Woohoo it’s Halloween Geoffs! In this week’s episode Spencer is telling us the ghoulishly good story of Bessie Brown, next Madison is serving up everything you need for a good ole victorian halloween! We’ve got an obituary that you’ve allllll been waiting for, and one for a spooky gal we adore! We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls! 

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/649545123/?article=e5e17223-514f-46a3-9893-0145aece5740&terms=%22dracula%22

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https://www.wrmf.com/florida-woman-steals-all-the-candy-on-halloween/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/33885335/?match=1&terms=%22married%20to%20the%20ghost%22

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This week Madison is giving us some headstone that spilled all of the tea, and then Spencer has some breaking news surrounding an ongoing funeral home scandal in New York. We’ve got an obituary for a 4-legged sailor, one for a gal who knew how to be in two places at once and even one that’s a little….queer! Oh, and of course we’re also serving up some dumb.ass.criminallllllls! 

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Sources:

https://www.tmz.com/2024/10/09/cookie-monster-driver-speeding-on-camera-germany/

https://abc7ny.com/nyc-funeral-home-comes-under-fire-for-alleged-deceptive-and-illegal-practices-while-exploiting-spanish-speaking-families/14746609/

https://www.yelp.com/biz/ortiz-r-g-funeral-home-new-york-3?start=20

https://nypost.com/2018/03/05/funeral-home-kept-dressing-wrong-bodies-for-night-of-wakes/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/caroline-cutter-headstone

https://www.catchingmarbles.com/2023/09/16/the-last-damning-accusations-of-caroline-cutters-gravestone-elm-street-cemetery-milford-ma/

https://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/remember-the-ladies-murdered-by-human-wolves/article_72692a6e-bcd7-5903-8e25-9c9ed8b16914.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/ReservationDogs/comments/15n91ju/gravestone_epitaph_reference_katherine_cross/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31516146/warren-c-gibbs

https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/gravestone-murder-accusation-north-carolina

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/murder-gravestone-law

https://www.journalpatriot.com/story-of-hamp-kendall-and-his-wrongful-murder-conviction-recounted/article_9fbb4325-af2c-5ad0-a901-522c23b31d16.html

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thecourier/name/earlene-peterson-obituary?id=55145022

https://www.newspapers.com/image/609313507/?match=1&terms=headstone%20arrested

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This week Spencer is bringing us another funeral home scandal and it’s outrageous!!! Next, Madison is taking through the reality of strikes in the funerary world. We’ve got an obituary that’s just soooo halloween, and one for a man who loved a joke. Oh, and we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls! 

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Sources:

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/arundel-woman-accused-of-screaming-obscenities-flashing-trick-or-treaters-halloween-indecent-exposure-wendee-kaczorek

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2024/02/01/36-years-ago-detectives-found-the-remains-of-36-people-in-a-jacksonville-funeral-home-now-a-similar-case-unfolds/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/229645512/?match=1&terms=%22morning%20glory%20chapel%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/229645147/?match=1&terms=%22morning%20glory%20chapel%22%20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_Funeral_Home_scandal

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1038237873/?article=f9d08b8c-a6bc-423e-878f-a09a41006d2b&terms=wobble

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/993985790/?match=1&terms=%22housewife%20arrested%22%20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Calvary_Cemetery_strike

http://cemeteryworkersseiu265.weebly.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Calvary_Cemetery_strike

https://proteanmag.com/2021/10/31/picket-lines-in-the-graveyard-a-history-of-cemetery-workers-strikes/

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https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/07/archives/gravedinggers-union-ends-27day-strike-gravediggers-reach-accord.html

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/418742605/?match=1&terms=%22funeral%20drivers%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/418734697/?match=1&terms=%22funeral%20drivers%22

https://www.newspapers.com/image/466373541/?match=1&terms=coffin%20strike

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Helllllllo Geoffs! This week Madison is truly embracing the Halloween spirit with some OG Haunted Houses! Next, Spencer discusses an update on the Sarco pod. We’ve got an an obituary with all the deets, one for a real halloween girly and so much more! Stay till the end because we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! 

