The world's worst diseases
The world's worst diseases

The world's worst diseases

2019 2 Seasons 20 Episodes ⭐ 5.0

Typhus, malaria, polio and measles - throughout history, humanity has been affected by terrible, contagious and sometimes fatal diseases. Erik Ekstrand takes us on a terrifying journey where he lets two guinea pigs try out some of the worst plagues that have plagued Sweden. We go back to, among other things, the Viking Age, the Stone Age and the 1950s. Every week a new disease is tested.

Typhus, malaria, polio and measles - throughout history, humanity has been affected by terrible, contagious and sometimes fatal diseases. Erik Ekstrand takes us on a terrifying journey where he lets two guinea pigs try out some of the worst plagues that have plagued Sweden. We go back to, among other things, the Viking Age, the Stone Age and the 1950s. Every week a new disease is tested.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Kolera

The year is 1834 and Nouveline and Mario have just moved from the country to the big city of Stockholm. Unfortunately, t

EP 2

Spetälska

In the 13th century, it is the church that decides most things in Swedish society, and it is precisely during a church v

EP 3

Skörbjugg

In the 18th century, many battles are fought at sea and Sixten and Mario are kidnapped to become part of the crew of a w

EP 4

Spanska sjukan

The year is 1918 and Isabelle and Max visit a theater hoping to be entertained. Well, they get it, when the entire staff

EP 5

Rakit

Because they live in a dark cabin in 19th-century Småland, Anna and Sixten suffer from the deficiency disease rickets.

EP 6

Smittkoppor

In 1741, Isabelle and Mario enjoy themselves at a fancy masquerade ball together with the nobility, but unfortunately th

EP 7

Tuberkulos

When Anna and Max move from the country into the city at the beginning of the 20th century, they are forced to take a jo

EP 8

Karies

In the 1550s, sugar was something that only the very rich could afford, so when Nouveline and Sixten are invited to the

EP 9

Dysenteri

In the middle of the 30-year war, in 1630, Anna and Nouveline are recruited into the Swedish army. Dysentery is rampant

EP 10

Pesten

In the season finale, Isabelle and Max find themselves in the harsh life of the Middle Ages. In 1350, at the same time t

EP 1

Kallbrand

Jake and Lea end up in the trading town of Birka, in the middle of the Viking Age. After a nasty fight in the village, t

EP 2

Fläcktyfus

The year is 1773 and when Emmi and Lea are guilty of vagrancy, they end up in prison at Långholmen in Stockholm. After

EP 3

Stendammslunga

When Jake and Anna work as miners in the 19th century, they are struck by the terrible disease stone dust lung. As if th

EP 4

Malaria

When Mario and Emmi end up in Uppsala in the 1760s, they suffer from one of the most common diseases of that time, namel

EP 5

Gulsot

Life in the country is anything but easy when the year is 1793. Max and Mario have to work hard milking cows, picking eg

EP 6

Gikt

Emmi and Max end up at a party with Queen Kristina herself when the year is 1650. There is a lot of feasting among the u

EP 7

Polio

On a nice car trip with coffee and a bath in 1950s Sweden, Emmi and Mario are exposed to the dreaded polio virus and bec

EP 8

Dragsjuka

In the middle of a midsummer celebration in the year 1544, Anna and Jake accidentally poison themselves and an entire vi

EP 9

Mässling

It is poor and scarce in Småland when the year is 1869. So Erik decides to take Lea and Max and Grandma to the "land of

EP 10

Piskmaskinfektion

Jake and Anna end up so far back that you hardly know what time it is. In the New Stone Age, people have just started li

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