OBITCHUARY

You’re in for it this week Geoffs! This week Spencer is telling us the incredible story of Florence Nightingale and how she ended up symbolizing the Nurse Honor Guard. Next, Madison is rounding out our postmortem photography lessons with the history of headless photography. We’ve got an obituary for We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/peninsuladailynews/name/virgil-johnson-obituary?id=32328187

https://abc7.com/alabama-subway-robberies-jared-diet-zachary-torrance/376960/

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1393643/the-head-of-john-the-photograph-rejlander-oscar-gustav/#:~:text=Rejlander%20probably%20intended%20this%20photograph,to%20Salome%20on%20a%20plate.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/12/13/victorian-era-headless-portraits/

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

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/oscar-gustav-rejlander-pioneered-combination-printing/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/895621263/?terms=%22Oscar%20Gustave%20Rejlander%22&match=1

https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/04/23/joel-peter-witkin-the-controversial-photographer-who-seeks-to-turn-corpses-mutilated-and-deformed-bodies-into-an-art-form/

https://www.vintag.es/2023/06/horsemaning.html

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/joel-peter-witkin-man-without-a-head

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/joelpeter-witkin--the-controversial-us-photographer-who-uses-human-remains--opens-first-solo-australian-exhibition-20170802-gxo086.html

https://rockwellcenter.org/student-research/the-beauty-on-the-ugly-the-kiss-joel-peter-witkin/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/995025781/?article=6445a292-cfd0-4dc9-a16e-5c69a3603a6a&terms=%22poodle%22

https://www.healthecareers.com/nurse-resources/georgia-nursing-january-2024/nurse-honor-guard-a-symbol-of-tradition-respect-and-compassion

https://www.ajc.com/pulse/nurse-honor-guards-pay-tribute-to-health-care-heroes-at-funerals-nationwide/TFNS6CV5LFDRTFPDCP5RVTPUGM/

https://www.opeiunursescouncil.org/NursesHonorGuard.aspx

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

https://www.theguardian.com/century/1910-1919/Story/0,,126410,00.html#:~:text=Monday%2015%20August%201910&text=We%20greatly%20regret%20to%20announce,of%20death%20was%20heart%20failure

https://www.arizonacollege.edu/blog/10-things-you-should-know-about-florence-nightingale/

https://www.countryjoe.com/nightingale/funeral.htm

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We’re taking you on a rollercoaster of emotions this week Geoffs. Madison is up first educating us all about survivor’s guilt, but then we take a wild turn into the world of funeral scams, while Spencer takes us through go fund me’s gone wrong! We’ve got an obituary for a man who broke barriers, and one for a pig! We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/nyregion/katelyn-mcclure-gofundme-scam-sentenced.html

https://orangecountytribune.com/2022/06/30/dead-aunt-scam-backfires/

https://abc7.com/archive/7647051/

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/fake-funeral-fundraiser-panhandler-gabriel-fernandez-leukemia-la-puente/

https://ktul.com/news/local/fake-funeral-panhandler-scammers-caught-in-tulsa

https://abc7news.com/facebook-gofundme-bay-area-man-hacked-fake/14461510/#:~:text=BERKELEY%2C%20Calif.,account%20to%20ask%20for%20donations

https://abc7news.com/facebook-gofundme-bay-area-man-hacked-fake/14461510/#:~:text=BERKELEY%2C%20Calif.,account%20to%20ask%20for%20donations

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/03/09/pigcasso-death-paintings-art/72910345007/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/11/19/how-many-people-died-titanic-how-many-survived/10605754002/#

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/survivors-guilt#symptoms

https://www.hampshireconstabularyhistory.org.uk/the-suicide-of-titanics-fred-fleet/

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

https://www.grunge.com/172709/the-truth-about-what-happened-to-the-titanic-survivors/

https://www.titanicuniverse.com/titanic-survivor-stories-lookout-frederick-fleet/3496

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-23/titanic-titan-oceangate-survivors-guilt

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-how-waylon-jennings-survived-the-day-the-music-died-122992/

https://level.medium.com/20-years-after-9-11-im-giving-up-my-survivor-s-guilt-6849e3c5a69

https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/phila-woman-reads-powerful-poem-on-orlando-shooting-the-guilt-of-being-alive-is-heavy/

https://ct.counseling.org/2019/06/relieving-the-heavy-burden-of-survivor-guilt/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/rathbone-tragedy-lincoln-assassination

https://nypost.com/2023/11/26/news/florida-woman-ariella-messina-begs-cops-not-to-take-her-sex-toy-during-drug-bust/

