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Oh boy are y’all in for a show this week! Spencer takes us through the history of espionage and all of the wild weapons spies used back in the day to kill, but first Madison is giving us the lowdown on LA’s most famous final resting place, the Hollywood Forever Cemetery! We’ve got an obituary for Madison’s loved one, and one that’s absolutely scattttthing! Oh, and we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.newser.com/story/347943/cops-insurance-scam-costs-man-both-legs.html
https://la.curbed.com/2014/2/20/10142088/hollywood-history-daeida-wilcox-beveridge
https://ivypanda.com/essays/history-of-hollywood-california/
https://losangelesrevisited.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-women-at-hollywood-and-highland.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7940724/highland-mary-price
https://lastreetnames.com/street/highland-avenue/#:~:text=It's%20named%20for%20a%20woman,Thomas%20worked%20as%20a%20blacksmith.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_J._Griffith
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2019-10-25/four-hours-hollywood-forever-cemetery
https://lorenwoodcuts.medium.com/the-strange-history-of-hollywood-forever-cemetery-ffddb69358a
https://www.route66ca.org/hollywood-cemetery/
https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/a-history-of-l-a-s-hollywood-forever-cemetery
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/burial-plots
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259747/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl
https://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/cemetery-of-the-stars-hollywood-forever-cemetery-1692207/
https://hollywoodforever.com/premium-memorialization-and-funeral-services/
https://etandoesla.com/178-hollywood-forever-cemetery-hollywood/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hollywood-forever-cemetery
https://www.grunge.com/1342790/untold-truth-hollywood-forever-cemetery/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_interments_at_Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/15/magazine/getting-in.html
https://hollywoodforever.com/cemetery/#pageTop
https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/visit/hollywood-forever-the-story-of-an-la-icon
https://www.hollywoodphotographs.com/gallery/Hollywood-Forever-Cemetery/G0000Hhm5Vu2Itmw/
https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/oj-simpson-dead-cancer-1235967744/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/copyranter/20-cool-kgb-cold-war-devices
https://stayweird.com/weird-spy-weapons-and-gadgets/
https://www.historyhit.com/coolest-spy-gadgets-in-espionage-history/
https://www.nww2m.com/2011/09/weird-weapon-with-a-hollywood-connection/
https://www.spymuseum.org/exhibition-experiences/about-the-collection/collection-highlights/lipstick-pistol/#:~:text=Meet%20the%20lipstick%20pistol%2C%20used,ultimate%20%E2%80%9Ckiss%20of%20death.%E2%80%9D
https://theweek.com/articles/470079/poison-pens-lipstick-guns-8-reallife-spy-weapons
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Geoffs, have you or someone you know been injured by an umbrella? Statistically speaking….probably! Spencer will explain. Afterwards Madison is ditching the victorian era to tell us a crazy tale from the Georgian era that’ll have you screaming. We’ve got an obituary for somebody who met a terrible demise, and one for a gal who got married out of convenience, and of course, we didn’t forget, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/760444517/?article=1290f50f-cde6-460a-abad-dea8f5762d6a&terms=umbrella
https://www.foxnews.com/health/motorcyclist-dies-after-freak-accident-with-umbrella
florida woman umbrella
https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/lifestyle/2017/05/18/his-common-household-item-is-killing-millions-of-people-worldwide/116637412/
https://www.wtkr.com/2016/06/08/death-investigation-underway-at-virginia-beach-oceanfront
https://www.wtkr.com/2016/06/08/death-investigation-underway-at-virginia-beach-oceanfront
https://www.iflscience.com/the-astonishing-true-story-of-the-poisoned-umbrella-assassination-69989
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_umbrella
https://www.newspapers.com/image/647037489/?article=f6997925-2f28-4f24-8b5a-3aefdcb3cf5c&terms=haunted