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Sources:

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/pa-man-charged-with-felony-arson-for-flaming-bag-of-dog-poop-on-porch/

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https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/24/several-detained-in-switzerland-over-suicide-capsule-death-police-say

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_bag

https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/prpeak/name/helen-mackenzie-obituary?id=56282464

https://www.foxnews.com/us/houston-robbery-suspect-dressed-michael-jackson-sought-subway-heist

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-haunted-house-180957008/#:~:text=Lisa%20Morton%2C%20author%20of%20Trick,damage%2C%20vandalism%20and%20harassment%20of

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Guignol

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https://ush.utah.gov/history/

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/utah-state-haunted-castle-psychiatric-hospital

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https://abc7.com/knots-fearvr-knotts-closing-halloween-ride-mental-health-at-scary-farm/1530097/

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In the depths of the dark net, tech journalist Carl Miller makes a disturbing discovery: a secret Kill List targeting hundreds of innocent people on a murder for hire website. When the police decide not to investigate, Carl is thrown into a race against time to warn those in danger and uncover the truth about the people who want them dead. From Wondery and Novel, comes a true story about obsession, control and the price of life and death.

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You’re in for it this week Geoffs! Madison is bringing all things petty, but first Spencer is discussing the rare, but fatal truth behind being embalmed alive!!!! We’ve got an obituary for a real cool cat, one with a last meal and so much more, including of course, some dumb.ass.criminalllllllllls! 

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Sources:

https://www.newsbreak.com/share/3597816710971-world-s-oldest-cat-dies-at-age-33?_f=app_share&pd=056mfRU0&lang=en_US&send_time=1726516966&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A0%2C%22cv%22%3A%2224.36.0.29%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D&sep=ns_foryou_rank_exp_24q3-v3%2Cns_foryou_recall_exp_24q3-control%2Cns_foryou_model_exp_24q3-v8%2Cns_local_strategy_24q3_exp-v5%2Cns_pushv1-v7%2Cns_xjk_new-control%2Cns_foryou_blend_exp_24q3-v5%2Cns_xjk-v1&s=i3

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2626175/Sibling-rivalry-taken-level-How-skinniest-house-Boston-constructed-SPITE-soldier-returned-Civil-War-land-built-brother.html

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/2015/12/15/new-england-spite-houses/

https://buildingsofnewengland.com/tag/spite-cemetery/

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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/624659/spite-monument-in-new-orleans-metairie-cemetery

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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/624659/spite-monument-in-new-orleans-metairie-cemetery

https://www.newspapers.com/image/145556390/?clipping_id=14667251&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE0NTU1NjM5MCwiaWF0IjoxNzI2NzIyNTI1LCJleHAiOjE3MjY4MDg5MjV9.1iOFeTujVRz-35uz5ujjL69aap7STHLWmU-bddErKSs

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5999800/russian-woman-27-dies-in-agony-after-being-embalmed-alive-instead-of-being-put-in-saline-drip-in-hospital-blunder/

https://www.livescience.com/62261-saline-formaldehyde-intravenous.html

https://www.calebwilde.com/2018/04/my-thoughts-on-that-russian-woman-who-was-embalmed-alive/

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/605011147/?match=1&terms=%22embalmed%20alive%22

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-truth-about-that-russian-woman-who-was-embalmed-alive-during-surgery/

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/health/russia-formaldehyde-surgery/index.html

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In this week’s episode Spencer is back with some almost-disasters, but first Madison is telling us about some real odd fellows with skeletons in their closets! We’ve got an obituary that’ll have you thinking twice about jack-o-lanterns and one that was…electrifying! Oh, and we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllls! 