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oh hello Geoffs it’s us, in the flesh, unlike the holograms that had Spencer spinning in his coffin this week! But when we do pass away, please report ASAP because otherwise you might end up in jail like some of the people Madison’s chatting about in her coffin spinner. We’ve got an obituary for a hilarious councilman and one for a real jerk. We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://people.com/celebrity/weekend-at-bernies-see-11-things-you-never-knew-about-the-80s-comedy/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qbxd4/do-you-have-to-tell-the-cops-if-you-find-a-dead-body

https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-152/#:~:text=(a)%20Every%20person%20who%2C,than%20ten%20thousand%20dollars%20(%24

https://oag.ca.gov/idtheft/facts/deceased

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2014/05/07/man-kept-dead-mom-in/23702069007/

https://scrippsnews.com/stories/police-ky-man-froze-mother-s-body-for-3-years/

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/man-froze-mom-body-cashed-her-checks-for-years-police/M4MCCB92Zf7kdt0fK6dq8M/

https://www.denverpost.com/2011/09/15/two-denver-men-charged-after-taking-their-dead-friend-for-a-ride/

https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Denver-Idiots-Pull-Weekend-Bernie-With-Their-Friend-Corpse-26827.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/no-jail-time-after-plea-agreement-in-weekend-at-bernies-case/

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/death-joyride-suspect-it-was-no-weekend-at-bernies/

https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02077

https://nypost.com/2012/05/22/mamas-boy-jailed-son-gets-up-to-41-years-in-psycho-fraud/#ixzz1vcX4pFb7

https://oig.ssa.gov/news-releases/2012-05-22-audits-and-investigations-investigations-new-york-man-gets-41-years-prison-dressing-dead-mom-and/

https://www.brooklynpaper.com/man-gets-41-years-for-posing-as-dead-mom/

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/indiana-woman-kept-dead-mothers-corpse-house-because-she-didnt-want-be-alone-investigators-said/7ZCOIOR5I5ESHGYUT4PG65MJ6M/

https://www.pharostribune.com/indiana/article_52693d54-64c0-11eb-b606-f3cda216967f.html

https://www.abc12.com/news/local/outspoken-flint-city-councilman-eric-mays-dies/article_7e951eb6-d38a-11ee-abb3-3f733716572a.html

https://www.tiktok.com/@yas.2013/video/7338635666164714798

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/02/07/Florida-man-tells-police-his-wife-was-abducted-by-intruders-using-holograms/5781391800791/

https://holocenter.org/what-is-holography/hologram-history

https://www.invent.org/inductees/dennis-gabor#:~:text=Dennis%20Gabor%20is%20known%20for,invention%20of%20holography%20in%201947

https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-death-grief-hologram-photography-film/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/28/an-evening-with-whitney-houston-hologram-review-liverpool

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/04/17/150820261/how-that-tupac-hologram-at-coachella-worked

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Stick ‘em up Geoffs we’re mobbin’ through some wild stories this week from glamorous mobster funerals to some startling connections behind the most notorious members of the criminal underworld. We’ve got an obituary for an icon, one for gangster brains and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3771076/Florida-man-19-gets-arrested-trying-partake-flash-mob-dressed-dinosaur-holding-Airsoft-gun.html

https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-gangster-stories/kate-gardner

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

https://www.famously-dead.com/criminals/arnold-rothstein.html

https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/benjamin-bugsy-siegel/

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

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lasvegas-siegel/

https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/culture/celebrities/19-facts-you-need-to-know-about-gotti

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/john-gotti

https://untappedcities.com/2023/07/14/10-secrets-of-ozone-park-queens/3/

https://oddstops.com/location.php?id=297

https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/the-gambino-godfather-of-howard-beach-john-gotti/article_bbee22e3-8a47-5cb6-9ce2-2661821cb90d.html

https://nypost.com/2002/06/16/its-petal-to-the-metal-in-flowery-procession/

https://www.papaverofuneralhome.com/community/farewell-to-john-gotti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_Cemetery_(Queens)