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/montereyherald/name/bettye-sollecito-obituary?id=53008831
https://benjaminpauley.net/c18booktracker/node/3926
https://www.geriwalton.com/mourning-in-georgian-era/
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/chm/outreach/irish_giant/thestory/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunter_(surgeon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_of_England#Hunterian_Museum
https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2020/06/17/the-colour-of-mourning/
https://thelondondead.blogspot.com/2014/01/maria-van-butchell-died-1775-hunterian.html
https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/curious-tale-martin-van-butchells-first-wife
https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/martin-van-butchell/
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/auto-shop-employee-uses-forklift-catch-suspected-thief-midair/6HPUSR76CRF3PPHPZLT7W522S4/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/867735802/?terms=%22martin%20van%20butchell%22&match=1
https://www.reddit.com/r/askportland/comments/1bv5xi9/anyone_know_where_to_hire_funeral_clowns/?rdt=40084
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Oh Geoffs….put your seatbelts on because we are going on a journey this week! First up, Madison goes nuclear talking about doom towns! Afterwards, Spencer’s taking the driver’s seat to talk all about ghost towns! We’ve got an obituary for a man who’s legacy continues to this day, and one for a sweet man who deserves all the recognition. Oh, and of course, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/ghost-town
https://www.history.com/news/6-famous-ghost-towns-and-abandoned-cities
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=509#:~:text=The%20town%20is%20named%20for,few%20dozen%20to%20a%20boomtown
https://medium.com/@scarestreet/strangest-disappearances-d5e024e0fd9e
https://www.factinate.com/places/ghost-towns-facts
https://www.farandwide.com/s/dangerous-ghost-towns-75a6a5bf1b9e43ee
https://nemasket.theweektoday.com/article/lorenzo-wood-vi-61/65904
https://www.reddit.com/r/hiking/comments/1bi12yq/found_tucked_in_a_tree_near_the_top_of_mt/
https://www.nps.gov/mapr/learn/historyculture/secretcities.htm
https://www.britannica.com/event/Manhattan-Project
https://archive.curbed.com/maps/map-fake-cities
https://www.oddee.com/item_99521.aspx
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/making-public-what-was-once-secret-los-alamos-and-manhattan-project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinity_basecamp.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer
https://www.afnwc.af.mil/About-Us/History/Trinity-Nuclear-Test/#:~:text=Department%20of%20Energy)-,The%20world's%20first%20nuclear%20explosion%20occurred%20on%20July%2016%2C%201945,the%20test%20was%20%22Trinity.%22
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/operation-doorstep-1953/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgpo0qAfwDk&t=166s
https://allthatsinteresting.com/operation-doorstep
https://nnss.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DOENV_1243-1.pdf
http://netwagtaildev.unl.edu/nebstudies/en/1950-1974/civil-defense/witnessing-an-atomic-blast/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/watch-nuclear-test-footage
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/what-happened-to-the-atomic-test-dummies#
https://history.nebraska.gov/behlen-buildings-survive-atomic-bombs/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vital-records-protection-nuclear-test-file-cabinets-operation-teapot
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You’re in for it this week Geoffs! This week Spencer is telling us the incredible story of Florence Nightingale and how she ended up symbolizing the Nurse Honor Guard. Next, Madison is rounding out our postmortem photography lessons with the history of headless photography. We’ve got an obituary for We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls!
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Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/peninsuladailynews/name/virgil-johnson-obituary?id=32328187
https://abc7.com/alabama-subway-robberies-jared-diet-zachary-torrance/376960/
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1393643/the-head-of-john-the-photograph-rejlander-oscar-gustav/#:~:text=Rejlander%20probably%20intended%20this%20photograph,to%20Salome%20on%20a%20plate.
