It’s Thursday, the best day of the week! This episode is a wild one as Madison teaches us about some innovators who performed surgeries on themselves…you heard that right! Next, Spencer is bringing us science, death, and hot girl energy as he gives some excited updates on brain death! We’ve got an obituary for a socialite, one for a gavel-grabber, and so much more. Don’t worry, we didn’t forget we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! 







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92: OBITCH I'll do it myself!

Each week hosts Spencer Henry (Cult Liter Podcast) and Madison Reyes sit back and read outlandish, hilarious, and sometimes scathing obituaries. Every Thursday they come to the table with bizarre history, strange funeral traditions, and so much more! Each episode ends with a 'dumb criminals' segment in which they each talk about hilarious run-ins with the law.&nbsp;

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Grab your barf bags Geoffs because this week is disgusting as Madison tells us some true stories behind the phenomenon of autocannibalism, but first Spencer is telling the story of a mummy that’s come to be known as Stoneman Willie! We’ve got some incredible obituaries this week including one for a showboat star, and a self-written! We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllls! 







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151: OBITCH don't eat that...

Hello Geoffs!! This week Madison’s got a weird backstory on a company that wants to make mummies great again, and Spencer is giving us the lowdown on putridariums! We’ve got an obituary for some love birds, and one who raised hell! We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllls! 







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

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/prayers-decomposing-corpses-death-aragonese-castle-0010124

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/purging-the-myth-of-the-vomitorium/

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

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150: OBITCH it's a rot girl summer!

Calling alllll Geoffs! This week Madison is putting us to bed with bed burials! But first Spencer is giving us an overdue lesson on autopsies. We’ve got an obituary for a girl who took snacking too far, one for a glam socialite and one self-written! We’ve also, of course, got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls! 







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149: OBITCH that'll make your tongue tingle!

Oh boy are y’all in for a show this week! Spencer takes us through the history of espionage and all of the wild weapons spies used back in the day to kill, but first Madison is giving us the lowdown on LA’s most famous final resting place, the Hollywood Forever Cemetery! We’ve got an obituary for Madison’s loved one, and one that’s absolutely scattttthing! Oh, and we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls! 




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148: OBITCH Hollywood is forever!

Geoffs, have you or someone you know been injured by an umbrella? Statistically speaking….probably! Spencer will explain. Afterwards Madison is ditching the victorian era to tell us a crazy tale from the Georgian era that’ll have you screaming. We’ve got an obituary for somebody who met a terrible demise, and one for a gal who got married out of convenience, and of course, we didn’t forget, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! 




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92: OBITCH I'll do it myself!

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