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

https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/06/12/gotti.funeral/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-13-na-gotti13-story.html

https://qns.com/2002/06/curious-crowd-maspeth-for-dapper-dons-wake/

https://qns.com/2002/06/middle-village-cemetery-last-stop-for-john-gotti/

https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/a-ranking-of-the-most-notable-mob-funerals-in-nyc-history/

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/nyregion/gotti-s-funeral-procession-takes-in-his-old-haunts.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-denies-gotti-a-funeral-mass/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/21/disgust-in-rome-at-mafia-dons-glamour-funeral-complete-with-godfather-music

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205570/Residents-Rome-left-furious-mafia-boss-Vittorio-Casamonica-given-Hollywood-style-funeral.html

https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/italian-catholic-church-scrambles-explain-role-lavish-mafia-boss-funeral

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205570/Residents-Rome-left-furious-mafia-boss-Vittorio-Casamonica-given-Hollywood-style-funeral.html

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

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/21/Thousands-of-people-passed-Friday-by-the-glass-covered-mahogany/6704532933200/

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

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1025795549/?article=043acad8-d3f5-40d7-b878-f9c19bbbd4b5&terms=gangster

https://www.vox.com/technology/2024/2/28/24086217/willy-wonka-glasgow-scotland

https://hyperallergic.com/874652/children-in-tears-at-disastrous-willy-wonka-factory-experience/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1025795549/?article=043acad8-d3f5-40d7-b878-f9c19bbbd4b5&terms=gangster

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Well hello Geoffs! This week we’ve got a lil bit of everything as Spencer is taking us into the future with QR coded gravestones, and Madison introduces the concept of cuddle cots. We’ve got an obituary for an iconic inventor, and one that proves snakes don’t belong in a church! Don’t worry, we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-woman-arrested-biting-ear-another-woman-fight-vape-pens-alcoho-rcna97069

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/qr-codes-for-the-dead/370901/

https://www.wired.com/2008/04/qr-code-from-th/

https://monuments.com/store/headstones-accessories/living-headstones-qr-code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#:~:text=In%202008%2C%20Ishinokoe%20in%20Yamanashi,implementing%20QR%20codes%20into%20tombstones

https://www.newspapers.com/image/352102845/?article=a0029b0e-4d0b-4f5a-a6ea-27240f854fe3&terms=nipples

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/02/14/bill-post-pop-tart-dead/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/759731909/?article=679f6132-9052-4ec7-8411-ab2d3dbc9fb7

https://cuddlecot.com/cuddlecot/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/well/family/a-device-that-gives-parents-of-stillborn-babies-time-to-say-goodbye.html

https://mgffoundation.org/cuddlecot™

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE3Ohy-D5eM

https://caringcradle.com/#features

https://cuddlecot.com/families/frequently-asked-questions/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20the%20CuddleCot%20is,the%20family%20and%20health%20professionals.&text=Each%20time%20the%20CuddleCot%20is,ensure%20the%20water%20remains%20clean.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11005917/Grieving-parents-use-frozen-peas-create-cooling-cot-son-died-12-days-old.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/business/william-post-dead-pop-tarts.html

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oh baby things are getting hot n’ heavy this week as Spencer discusses some stories of people who discovered some *personal* items from the dearly departed, but first Madison is breaking down everything you need to know about viewing cremations. We’ve got an obituary for a guy who loved a 4-letter word, and one for a man with a wild collection. Don’t worry, we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/michael-bonakowski-obituary?id=53831898

https://www.fox23.com/news/tulsa-man-in-custody-after-allegedly-stealing-beer-crashing-car-into-business/article_9772a186-8c6f-11ee-8db2-33bc3537be61.html

https://www.bradleyfuneralhomes.com/can-you-witness-the-cremation-of-a-loved-one/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwCPA4U8nvY&t=26s

https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2023/03/23/new-crematorium-san-diego-county-escondido-witness-cremations

https://www.usurnsonline.com/cremation/witness-cremation/

https://everloved.com/articles/funeral-industry/can-you-watch-a-cremation/

https://beyondthedash.com/blog/funeral-planning/what-is-a-witness-cremation/7435

https://www.betterplaceforests.com/blog/cremation/average-cost-of-cremation/#:~:text=Some%20crematoriums%20offer%20the%20option%20for%20family%20members,add%20an%20additional%20fee%20of%20%24100%20to%20%24300

https://everloved.com/articles/funeral-customs/japanese-funeral-traditions-customs-and-beliefs/

https://blog.sevenponds.com/cultural-perspectives/viewing-or-witnessing-a-cremation-in-america

https://www.funeraldirect.co/witnessing-a-loved-ones-cremation-is-it-right-for-you/

https://www.liveoakpetservices.com/services/witnessed-cremation/

https://www.frazerconsultants.com/2016/12/why-families-should-witness-cremation/https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ka67ee/have_you_ever_found_something_like_a_sex_toy_when/

https://www.reddit.com/r/sex/comments/njx7cm/my_auntdeceased_just_passed_away_and_i_found_her/