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/12/13/victorian-era-headless-portraits/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beheading_of_John_the_Baptist
https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/oscar-gustav-rejlander-pioneered-combination-printing/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/895621263/?terms=%22Oscar%20Gustave%20Rejlander%22&match=1
https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/04/23/joel-peter-witkin-the-controversial-photographer-who-seeks-to-turn-corpses-mutilated-and-deformed-bodies-into-an-art-form/
https://www.vintag.es/2023/06/horsemaning.html
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/joel-peter-witkin-man-without-a-head
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/joelpeter-witkin--the-controversial-us-photographer-who-uses-human-remains--opens-first-solo-australian-exhibition-20170802-gxo086.html
https://rockwellcenter.org/student-research/the-beauty-on-the-ugly-the-kiss-joel-peter-witkin/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/995025781/?article=6445a292-cfd0-4dc9-a16e-5c69a3603a6a&terms=%22poodle%22
https://www.healthecareers.com/nurse-resources/georgia-nursing-january-2024/nurse-honor-guard-a-symbol-of-tradition-respect-and-compassion
https://www.ajc.com/pulse/nurse-honor-guards-pay-tribute-to-health-care-heroes-at-funerals-nationwide/TFNS6CV5LFDRTFPDCP5RVTPUGM/
https://www.opeiunursescouncil.org/NursesHonorGuard.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale
https://www.theguardian.com/century/1910-1919/Story/0,,126410,00.html#:~:text=Monday%2015%20August%201910&text=We%20greatly%20regret%20to%20announce,of%20death%20was%20heart%20failure
https://www.arizonacollege.edu/blog/10-things-you-should-know-about-florence-nightingale/
https://www.countryjoe.com/nightingale/funeral.htm
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We’re taking you on a rollercoaster of emotions this week Geoffs. Madison is up first educating us all about survivor’s guilt, but then we take a wild turn into the world of funeral scams, while Spencer takes us through go fund me’s gone wrong! We’ve got an obituary for a man who broke barriers, and one for a pig! We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls!
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Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/nyregion/katelyn-mcclure-gofundme-scam-sentenced.html
https://orangecountytribune.com/2022/06/30/dead-aunt-scam-backfires/
https://abc7.com/archive/7647051/
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/fake-funeral-fundraiser-panhandler-gabriel-fernandez-leukemia-la-puente/
https://ktul.com/news/local/fake-funeral-panhandler-scammers-caught-in-tulsa
https://abc7news.com/facebook-gofundme-bay-area-man-hacked-fake/14461510/#:~:text=BERKELEY%2C%20Calif.,account%20to%20ask%20for%20donations
https://abc7news.com/facebook-gofundme-bay-area-man-hacked-fake/14461510/#:~:text=BERKELEY%2C%20Calif.,account%20to%20ask%20for%20donations
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/03/09/pigcasso-death-paintings-art/72910345007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/11/19/how-many-people-died-titanic-how-many-survived/10605754002/#
https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/survivors-guilt#symptoms
https://www.hampshireconstabularyhistory.org.uk/the-suicide-of-titanics-fred-fleet/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Fleet
https://www.grunge.com/172709/the-truth-about-what-happened-to-the-titanic-survivors/
https://www.titanicuniverse.com/titanic-survivor-stories-lookout-frederick-fleet/3496
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-23/titanic-titan-oceangate-survivors-guilt
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-how-waylon-jennings-survived-the-day-the-music-died-122992/
https://level.medium.com/20-years-after-9-11-im-giving-up-my-survivor-s-guilt-6849e3c5a69
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/phila-woman-reads-powerful-poem-on-orlando-shooting-the-guilt-of-being-alive-is-heavy/
https://ct.counseling.org/2019/06/relieving-the-heavy-burden-of-survivor-guilt/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/rathbone-tragedy-lincoln-assassination
https://nypost.com/2023/11/26/news/florida-woman-ariella-messina-begs-cops-not-to-take-her-sex-toy-during-drug-bust/
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Oh hello Geoffs it’s us, in the flesh, unlike the holograms that had Spencer spinning in his coffin this week! But when we do pass away, please report ASAP because otherwise you might end up in jail like some of the people Madison’s chatting about in her coffin spinner. We’ve got an obituary for a hilarious councilman and one for a real jerk. We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls!
