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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

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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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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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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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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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/

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about how hospitals can be very bad for your health, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker had to overcome his dislike for hospitals in order to visit a family member.

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https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/health-care-providers-crimes-caused-patients-deaths

https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/hcp/clinical-overview/index.html

https://simplyhealth.io/9-general-mrsa-symptoms/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADKBXgHNd8vLZyWeXkQCSZ_kIumuA&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhYS_BhD2ARIsAJTMMQabzHnalBvIDCs5R0ADLyOZOx21ZsEsek89yRH-dlEjylPc_y7z_2UaAkeEEALw_wcB

https://psmf.org/story/joshua-nahum/#:~:text=On%20October%2022%2C%202006%2C%20our,his%20short%20but%20unforgettable%20life.

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2010/10/atlanta_mother_urges_hospital.html

https://www.northwestcareercollege.edu/blog/what-is-healthcare-fraud-and-how-common-is-it/#:~:text=The%20National%20Health%20Care%20Anti-Fraud%20Association%20estimates%20conservatively%20that%20health%20care%20fraud%20costs%20the%20nation%20about%20$68%20billion%20annually.%20That’s%20about%203%20percent%20of%20the%20nation’s%20$2.26%20trillion%20in%20health%20care%20spending.%20Other%20estimates%20range%20as%20high%20as%2010%20percent%20of%20annual%20health%20care%20expenditure%2C%20or%20$230%20billion.

https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Toppan,%20Jane%20-%202005.pdf

https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/toppan-jane.htm

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about murder in the workplace, and our funeral home story tells of…well…just another day at the office.

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https://www.thehigginsfirm.com/ten-worst-workplace-homicides-in-u-s-history/

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sherrill-patrick-henry.htm

https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/san-marco-jennifer.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/farley-richard.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/allaway-edward-charles.htm

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about killers who had distinctive voices, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker learned a valuable lesson in phone manners.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/michael-bever-okla-teen-guilty-of-fatally-stabbing-parents-three-younger-siblings/

https://www.oxygen.com/killer-siblings/crime-news/robert-michael-bevers-stab-family-broken-arrow-crystal?amp

BEVER v. STATE

Marco Bergamo (serial killer) - Wikipedia

Edmund Kemper | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

https://www.iheart.com/content/2017-10-24-the-voice-behind-many-bestselling-books-on-tape-is-actually-a-serial-killer/#:~:text=Among%20the%20books%20Kemper%20lent,four%20million%20feet%20of%20tape.

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/stephani-paul.htm

Paul Michael Stephani - Wikipedia

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about cursed families and the tragedies they endured, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker found himself dealing with the same family over, and over, and over again.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11674965/amp/The-curse-Grimaldis-Inside-Monaco-Royal-Family-scandals-tragedies-heartache.html

Famous Family Curses Throughout History

Nepalese royal massacre - Wikipedia

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/07/hapsburg-raven-curse/amp/

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

https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/a45665950/von-erich-family?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_bio_m_bm_prog_org_us_a45665950&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAApTwOX2cZqsynPVKUf0YCdHjfszGS&gclid=CjwKCAiA8Lu9BhA8EiwAag16b-Vha1dVpGWQ8M2FUtbNDGr7pMOsB-pilFoWoD-oSoBVT5k6RV2e5RoCGscQAvD_BwE

https://www.historyhit.com/the-kennedy-curse-a-timeline-of-tragedy/

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

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For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about rumors that had catastrophic consequences, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker had to deal with a rumor that was being spread about him

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https://www.tamburinolawgroup.com/blog/2018/july/3-situations-where-false-accusations-ruined-live/

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

https://nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/nilq/article/view/517/409

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72892/9-false-rumors-real-life-consequences

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2013/04/23/false-rumor-of-explosion-at-white-house-causes-stocks-to-briefly-plunge-ap-confirms-its-twitter-feed-was-hacked.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46145986.amp

https://amp.dw.com/en/india-train-panic-12-dead-fire-rumor/a-71377483

https://nypost.com/2022/04/27/student-died-by-suicide-after-bullying-about-his-vaccination-status-suit/

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

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