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/7ppzxc/if_i_die_my_family_will_eventually_come_across_my/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ralph-whittington-erotica-collector-extraordinaire-dies-at-74/2019/08/17/267c63b6-c051-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html

https://www.liveoakpetservices.com/services/witnessed-cremation/

https://radiant-heart.net/witnessed-cremations/

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get in the lifeboat and outta the windows Geoffs because this week’s forecast has some extreme weather! Spencer breaks down what happens when a cemetery floods, and Madison is giving us an electrifying lesson on being struck by thunder! We’ve got an owitchuary and one with a bang, oh and of course, some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/event/Mississippi-River-flood-of-1927

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/crime/2019/01/30/woman-exposed-herself-at-two-street-patios-in-downtown-austin-police-say/6156720007/

https://hazards.colorado.edu/article/preserving-the-dead-cemetery-preservation-and-disaster-planning#:~:text=More%20than%201%2C500%20graves%20sites,adjacent%20properties%20and%20in%20streets

https://www.atlasobscura.com/lists/the-strangest-cemeteries-and-crypts-in-new-orleans#:~:text=This%20style%20of%20burial%20evolved,cemeteries%20like%20Saint%20Louis%20No

https://nypost.com/2022/09/29/bodies-unearthed-in-floridas-oakland-cemetery-during-hurricane-ian/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/709465893/?article=4fffc91e-b990-41e9-af09-8827e47c6026&terms=lightning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0gNl5f4BU

https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/lightning/index.html

https://www.noaa.gov/stories/5-striking-facts-versus-myths-about-lightning-you-should-know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhjx6lGTDhw&t=163s

https://www.sciencealert.com/what-happens-after-being-hit-by-lightning

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

https://www.boredpanda.com/scars-after-surviving-lightning-strike-lichtenberg-figures-photos/

https://www.marthastewart.com/8213933/martha-stewart-struck-lightning-three-times

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan#:~:text=Between%201942%20and%201977%2C%20Sullivan%20was%20claimed%20to,more%20recorded%20times%20than%20any%20other%20human%20being

https://allthatsinteresting.com/roy-sullivan

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60163728/roy-cleveland-sullivan

https://www.grunge.com/605948/the-sad-story-of-the-man-struck-by-lightning-7-times/

https://www.historydefined.net/walter-summerford-the-man-struck-by-lightning-four-times/

https://onlineknowledgezone.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-most-unluckiest-man-in-history-of.html

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/05/07/struck-by-lightning/

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-man-who-was-struck-by-lightning-4-times/#google_vignette

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/freak-blast-lightning-killed-entire-31162440

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/mar/15/theknowledge.sport

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19981028&slug=2780150

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-man-70-is-arrested-for-hurling-a-packet-of-oreos-at-his-wife-and-knocking-her-over-because-he-was-upset-that-their-coffee-maker-had-no-water-in-it/ar-AA1knIkD

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Are you ready for it Geoffs? This week Spencer is giving us the lowdown on a casket that made a cameo in a Taylor Swift music video and how the company behind said casket cashed in, but first Madison is taking us on a tour of the merriest cemetery on earth! We’ve got an obituary that spilled all the tea, and one with a twist! We've also of course, got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://www.facebook.com/808145901/posts/10159417343395902/?mibextid=WC7FNe

https://www.vice.com/en/article/eve59k/death-colour-and-conflict-collide-at-europes-romanias-merry-cemetery