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Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://people.com/celebrity/weekend-at-bernies-see-11-things-you-never-knew-about-the-80s-comedy/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qbxd4/do-you-have-to-tell-the-cops-if-you-find-a-dead-body
https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-152/#:~:text=(a)%20Every%20person%20who%2C,than%20ten%20thousand%20dollars%20(%24
https://oag.ca.gov/idtheft/facts/deceased
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2014/05/07/man-kept-dead-mom-in/23702069007/
https://scrippsnews.com/stories/police-ky-man-froze-mother-s-body-for-3-years/
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/man-froze-mom-body-cashed-her-checks-for-years-police/M4MCCB92Zf7kdt0fK6dq8M/
https://www.denverpost.com/2011/09/15/two-denver-men-charged-after-taking-their-dead-friend-for-a-ride/
https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Denver-Idiots-Pull-Weekend-Bernie-With-Their-Friend-Corpse-26827.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/no-jail-time-after-plea-agreement-in-weekend-at-bernies-case/
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/death-joyride-suspect-it-was-no-weekend-at-bernies/
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https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/indiana-woman-kept-dead-mothers-corpse-house-because-she-didnt-want-be-alone-investigators-said/7ZCOIOR5I5ESHGYUT4PG65MJ6M/
https://www.pharostribune.com/indiana/article_52693d54-64c0-11eb-b606-f3cda216967f.html
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https://www.tiktok.com/@yas.2013/video/7338635666164714798
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/28/an-evening-with-whitney-houston-hologram-review-liverpool
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/04/17/150820261/how-that-tupac-hologram-at-coachella-worked
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Stick ‘em up Geoffs we’re mobbin’ through some wild stories this week from glamorous mobster funerals to some startling connections behind the most notorious members of the criminal underworld. We’ve got an obituary for an icon, one for gangster brains and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3771076/Florida-man-19-gets-arrested-trying-partake-flash-mob-dressed-dinosaur-holding-Airsoft-gun.html
https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-gangster-stories/kate-gardner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Rothstein
https://www.famously-dead.com/criminals/arnold-rothstein.html
https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/benjamin-bugsy-siegel/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lasvegas-siegel/
https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/celebrities/19-facts-you-need-to-know-about-gotti
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/john-gotti
https://untappedcities.com/2023/07/14/10-secrets-of-ozone-park-queens/3/
https://oddstops.com/location.php?id=297
https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/the-gambino-godfather-of-howard-beach-john-gotti/article_bbee22e3-8a47-5cb6-9ce2-2661821cb90d.html
https://nypost.com/2002/06/16/its-petal-to-the-metal-in-flowery-procession/
https://www.papaverofuneralhome.com/community/farewell-to-john-gotti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_Cemetery_(Queens)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gotti
https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/12/gotti.funeral/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-13-na-gotti13-story.html
https://qns.com/2002/06/curious-crowd-maspeth-for-dapper-dons-wake/
https://qns.com/2002/06/middle-village-cemetery-last-stop-for-john-gotti/
https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/a-ranking-of-the-most-notable-mob-funerals-in-nyc-history/
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/nyregion/gotti-s-funeral-procession-takes-in-his-old-haunts.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-denies-gotti-a-funeral-mass/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/21/disgust-in-rome-at-mafia-dons-glamour-funeral-complete-with-godfather-music
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205570/Residents-Rome-left-furious-mafia-boss-Vittorio-Casamonica-given-Hollywood-style-funeral.html
https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/italian-catholic-church-scrambles-explain-role-lavish-mafia-boss-funeral
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205570/Residents-Rome-left-furious-mafia-boss-Vittorio-Casamonica-given-Hollywood-style-funeral.html
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https://hyperallergic.com/874652/children-in-tears-at-disastrous-willy-wonka-factory-experience/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1025795549/?article=043acad8-d3f5-40d7-b878-f9c19bbbd4b5&terms=gangster
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Well hello Geoffs! This week we’ve got a lil bit of everything as Spencer is taking us into the future with QR coded gravestones, and Madison introduces the concept of cuddle cots. We’ve got an obituary for an iconic inventor, and one that proves snakes don’t belong in a church! Don’t worry, we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-woman-arrested-biting-ear-another-woman-fight-vape-pens-alcoho-rcna97069
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/qr-codes-for-the-dead/370901/
https://www.wired.com/2008/04/qr-code-from-th/
https://monuments.com/store/headstones-accessories/living-headstones-qr-code
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#:~:text=In%202008%2C%20Ishinokoe%20in%20Yamanashi,implementing%20QR%20codes%20into%20tombstones
