Happy Thursday Geoffs! This week we’re getting into the myth behind deaths linked to doctors’ sloppy handwriting and then it’s time to learn all about death certificates! We’ve got an obituary for a Geoff (it’s not what you think!) one for real asshole, and so much more! Of course we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

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Sources:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesunion-albany/name/geoffrey-turner-obituary?id=5047037

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pressconnects/name/jeffery-boughton-obituary?id=14417232

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/blue_form.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/writing-cause-of-death-statements.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_certificate#:~:text=Before%20issuing%20a%20death%20certificate%2C%20the%20authorities%20usually,of%20death%20and%20the%20identity%20of%20the%20deceased

https://www.joincake.com/blog/how-to-get-a-death-certificate/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/post-mortem/things-to-know/death-certificates.html#:~:text=Since%20the%20reporting%20of%20death%20began%20in%201900%2C,Oklahoma%20didn%27t%20include%20ethnicity%20on%20their%20death%20certificates

https://www.policygenius.com/estate-planning/death-certificate/#what-goes-into-a-death-certificate

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/health/making-the-right-call-even-in-death.html

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/londons-dreadful-visitation-bills-of-mortality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OQm23y4DbA&t=94s

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/faked-death-certificate-robert-berger_n_5f177e57c5b6296fbf3ad599

https://katu.com/news/nation-world/lyndsey-jane-kennedy-pulled-storm-drain-florida-texas-delray-beach-grand-prairie-history-police-fire-rescue

https://nypost.com/2023/01/16/obit-praises-utah-dad-michael-haight-who-killed-wife-5-kids/

https://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1578074,00.html

https://www.belolaw.com/blog/texas-doctor-liable-death-due-sloppy-handwriting/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/58441/how-lethal-my-doctors-sloppy-handwriting

https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/44250-poor-handwriting-on-scrip-brings-negligence-ruling

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