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Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?entity-types=obituary&keyword=jack-o-lantern

https://toofab.com/2024/09/06/woman-steals-coffin-dumps-body/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-01-mn-45210-story.html

https://archives.mtexpress.com/1999/10-27-99/10-27skeleton.htm

https://www.newspapers.com/image/144293063/?terms=%22odd+fellows%22+skeleton

https://connectingdirectors.com/61568-ioof-skeletons

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2014/07/14/bones-slow-to-share-secrets-of-their-origin/12644771/

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2008/10/05/An-eerie-discovery-sheds-light-on-the-past/stories/200810050261

https://www.newspapers.com/image/96580029/?terms=%22odd+fellows%22+skeleton

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/odd-fellows-found-skeletons

https://kval.com/archive/oregon-girl-finds-skeleton-in-a-closet-11-12-2015

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/box-human-bones-found-ohio-garage-are-century-old-used-rituals-police-rcna21829

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/bones-garage-ohio-odd-fellows-ritual-1329419/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Order_of_Odd_Fellows

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/633931/independent-order-odd-fellows-secret-society-skeletons

https://nypost.com/2024/07/08/us-news/ex-hostess-at-nyc-hotspot-tao-arrested-for-tossing-poop-in-koi-pond/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Todd

https://listverse.com/2015/07/23/10-narrowly-averted-disasters-that-nearly-shook-the-world/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/10-lucky-celebrities-who-escaped-disaster-180947668/

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This week Spencer is getting all kindsa astrological, Madison is finally doing a part 2 of ironic deaths!!! We’ve got an obituary with a tongue twister, and a new contender for the scathing obituary hall of fame! Oh, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! 

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Sources:

https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/08/30/obituary-florence-flo-harrelson-2/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/16/woman-arrested-applebees-all-you-can-eat-deal/74824847007/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/08/04/how-j-p-morgan-didnt-sink-the-titanic-and-other-qanon-conspiracy-theories-debunked/

https://www.them.us/story/horror-movie-deaths-zodiac-sign

https://nypost.com/article/how-you-will-die-based-on-your-zodiac-sign/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/seven-famous-people-who-missed-the-titanic-101902418/

https://thought.is/the-25-most-supremely-ironic-deaths-in-world-history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Book_of_Running

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Fixx

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1984/07/29/the-jim-fixx-neurosis-running-yourself-to-death/681bd977-8295-4d4a-802c-bbfd54684be5/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/02/Man-drowns-at-lifeguard-party/3367491803200/

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1985/08/02/161834.html?pageNumber=7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre

https://www.curiousarchive.com/the-bizarre-death-of-garry-hoy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._I._Rodale

https://newrepublic.com/article/119007/bizarre-life-and-death-mr-organic

https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/when-that-guy-died-on-my-show/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-stubborn-scientist-who-unraveled-a-mystery-of-the-night-91514538/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/york-rider-dies-protesting-motorcycle-helmet-law/story?id=13993417

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/john-simmerer-obituary?id=55393970

https://ktxs.com/news/local/meme-mix-up-lands-colorado-city-middle-school-6th-grader-in-cuffs-for-terroristic-threat

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This week NYT Best Selling Authors Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes (we won’t do that again let us have our moment!!!) are sitting down to discuss the wild world of freak shows, and some incredible stories of offering friendship and humanity during someones final moments. We’ve got an obituary for a bearded icon, one that gives us hope and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

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Sources:

https://www.verywellhealth.com/hospice-volunteers-ensure-no-one-dies-alone-1132604#:~:text=Vigil%20volunteers%20may%20come%20in,may%20stay%20for%20the%20duration.

https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/strangers-pay-for-funeral-of-woman-92-with-no-family/

https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/kindness-of-strangers-how-one-nurse-made-sure-no-one-dies-alone/all

https://volunteer.uclahealth.org/custom/527/opp_details/4139

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https://nosdaf.com/what-we-fund/

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https://italiantribune.com/the-case-of-the-conjoined-colloredo-brothers/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/freak-show-members

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_law

https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/San-Francisco-once-pioneered-ugly-laws-15098902.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jones_(bearded_woman)

https://www.newspapers.com/image/63172921/?match=1&terms=%22annie%20jones%22

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In this episode Madison is telling us all about the first ever mausoleum!! But first, Spencer tells us the sweet story of wind phones. We’ve got an obituary on repeat, and one for a shimmy queen! Oh, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllllls!

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This week we’re going old school, we’ve heard about moirologists, now it’s time to talk about funeral mutes! But first Madison is talking about the incredible phenomenon known as end of life lucidity. We’ve got an obituary for a horror icon, and one for a man who had his priorities straight! Oh, and we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls! 

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