https://www.newspapers.com/image/352102845/?article=a0029b0e-4d0b-4f5a-a6ea-27240f854fe3&terms=nipples
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/02/14/bill-post-pop-tart-dead/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/759731909/?article=679f6132-9052-4ec7-8411-ab2d3dbc9fb7
https://cuddlecot.com/cuddlecot/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/well/family/a-device-that-gives-parents-of-stillborn-babies-time-to-say-goodbye.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE3Ohy-D5eM
https://caringcradle.com/#features
https://cuddlecot.com/families/frequently-asked-questions/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20the%20CuddleCot%20is,the%20family%20and%20health%20professionals.&text=Each%20time%20the%20CuddleCot%20is,ensure%20the%20water%20remains%20clean.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11005917/Grieving-parents-use-frozen-peas-create-cooling-cot-son-died-12-days-old.html
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Oh baby things are getting hot n’ heavy this week as Spencer discusses some stories of people who discovered some *personal* items from the dearly departed, but first Madison is breaking down everything you need to know about viewing cremations. We’ve got an obituary for a guy who loved a 4-letter word, and one for a man with a wild collection. Don’t worry, we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/michael-bonakowski-obituary?id=53831898
https://www.fox23.com/news/tulsa-man-in-custody-after-allegedly-stealing-beer-crashing-car-into-business/article_9772a186-8c6f-11ee-8db2-33bc3537be61.html
https://www.bradleyfuneralhomes.com/can-you-witness-the-cremation-of-a-loved-one/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwCPA4U8nvY&t=26s
https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2023/03/23/new-crematorium-san-diego-county-escondido-witness-cremations
https://www.usurnsonline.com/cremation/witness-cremation/
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https://everloved.com/articles/funeral-customs/japanese-funeral-traditions-customs-and-beliefs/
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https://www.liveoakpetservices.com/services/witnessed-cremation/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/sex/comments/njx7cm/my_auntdeceased_just_passed_away_and_i_found_her/
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/7ppzxc/if_i_die_my_family_will_eventually_come_across_my/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ralph-whittington-erotica-collector-extraordinaire-dies-at-74/2019/08/17/267c63b6-c051-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html
https://www.liveoakpetservices.com/services/witnessed-cremation/
https://radiant-heart.net/witnessed-cremations/
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Get in the lifeboat and outta the windows Geoffs because this week’s forecast has some extreme weather! Spencer breaks down what happens when a cemetery floods, and Madison is giving us an electrifying lesson on being struck by thunder! We’ve got an owitchuary and one with a bang, oh and of course, some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Mississippi-River-flood-of-1927
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2019/01/30/woman-exposed-herself-at-two-street-patios-in-downtown-austin-police-say/6156720007/
https://hazards.colorado.edu/article/preserving-the-dead-cemetery-preservation-and-disaster-planning#:~:text=More%20than%201%2C500%20graves%20sites,adjacent%20properties%20and%20in%20streets
https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/the-strangest-cemeteries-and-crypts-in-new-orleans#:~:text=This%20style%20of%20burial%20evolved,cemeteries%20like%20Saint%20Louis%20No
https://nypost.com/2022/09/29/bodies-unearthed-in-floridas-oakland-cemetery-during-hurricane-ian/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/709465893/?article=4fffc91e-b990-41e9-af09-8827e47c6026&terms=lightning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0gNl5f4BU
https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/index.html
https://www.noaa.gov/stories/5-striking-facts-versus-myths-about-lightning-you-should-know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhjx6lGTDhw&t=163s
https://www.sciencealert.com/what-happens-after-being-hit-by-lightning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keraunography
https://www.boredpanda.com/scars-after-surviving-lightning-strike-lichtenberg-figures-photos/
https://www.marthastewart.com/8213933/martha-stewart-struck-lightning-three-times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan#:~:text=Between%201942%20and%201977%2C%20Sullivan%20was%20claimed%20to,more%20recorded%20times%20than%20any%20other%20human%20being
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/mar/15/theknowledge.sport
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-man-70-is-arrested-for-hurling-a-packet-of-oreos-at-his-wife-and-knocking-her-over-because-he-was-upset-that-their-coffee-maker-had-no-water-in-it/ar-AA1knIkD
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Are you ready for it Geoffs? This week Spencer is giving us the lowdown on a casket that made a cameo in a Taylor Swift music video and how the company behind said casket cashed in, but first Madison is taking us on a tour of the merriest cemetery on earth! We’ve got an obituary that spilled all the tea, and one with a twist! We've also of course, got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/808145901/posts/10159417343395902/?mibextid=WC7FNe
