What's the best way to appease an angry god? An offering, of course! And it better be a damn good one. What could be better than life itself? In today's episode I am digging into a practice which is almost universally recognized today as being totally “barbaric”: ritual human sacrifice. What exactly is ritual human sacrifice, and how have we managed to distinguish it from outright murder? When and where has human sacrifice been a prevalent practice?  What are the plethora of reasons we humans have come up with to justify and rationalize the ritual sacrifice of another human being, especially a purely innocent one like a baby? Does ritual human sacrifice still happen in the modern world? I tackle all these questions, talk about trends in the use of human sacrifices in horror, and bring you a little bedtime story about a man who sacrifices everything for the sake of the harvest. Why explore yet another method we humans have come up with for killing each other? Because ritual human sacrifice is one of the more fascinating and messed up things we humans have come up with, so naturally, it’s super Creeptastic!

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