OBITCHUARY

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February 10, 2022 OBITCH gimme brain...
HELLO! Happy Thursday Geoffs! This week you are in for a wild ride. What’s got us spinning in our coffins? Maternal somatic support after brain death, posthumous sperm retrieval, and the truth about organ donation! We’ve got an obituary for an inventor, a two-for-one and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalssssss!

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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/business/john-koss-dead.html
organdonor.gov
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Unbelievable-Organ-Transplant-Stories-That-Are-True/
americantransplantfoundation.com
https://www.verywellhealth.com/brain-death-what-does-it-mean-3157217
https://core.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_lEJsNcnWA
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58074222/julie-marie-helgeson
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-man-68-crashes-lawn-mower-cop-car-tells-police-officer-f-im-drunk-1420389
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gary-wayne-anderson-dui-lawnmower_n_5cd09fa6e4b0e4d75736e1cf
https://nypost.com/2022/01/31/semi-nude-women-advertise-funeral-service-in-tasteless-video/
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-8-74
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/06/17/death-reunites-dovey-with-twin-lovey/?outputType=amp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_sperm_retrieval
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19870222_respect-for-human-life_en.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal_somatic_support_after_brain_death

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1 hr 17 min
February 03, 2022 OBITCH we're doing the breast we can...
Join us for possibly our most chaotic episode to date…it might even need a graphic advisory? Madison comes in with some bizarre famous wills, and then Spencer gets into a weird question that had his coffin spinning this week. We’ve got some iconic obituaries, and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls!

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Sources:

https://smartasset.com/estate-planning/what-is-a-will
http://www.thelostdutchmangoldmine.com/lost-dutchman/james-kidd-missing/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/kidd-james-1879-ca-1949
https://www.wcax.com/2021/11/05/bowman-mansion-mausoleum-be-honored-with-historical-marker/
https://brovidly.com/famous-last-wills/
http://www.houdini.org/seance.html
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70298/enduring-tradition-houdini-seance-halloween
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/06/marilyn-monroe-and-lee-strasberg-200306
http://thedamienzone.com/2010/12/30/marilyn-monroes-estate-is-mrs-strasberg-greedy-you-judge/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70298/enduring-tradition-houdini-seance-halloween#:~:text=Bess%20held%20the%20first%20séance%20after%20Houdini’s%20death,promote%20the%20Houdini%20name%20after%20the%20magician’s%20death
https://mix957gr.com/im-not-drunk-i-just-have-big-boobs-stupid-criminal-of-the-day/
https://mix957gr.com/im-not-drunk-i-just-have-big-boobs-stupid-criminal-of-the-day/
https://www.bustle.com/articles/109465-what-happens-to-breast-implants-after-you-die-mortician-caitlyn-doughty-gives-us-mortals-the-411
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836773/
https://www.quora.com/If-a-lactating-woman-dies-is-it-possible-to-get-by-pumping-the-last-batch-of-milk-from-her-dead-body-s-breasts

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1 hr 8 min
January 27, 2022 OBITCH say cheese...
OBITCH say cheese…

Strike a pose Geoff’s, this week Spencer covers death photography aka post-mortem photography, then Madison brings us to life with some bizarre wakening tactics and the horrifying truth behind being buried alive! We’ve got some obituaries both old and new, and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllls!

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Sources:

https://bcmj.org/special-feature/special-feature-tobacco-smoke-enemas
https://historycollection.com/16-death-tests-doctors-used-to-determine-if-someone-was-really-dead-in-the-18th-and-19th-centuries/16/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/buried-alive
https://www.joincake.com/blog/safety-coffin/
https://knowledgenuts.com/2014/05/30/the-contest-to-properly-diagnose-death/
https://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2009/10/the-worst-job-of-the-19th-century-tonguepullers-nipplepinchers-anal-tobacco-blowers-try-to-revive-th.html
https://gizmodo.com/9-weird-and-unreliable-ways-to-avoid-burying-someone-al-1448575444
https://historycollection.com/buried-alive-common-victorian-era-doctors-used-10-methods-prevent/7/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54818/4-people-who-were-buried-alive-and-how-they-got-out
https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=86987088&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM4ODEwNjc2NiwiaWF0IjoxNjQyNjU0MjQ3LCJleHAiOjE2NDI3NDA2NDd9.6qXiskULkkclbkYlMDQqE0KolLVHvo7PEhF5ZA82Hzs
https://www.thethings.com/15-funny-obituaries-that-will-make-you-die-from-laughter/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/joseph-sireci-florida-man-jailed-after-giving-girlfriend-wet-willy
https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/death-photography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-mortem_photography
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36389581
https://www.thecollector.com/post-mortem-photography/

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1 hr 1 min
January 20, 2022 OBITCH order in the court...
Happy Thursday Geoffs! This week you are in for a wild ride. Madison discusses the wild world of crime scene cleaners, Spencer has the trial of the century…well a century anyway..we’ve got some legendary obituaries, and of course, some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls! Let’s do this!

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Sources:

http://www.legacy.com/ns/sylvia-browne-obituary/168121834
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-cadaver-synod
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/cadaver-synod/
https://www.newsweek.com/coffin-confessor-tell-secrets-beyond-grave-1529381
https://cooperfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/661/Frank-Ranallo-Sr/obituary.html#tribute-start
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-storm-drain-texas-tunnel
https://biorecovery.com/safety-gear-when-cleaning-crime-scenes/#:~:text=Equipment%20commonly%20used%20by%20professionals%20to%20clean%20up,protective%20suit%2C%20disposable%20non-porous%20gloves%20and%20filtered%20respirators
https://www.ladbible.com/more/interesting-what-happens-in-the-life-of-a-crime-scene-cleaner-20170202
https://www.aetv.com/shows/the-first-48/real-crime/crime-scene-cleaners-neal-smither-interview
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/553028/secrets-crime-scene-cleaners
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_scene_cleanup
https://www.smcoloradosprings.com/evidence-left-behind-cleaning-up-a-crime-scene/

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1 hr 14 min
January 13, 2022 OBITCH I'd rather be cursed than broke...
It’s Thursday and boy oh boy have we got a show for you today. This week Spencer teaches us how to get ready for a burial, and then Madison tells us how we can memorialize that forever with a death mask! We’ve got a range of obituaries from sweet to scientific, and of course, we’ve got, some dumb.ass.criminalsssssss.

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Sources:
https://work.chron.com/average-pay-mortuary-makeup-artist-17793.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Ruysch
https://bartonfuneral.com/funeral-basics/history-of-embalming/
https://www.businessinsider.com/a-mortician-reveals-what-its-like-to-work-at-the-morgue-2013-2
https://www.joincake.com/blog/how-do-funeral-homes-dress-bodies/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/death-mask
https://www.grunge.com/240887/the-crazy-true-history-of-death-masks/?utm_campaign=clip
https://www.biography.com/news/famous-death-masks
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/death-masks/index.html
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/phrenology-the-pseudoscience-of-skull-shapes
http://www.theterrestrial.com/interview/nick-reynolds/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/28/bruce-reynolds
https://historycollection.com/unmasking-the-dead-10-eerie-and-infamous-death-masks/10/
https://www.joincake.com/blog/death-mask/
https://historycollection.com/queen-death-masks-madame-tussaud-narrowly-escaped-death-morbid-bargain/2/
https://medium.com/omgfacts/death-masks-the-heirloom-nobody-asked-for-61a6382d2b2
https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Bloody-History-of-Madame-Tussauds-Wax-Museums
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-loescher-says-hes-half-orangutan_n_1290576

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1 hr 15 min
January 06, 2022 OBITCH get in the boat we're going to hell...
Ahoy Geoff’s! This week we’re starting 2022 off right with a game of head, shoulders, knees, and toes with Madison, and then Spencer is getting superstitious with some bizarre traditions from around ze world. We’ve got some Geoff-submitted obituaries, and a fun twist for our dumb.ass.criminallllllls, let’s do this!