https://www.vice.com/en/article/eve59k/death-colour-and-conflict-collide-at-europes-romanias-merry-cemetery
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/merry-cemetery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ioan_Pătraș
https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/travelogues/677-merry-cemetery-to-die-laughing
https://www.historicmysteries.com/merry-cemetery/
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/05/the-dark-humor-of-sapantas-merry.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/world-news/photos-romanian-cemetery-humours-death-through-tombstone-art/photo-gQoKDpg1aA9SmDGhB1K4iO-1.html
https://www.papermag.com/taylor-swift-antihero-titan-caskets#rebelltitem12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1kbLwvqugk
https://slate.com/business/2022/10/taylor-swift-casket-anti-hero-funeral-rule-ftc.html
https://titancasket.com/pages/our-casket-company-story
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https://matadornetwork.com/read/sapanta-merry-cemetery-romania/
https://europeupclose.com/article/merry-romanian-cemetery/
http://travelguideromania.com/merry-cemetery-sapanta-maramures/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tattooist-jailed-after-drawing-penis-and-swear-word-on-woman-s-back-instead-of-yin-yang-symbol-a7146156.html
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Get ready Geoffs because this week Spencer uncovers the truth behind left-handed mortality rates and the Madison’s serving up some serious baby daddy drama! We’ve got an obituary for a real bad dad and one that’s probably going to get us taken off the airwaves! We didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/956613003/?article=77bab8e1-7eab-44ff-8fc0-0ef8e0df8343&terms=vagina
https://www.newspapers.com/image/529107350/?article=fda5b99e-07ef-408a-8a4e-e87ff6ca75ba&terms=harry%20beaver
https://www.newspapers.com/image/450467642/?article=d1a330bc-3628-407c-b440-6528cefa3d4d&terms=harry%20beaver
https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2015/05/florida-man-arrested-while-attempting-to-cash-368-dollars-billio/
https://www.grunge.com/1360390/what-happens-to-blood-when-you-die/
https://easy-dna.com/dna-paternity-testing-in-cases-of-deceased-parent/
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https://rbexhumations.com/about/
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Salvador-Dali
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https://www.kctv5.com/2024/01/18/man-lived-with-deceased-wife-rv-6-years-sheriffs-office-says/
https://moron.com/florida-man-attempts-to-cash-368-billion-check/
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-man-uses-phone-he-found-in-walmart-bathroom-to-call-in-fake-bomb-threat-cites-tiktok-trend-deputies
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/scientists-calculate-odd-ways-die-282884
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23988352
https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/being-left-handed-health-impact/index.html
https://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13690-023-01156-6
https://blog.massmutual.com/about-massmutual/left-handers-day
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Step right up Geoffs, this week Madison is putting on quite the show for us as she takes us through the wild and exploitative world of operating theaters! Next, Spencer will have you scared to death as he discusses the rare phenomenon of death by fright. We’ve got an obituary for a wild guy, one for a bad mom, and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scared-to-death-heart-attack/
https://www.npr.org/2012/10/26/163712863/scared-to-death-literally
https://www.newspapers.com/image/425656111/?terms=%22woman%20scared%20to%20death%22&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/448075088/?terms=%22woman%20scared%20to%20death%22&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/573482084/?terms=%22scared%20to%20death%22&match=1
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2015/06/15/greene-county-sheriffs-office-searching-mother-daughter/71236652/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/lawrence-shadid-obituary?id=54005391
https://medium.com/illumination/the-horrendous-history-of-victorian-amputations-ad6e2668729d
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-me-gentlemen-the-fastest-surgeon-of-the-19th-century/264065/
https://museumofhealthcare.blog/the-story-of-robert-liston-and-his-surgical-skill/
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/10/houses-of-death-life-in-a-victorian-hospital-lindsey-fitzharris
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/12/01/how-exactly-did-a-19th-century-surgeon-end-up-with-a-300-mortality-rate/
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/10/the-gruesome-bloody-world-of-victorian-surgery/543552/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/americas-oldest-operating-theater
https://oldoperatingtheatre.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Hospital
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/tour5.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/11/04/a-florida-woman-rode-her-horse-on-a-highway-drunk-she-was-charged-with-a-dui/
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We’re getting all kinds of scandalous this week Geoffs. First up we’ve got a Facebook marketplace casket scandal that had us pissed, and then Madison took us through the age old question of whether or not mistresses are entitled to any of the estate! We’ve got an obituary for a real earnest, or rather Ernest man, and one for a gal who wore many hats. Oh, we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls let’s go!
