for humans.

Spiders, venom, and fear—this Outbreak After Dark episode separates real science from myths about spider bites and outbreaks.

Summary A Consumption Christmas Carol retells Dickens’ ghost story through the real epidemic that haunted Victorian London: tuberculosis. In this holiday edition of Outbreak After Dark, we move through past, present, and future to explore how TB was misunderstood, romanticized, and weaponized by inequality—before it was finally revealed as an airborne bacterial disease that still kills more than a million people each year. This episode blends gothic storytelling with real inf

Thanksgiving myths meet infectious history in this episode exploring Pilgrims, Indigenous nations, and the epidemics that shaped early America.

Discover the true stories behind eye-invading parasites in Outbreak After Dark, the new monthly series within Infectious Dose with Dr. Heather McSharry. Hear about Loa loa, river blindness, eye-eating amoebas, and more in this chilling, science-based medical horror episode.