*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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Sources:

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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Sources:

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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Sources:

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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Sources:

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

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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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Sources:

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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Sources:

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

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who were executed for horrendous crimes but were actually innocent, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his assistant almost got in trouble for something they didn’t do.

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Sources:

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/innocence

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/the-1998-police-reports-from-the-night-of-lisha-gayles-death/amp/

https://themip.org/clients/marcellus-williams/

https://innocenceproject.org/news/who-is-marcellus-williams-man-facing-execution-in-missouri-despite-dna-evidence-supporting-innocence/

https://innocenceproject.org/news/the-phantom-the-unjust-execution-of-carlos-deluna/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/15/carlos-texas-innocent-man-death

https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2021/09/crime-of-the-century-the-case-of-timothy-evans/

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

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer)

https://www.talesfromtheunderworld.com/p/the-dead-is-alive-how-william-jackson

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who made reckless decisions and either killed themselves or someone else, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertakers proved to his children that the choices we make do not just affect us.

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Sources:

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

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/article/44662/Roof-stunt-teen-plunges-to-death

https://allthatsinteresting.com/pavel-kashin

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154373/amp/Russian-parkour-girl-24-falls-17-storeys-death-building-jump-goes-horribly-wrong.html

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/alabama-grandma-found-guilty-of-murder-for-making-girl-9-run-until-she-died/article_a2b54639-d4c8-5a11-8bbf-ece37887727e.amp.html

https://www.al.com/news/2015/03/joyce_garrard_trial_savannah_h_1.html

https://avgeekery.com/soviet-aeroflot-pilot-tried-land-blind-win-bet-killed-70-people/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_6502

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14534597/amp/final-words-pilot-let-children-fly-plane.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who paid the price for being a little too careless and impatient, and our funeral home story tells of the time a family jumped the gun on making funeral arrangements for their loved one.

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Sources:

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

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501235091/man-dies-after-being-electrocuted-while-fishing-despite-sand-remedy/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-05-mn-690-story.html

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/skydivers-haunting-final-words-realised-142159245.html

https://nypost.com/2021/07/22/woman-plunges-164-feet-to-death-in-tragic-bungee-accident/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8560441.stm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199609/Man-crushed-death-dustcart-tipped-wheelie-bin-following-night-drinking.html

For today’s episode, we’re going to talk about an essential piece of funeral home equipment and the visual representation of death itself—the glorious hearse (and we’ll sprinkle in a little mayhem, too!), and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his wife drove their brand-new hearses cross country.

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Sources:

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/hearse.htm

https://www.wsaz.com/2024/10/22/funeral-home-apologizes-after-corpse-falls-out-hearse-traffic/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14373173/amp/horrifying-moment-body-spills-casket-hearse-collides-semi-truck-colombia.html

https://www.tallahatchienews.ms/top-stories-local-content/funeral-home-owner-pastor-dies-rollover-hearse

https://people.com/human-interest/dead-body-apparently-saved-hearse-driver-crashed-left-teetering-colorado-cliff/