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Sources:
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-man-70-arrested-after-harassing-neighbors-through-ring-camera-after-decades-old-fight-deputies-say
https://www.wesh.com/article/police-investigate-deadly-shooting-1617273492/36001450
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orlando-mom-horrified-after-daughters-used-casket-auctioned-sold-facebook-without-permission/67IULJCNEZC5NDBTG2JOCLEKCE/
https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/120722/orlando-mom-daughter-casket-sale-Facebook-marketplace
https://www.gordonfh.com/memorials/stephen-cartisano/3825964/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/795711329/?article=9d5af479-bdba-4e2b-8e18-8ca0f9e40c0c&terms=stupid
https://www.newspapers.com/image/879303651/?article=84d2cedc-9326-4f30-a63f-d4597fc7baae&terms=mistress
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/magazine/the-mistress-at-the-funeral.html
https://www.inamoratalover.com/what-states-allow-wives-to-sue-the-mistress/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mistress-defeats-widow-in-row-over-grave-plot-1568648.html#comments-area
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3335575/Widow-wins-court-battle-block-dead-husband-s-mistress-buried-grave-him.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Gordon_(Red_Cross)
https://www.who2.com/george-pattons-widow-put-a-deadly-hawaiian-curse-on-his-mistress/#:~:text=Seems%20that%20just%20days%20after%20Patton’s%20untimely%20death,curse%20she%20had%20learned%20in%20Hawaii%20years%20before
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/george-smith-patton
https://www.historydefined.net/clara-petacci/
https://www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/camera-catches-unlikely-little-thief-stealing-necklace-from-jewelry-store
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-01-10/federal-judge-says-alabama-can-conduct-nations-1st-execution-with-nitrogen-gas-appeal-planned
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/oklahoman/name/hazel-cale-obituary?id=18665984
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Well hello Geoffs, must be Thursday! This week Madison was doing the robot in her coffin as she explored the eery possibilities of a robotic future. Next, Spencer takes us through time with the lowdown on time machines as well as time travel, FYI the secret may lie in a tomb…We’ve got some beatiful obituaries from you Geoffs and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!
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pepper the robot funeral
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We’re back from our holiday break Geoffs! And this week Spencer is kicking us off with what had him buggin’ in his coffin!! Next up Madison is putting the fun in funerals with some cool funeral homes that are living new lives. We’ve got the most scathing obituary to date and one for a bird. We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/florida-man-hits-wife-christmas-tree-dinner
https://www.extermpro.com/blog/which-bugs-live-the-longest/#:~:text=Termite%20Queens%20–%20Termites%20have%20a,so%20much%20damage%20to%20homes
https://www.orkin.com/pests/flies/house-flies/life-expectancy-of-house-flies#:~:text=The%20life%20expectancy%20of%20a,multiply%20quickly%20if%20left%20uncontrolled
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https://www.thememories.com/obituary/maxine-nelson-bruin/30610#/
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/linger-eatuary
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/linger-eatuary
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https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/march-2019/suburbs-guide/the-funeral-parlor-with-mini-golf/
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/now-s-celebration-life-funeral-homes-bars-n729081
https://www.mkds.com
https://www.mashed.com/621250/this-restaurant-lets-you-dine-inside-a-cemetery/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-new-lucky-restaurant-ahmedabad-india
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Hello Geoffs! This week Spencer was in the Holiday spirit, breaking down some toys you should absolutely never have under the tree or there might just be some deadly consequences. But first, Madison is giving us the gift of patents for some pretty macabre inventions. We’ve got an obituary for the worst Christmas ever, and one that left us with some questions. We’ve also, of course, got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls!
