# The Headless Blemmyes

An episode of [Bust or Trust: A Kids' Mystery Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1675057749), 25 Jul 2025, 26 min.

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The Headless Blemmyes were a race of people who had no head, but their eyes and mouths were in their chest. Did these strange creatures ever really exist? And if not, why did so many medieval writers lose their heads about them? Athena and Tiernan get their actual heads together to look at the evidence so that you, our Chief Detectives, can decide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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