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/merry-cemetery

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

https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/travelogues/677-merry-cemetery-to-die-laughing

https://www.historicmysteries.com/merry-cemetery/

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/05/the-dark-humor-of-sapantas-merry.html

https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/world-news/photos-romanian-cemetery-humours-death-through-tombstone-art/photo-gQoKDpg1aA9SmDGhB1K4iO-1.html

https://www.papermag.com/taylor-swift-antihero-titan-caskets#rebelltitem12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1kbLwvqugk

https://slate.com/business/2022/10/taylor-swift-casket-anti-hero-funeral-rule-ftc.html

https://titancasket.com/pages/our-casket-company-story

https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/12/pa-man-submits-fake-obit-for-living-mom-to-get-time-off

https://matadornetwork.com/read/sapanta-merry-cemetery-romania/

https://europeupclose.com/article/merry-romanian-cemetery/

http://travelguideromania.com/merry-cemetery-sapanta-maramures/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tattooist-jailed-after-drawing-penis-and-swear-word-on-woman-s-back-instead-of-yin-yang-symbol-a7146156.html

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get ready Geoffs because this week Spencer uncovers the truth behind left-handed mortality rates and the Madison’s serving up some serious baby daddy drama! We’ve got an obituary for a real bad dad and one that’s probably going to get us taken off the airwaves! We didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/956613003/?article=77bab8e1-7eab-44ff-8fc0-0ef8e0df8343&terms=vagina

https://www.newspapers.com/image/529107350/?article=fda5b99e-07ef-408a-8a4e-e87ff6ca75ba&terms=harry%20beaver

https://www.newspapers.com/image/450467642/?article=d1a330bc-3628-407c-b440-6528cefa3d4d&terms=harry%20beaver

https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2015/05/florida-man-arrested-while-attempting-to-cash-368-dollars-billio/

https://www.grunge.com/1360390/what-happens-to-blood-when-you-die/

https://easy-dna.com/dna-paternity-testing-in-cases-of-deceased-parent/

https://rbexhumations.com/exhumation-guide/

https://rbexhumations.com/about/

https://ecobear.co/knowledge-center/exhume/

https://www.theartist.me/art-inspiration/15-most-famous-paintings-by-salvador-dali/

https://medium.com/@kimbernilssonauthor/salvador-dali-the-spellbinding-relationship-between-mental-illness-and-creativity-f26399196b73

https://www.biography.com/news/the-surreal-romance-of-salvador-and-gala-dal%C3%AD

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Salvador-Dali

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/20/salvador-dali-remains-exhumed-paternity-case

https://www.kctv5.com/2024/01/18/man-lived-with-deceased-wife-rv-6-years-sheriffs-office-says/

https://moron.com/florida-man-attempts-to-cash-368-billion-check/

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-man-uses-phone-he-found-in-walmart-bathroom-to-call-in-fake-bomb-threat-cites-tiktok-trend-deputies

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/scientists-calculate-odd-ways-die-282884

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23988352

https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/being-left-handed-health-impact/index.html

https://archpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13690-023-01156-6

https://blog.massmutual.com/about-massmutual/left-handers-day

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Step right up Geoffs, this week Madison is putting on quite the show for us as she takes us through the wild and exploitative world of operating theaters! Next, Spencer will have you scared to death as he discusses the rare phenomenon of death by fright. We’ve got an obituary for a wild guy, one for a bad mom, and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary

Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com

Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter

Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok

Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Get a cameo from us: https://www.cameo.com/obitchuarypodcast

Sources:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scared-to-death-heart-attack/

https://www.npr.org/2012/10/26/163712863/scared-to-death-literally

https://www.newspapers.com/image/425656111/?terms=%22woman%20scared%20to%20death%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/448075088/?terms=%22woman%20scared%20to%20death%22&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/573482084/?terms=%22scared%20to%20death%22&match=1

https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2015/06/15/greene-county-sheriffs-office-searching-mother-daughter/71236652/

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/lawrence-shadid-obituary?id=54005391

https://medium.com/illumination/the-horrendous-history-of-victorian-amputations-ad6e2668729d

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/10/time-me-gentlemen-the-fastest-surgeon-of-the-19th-century/264065/

https://museumofhealthcare.blog/the-story-of-robert-liston-and-his-surgical-skill/

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2018/10/houses-of-death-life-in-a-victorian-hospital-lindsey-fitzharris

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/12/01/how-exactly-did-a-19th-century-surgeon-end-up-with-a-300-mortality-rate/

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/10/the-gruesome-bloody-world-of-victorian-surgery/543552/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/americas-oldest-operating-theater

https://oldoperatingtheatre.com

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

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/tour/tour5.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2017/11/04/a-florida-woman-rode-her-horse-on-a-highway-drunk-she-was-charged-with-a-dui/

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.