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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-woman-stabs-boyfriend-in-eye-for-looking-at-other-women-police-4616327
https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/pediatrics/news/when-its-kids-vs-trampolines-kids-often-lose/mac-20431484
https://www.al.com/entertainment/2015/12/dangerous_toys.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/292255319/?terms=%22gilbert%20u-238%22&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/337195192/?terms=%22lawn%20darts%20death%22&match=1
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/e-scooter-hoverboard-fires-deaths-injuries-feds/
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https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/2892241
https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/5256068
https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/6299229
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroligneous_acid
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C0agJRyLa92/
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Buckle up Geoffs because this week we’re getting into the wild world of doll burials. From posthumous weddings, corpse trafficking, and well…some stuff we can’t say here or we’ll get banned probably. We’ve got an obituary that had us laughing in our coffins, and one for a cool cowboy. Don’t worry, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls let’s get into it!
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Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/04/china-imprisons-men-ghost-marriage-corpse-bride
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447
https://listverse.com/2017/11/16/10-cases-of-posthumous-marriage/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_ghost_marriage
https://myend.com/country/japan-death-folklore-doll-marriage/
https://www.reddit.com/r/geek/comments/3xnmqk/the_best_obituary/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/snow-white-doesnt-live-here-anymore/201208/doll-funerals-or-killing-your-barbie
https://www.itsyozine.com/posts/ningyo-kuyo-in-japan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokeshi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinamatsuri
https://www.tokyotimes.org/ningyo-kuyo-a-japanese-doll-funeral/
https://religionunplugged.com/news/2021/11/5/japanese-temples-are-holding-funerals-for-unwanted-dolls
https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/love-doll-funeral-service-in-japan-helps-silicone-lovers-rest-in-peace
https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/love-doll-funeral-service-in-japan-helps-silicone-lovers-rest-in-peace
https://nypost.com/2020/09/09/artist-hosts-sex-doll-funerals-for-heartsick-owners/
https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/01/20/the-world-of-victorian-grave-dolls/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/suzanne-somers-personalized-burial-boots-featured-a-racy-tribute-to-her-sex-life-with-her-husband-exclusive/ar-AA1l3feY
https://www.newspapers.com/image/695413343/?terms=%22Joseph%20P.%20Sughrue%22&match=1
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HOLY SH*T GEOFFS WE WROTE A BOOK! Pre-order your copy at PRH.COM/OBITCHUARY !!! In other news, we’ve got quite the episode this week as Madison gives us the lowdown on vertical coffins and Spencer takes us through a fantastic last resting place for performers! We’ve got an obituary making the tiktok rounds, one straight outta Salem and so much more! Oh, of course we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!
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Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-26/disneyland-streaker-arrested
https://library.okstate.edu/search-and-find/collections/digital-collections/circus/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hammond-train-wreck-disaster-1918-killed-dozens-circus-performers-180969428/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/circus-cemetery-hugo-oklahoma
https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.5187
https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/hugo-ok/points-of-interest/mount-olivet-circus-cemetery
https://www.newspapers.com/image/778504165/?terms=buried%20upright&match=1
https://nypost.com/2022/06/27/writers-masterful-obituary-for-her-mom-makes-readers-laugh-through-tears/
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https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19921210&slug=1529272
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Have you ever wondered what the gentrification of cemeteries looks like? Or if you’re delusional? Well we have, and we are! So let’s about it. We’ve got an obituary for a real card, and one for someone truly flying high, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllls!
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/961132786/?article=a0838fc9-a1d9-4818-832a-737f5bf9c3a6&terms=beheaded
https://www.newspapers.com/image/353577438/?article=c48d9993-d9a3-4859-9203-93d4ba31dc78&terms=buried
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/pele-worlds-tallest-cemetery
https://thetowerinfo.com/vertical-cemetery-high-rise/
https://architectureadrenaline.com/vertical-cemetery-an-eco-friendly-solution-to-burial-space-shortage/#:~:text=A%20vertical%20cemetery%20is%20a%20multi-story%20structure%20designed,and%20each%20floor%20can%20accommodate%20multiple%20burial%20spaces
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https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/skyscrapers-dead
https://qz.com/1374487/taipeis-dragon-tower-provides-alternative-form-of-burial
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https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/8/1/inside-japans-corpse-hotels
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https://www.mayoclinic.org/morgellons-disease/art-20044996#:~:text=Morgellons%20disease%20is%20a%20condition,on%20or%20stinging%20their%20skin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_sign
https://opmed.doximity.com/articles/matchbox-sign-and-the-dreaded-diagnosis
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