In today’s death story, we are going to talk about famous authors who had tumultuous personal lives, and suffered untimely deaths, and our funeral home story tells of the time some saucy love letters made their way into the funeral home

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https://www.grunge.com/1208000/authors-who-had-tragic-deaths/

https://www.ncpedia.org/death-zelda-fitzgerald

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kennedy_Toole#:~:text=This%20was%20succeeded%20by%20a,car%20on%20March%2026%2C%201969.

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

In today’s death story, we are going to talk about Halloween pranks gone awry, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker went on a gruesome death call and gained some artistic inspiration

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https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural-traditions/10-halloween-pranks-that-went-horribly-and-tragically-wrong.htm#google_vignette

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/news/harvest-of-horror-haunted-hayride-death-alexander-mick-report/

https://www.ranker.com/list/accidental-hanging-deaths/april-a-taylor

In today’s death story, we’re going to talk about some disgusting (and deadly) diseases you can get from animals, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker’s daughter brought the class pet home for the weekend and subsequently gave a bully the fright of his life

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https://www.dvm360.com/view/the-5-deadliest-zoonotic-diseases-and-pathogens

https://www.cfr.org/report/global-governance-emerging-zoonotic-diseases#:~:text=Zoonotic%20diseases%20are%20responsible%20for:%20*%202.5,including%20climate%20change%2C%20deforestation%2C%20and%20habitat%20destruction

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rabies/symptoms-causes/syc-20351821

https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/01/04/woman-suffers-terrifying-death-rabies-after-puppy-bite-13707

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9756-toxoplasmosis

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12464539/#:~:text=Toxoplasmosis%20is%20a%20rare%20but,in%20regions%20with%20low%20seroprevalence.

https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/32-diseases-you-can-catch-from-animals

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

https://science.umd.edu/classroom/bsci424/BSCI223WebSiteFiles/PlagueCaseStudy.htm

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2746638/

https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-016-1403-8

In today’s death story, we’re going to talk about how competition can have deadly consequences, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his wife faced an odd situation after a softball game.

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https://wildcatsports.com/news/2008/7/20/4045944.aspx

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

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Johnson_(ice_hockey)

https://www.newsweek.com/matt-petgrave-adam-johnson-nhl-players-1839844

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2wkl17d7o.amp

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

https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/andres-escobar-tragic-own-goal-colombia-world-cup-murder/bltcc01b39beb5c5e61

https://www.through-the-turnstiles.com/political-football/colombian-narco-football

*Content Warning - Suicide Attempts*

Today’s death story is about hope. We’re going to talk about people who attempted suicide and survived, then drew on their experiences to help others, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his assistant received a call from a desperate person on the edge.

Resources:

Suicide and Crisis Hotline -988

www.helpingheroesusa.org

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

https://www.healthcentral.com/condition/depression/kevin-hines-survived-golden-gate-bridge-suicide

https://www.fox8live.com/2022/11/22/louisiana-woman-paralyzed-after-suicide-attempt-shares-warning-signs-mental-health-struggles/?outputType=amp

https://www.myascension.us

https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/drew-robinson-shares-story-after-suicide-attempt.html

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

Get your mind outta the gutter! In today’s death story, we are going to delve into the Tragedy at Waiilaptu, also known as the Whitman Massacre, and our funeral home story tells of the time a Native American chief gave the undertaker his Indian name.

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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6300234/

https://www.historylink.org/File/5192

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/whitman_massacre/

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

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

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

In today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who cut corners to save money and paid for it with their lives—or worse, the lives of others, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker met a family who scrimped on their loved one’s casket.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36203213/dad-died-house-fire-ebike-bradford/

https://m.sevendaysvt.com/news/a-stowe-zip-line-guide-was-killed-when-a-26-piece-of-equipment-failed-will-his-death-spur-change-35751176

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/mar/15/military.defence

https://listverse.com/2011/12/21/10-terrible-scrooges/

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

https://api-prod.gothamist.com/news/bronx-woman-dies-from-tummy-tuck-in-dominican-republic/

https://www.pbkglawyers.com/blog/new-york-woman-dies-during-surgery-in-dominican-republic/

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/american-dead-plastic-surgery-dominican-republic/

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about how mispronounced and misheard words led to mayhem and even death, and our funeral home story tells of the time the funeral home office went into upheaval over a mispronounced word.

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https://crimereads.com/newfoundland-murder/

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True Crime & Scary Stories

Part 112 RIP Lydia Schatz

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5/27/2023

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6k44hBf/

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

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/da-kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-killed-daughter-with-religious-whips-for-mispronouncing-word/

https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2022/02/07/2158995/editorial-lessons-chona-mae/amp/

https://www.cracked.com/article_40055_5-disasters-that-came-down-to-mishearing-one-word.html

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-happened-during-the-shiloh-baptist-church-stampede.html

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

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people whose post traumatic stress disorder led to murder, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker met a veteran with PTSD.

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https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/history_ptsd.asp

https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/05/justice/ptsd-murder-defense

https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2019/08/subway-shooter-horner-dies-in-prison/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-28-la-na-soldier28-2009nov28-story.html

https://bluemountaineagle.com/2014/02/04/bratcher-released-from-state-hospital/

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about murders involving famous people, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker’s daughter brought a movie star home

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https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/perspective/rhythm-of-the-road-by-kris-rutherford/western-swing-entertainer-spade-cooley-detoured-down-a-murderous-path

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

https://one.usc.edu/story/sal-mineo-murder-site

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/investigation-murder-sal-mineo-1169880/

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

https://www.einpresswire.com/article/748846896/wrongfully-convicted-now-fighting-for-justice-lionel-ray-ray-williams-releases-powerful-memoir-and-documentary

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

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

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/4/the-gangster-and-the-goddess