# Cold Light Rising - The Strange Afterlife of Angel's Glow

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Published: 2026-06-17T11:00:03+00:00
Episode link: https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/cold-light-rising-the-strange-afterlife
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After the Battle of Shiloh, soldiers reported a faint blue glow in their wounds - and the ones who glowed survived. 139 years later, a pair of teenagers traced it to a soil-dwelling bacterium that produces bioluminescence for reasons we still don't understand. But the real twist? There's no primary source for the legend before 2001. No letters. No surgeon reports. The story might have invented itself... Call in live during the show: 702-857-6939 Full archive of 1,100+ episodes: troubledminds.org 🔗 Read the blurb: https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/cold-light-rising-the-strange-afterlife 📡 Troubled Minds Radio Website: https://troubledminds.org Twitter: @TroubledMindsR If you are having a mental health crisis and need immediate help, please go to https://troubledminds.org/help/ and call somebody right now. Reaching out for support is a sign of strength. LIVE ON Digital Radio! https://www.kuapdb.com/ Support The Show! https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/troubled-minds-radio--4953916/support https://ko-fi.com/troubledminds https://patreon.com/troubledminds https://www.buymeacoffee.com/troubledminds https://troubledfans.com Friends of Troubled Minds! - https://troubledminds.org/friends Show Schedule Sun--Tues--Thurs 7-10pst iTunes - https://apple.co/2zZ4hx6 Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2UgyzqM TuneIn - https://bit.ly/2FZOErS Twitter X - https://bit.ly/2CYB71U ---------------------------------------- https://troubledminds.substack.com/p/cold-light-rising-the-strange-afterlife https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71471328/civil-war-wounds-glowed/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorhabdus_luminescens https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/angels-glow-what-made-these-civil-war-wounds-glow https://allthatsinteresting.com/angels-glow https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/26/ange…

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