It's our first full episode! This week, Katie tours us through the totally creepy, centuries-old practice of creating death masks. Yep. It's as weird as it sounds.

Sources:

• Death Mask Radiolab Episode
• Edward III and Philippa of Hainault | Westminster Abbey
• The curious and gruesome art of human death masks
• LCP Art & Artifacts - Death Masks
• Resusci Anne and L'Inconnue: The Mona Lisa of the Seine
• New-York Historical Society - Aaron Burr Death Mask
• Recreating Roman Wax Masks Vol 6 Iss 3, Expedition Magazine in 2014
• Masks - Funerary and Commemorative Uses

Videos Mentioned in this Episode:

Orange County Registry - Making a Death Mask https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LyPx2x7ZJs&t=78s

New York Magazine - Death Mask Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOrk41H7WDY

Death Masks, BBC London News Article https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCe51xHmec

Nick Reynolds, Death Masks https://vimeo.com/111618823

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Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod

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