Geoffs we hope you took your nap today because this week’s episode will keep you up all night stressing about fatal insomnia, but first Madison is giving us a part two of some pretty legendary patents. We’ve got some awesome obituaries from y’all and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! 

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Sources:

https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/rita-williams-obituary?id=55030161&utm_source=webshareapi&utm_medium=share_button&utm_campaign=wsapimobile_beta

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20240115453

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=748284A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19031229&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0036660

https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/10/weird-inventions-by-guys-part-10.html

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=1749090A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19300304&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

https://www.openculture.com/2023/05/the-1920s-lie-detector-that-forced-suspected-criminals-to-confess-to-a-skeleton.html#google_vignette

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0039291

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-26/the-patent-office-presents-ghoulish-inventions-for-halloween

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0506886

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/9610207

https://kottke.org/22/03/the-inventor-of-the-screw-in-coffin

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article173474531.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/JusticeServed/comments/84isw7/guy_pretends_that_hes_sleepwalking_when_he_fails/

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/05/02/obituarymadeleine-maddy-jean-gatchell-corson-2/

https://www.samndan.com/drunk-vs-drowsy-vs-distracted-driving/#:~:text=Many%20experts%20have%20found%20that,times%20and%20motor%20vehicle%20accidents

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781276/

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