Bozeman Magazine

Grave Mortality is a three-part lecture series exploring the dark and often unsettling origins of modern public health. From cholera-soaked streets to stolen corpses and the scandalous science of desire, each lecture uncovers how death, decay, and taboo gave rise to the systems meant to save us. Equal parts history, horror, and human curiosity — this series invites you to look beneath the clean surface of public health and confront the shadows that built it.