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Sources:

https://www.communitynews.org/towns/princeton-echo/einstein-s-brain-has-a-history-all-its-own/article_248b65da-f6e0-5043-a5c2-c8c1aee6557e.html
http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/matahari.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Hari
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/famous-body-parts-that-werent-buried-with-their-owners/ss-AAQgu3t#image=4
https://lincolnconspirators.com/2014/06/27/john-wilkes-booths-vertebrae/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thirteen-strange-supersti_b_8997856
https://www.joincake.com/blog/covering-mirrors-after-death/
https://exemplore.com/legends/Stopping-Clocks-And-Covering-Mirrors-When-A-Person-Dies-Like-In-the-Movie-Fried-Green-Tomatoes
https://www.joincake.com/blog/charons-obol/
https://www.rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln83.html
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63428/10-people-whose-hearts-were-buried-separately-rest-them
https://shannonselin.com/2017/05/napoleons-body/
https://www.livescience.com/63973-photos-famous-people-body-parts.html
https://shannonselin.com/2017/05/napoleons-body/
https://www.oddee.com/the-strange-200-year-journey-of-napoleons-penis-59405/
https://www.wtxl.com/news/florida-woman-arrested-for-throwing-knife-after-man-ate-her/article_9eceee47-559e-55a0-8cdd-85cd36c255f4.html
https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/florida-woman-sentenced-after-pulling-alligator-from-her-pants-during-traffic-stop-officials/

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1 hr 9 min
December 30, 2021 OBITCH what're you ghana do about it...
Obitch! It’s our last episode of the year! This week Spencer talks about prohibition of death, Madison comes at us with Ghana fantasy coffins, we’ve got an obituary for a wild redhead, as well as a titanic survivor, and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls! Happy New Year Geoff’s we love ya!

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Sources:

https://nypost.com/2019/10/23/florida-man-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-stuffed-olaf-at-target/
https://norwaytoday.info/everyday/is-it-really-illegal-to-die-in-longyearbyen-norway/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/sep/30/where-in-the-world-is-it-illegal-to-die
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/declared-deaths/
http://www.kanekwei.com/about
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44303067#:~:text=Dance%20and%20song%20are%20part%20of%20funerals%20in,the%20other%20titles%20that%20come%20with%20a%20death
https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/funerals/ghana-fantasy-coffins.htm
https://www.joincake.com/blog/fantasy-coffins/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6826130/violet-constance-jessop
https://www.newsweek.com/scooter-low-speed-chase-1455904
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/read-lou-reeds-obituary-written-by-wife-laurie-anderson-140555

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1 hr
December 23, 2021 OBITCH smell the burn...
This week we’re turning up the heat as Spencer comes to the table with the unsettling subject of corpse wax...Madison covers why dead things smell so bad..we’ve got some obituaries for jolly men, and one wild and crazy guy, and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls!

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Sources:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89374/james-edgar-pioneering-department-store-santa
https://www.livescience.com/amp/14472-waxy-corpse-adipocere-decomposition-investigation.html
https://nypost.com/2017/06/14/man-who-robbed-bank-to-get-away-from-wife-sentence-to-home-confinement/amp/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/human-fat-candles-and-soap/
https://listverse.com/2016/12/23/10-strange-christmas-traditions-from-the-victorian-era/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap-dragon_(game)
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/creepy-victorian-christmas-cards/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canada-post-nabs-rogue-elves-behind-cruel-santa-letters-1.701268
https://listverse.com/2017/11/14/10-naughty-crimes-committed-by-bad-santas/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20487-casey-anthony-trial-is-the-smell-of-death-evidence/#ixzz7FAe46fMW”
https://scienceline.org/2016/02/the-smell-of-death/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mcall/name/santa-claus-obituary?id=8213721
https://www.ctvnews.ca/naughty-santa-letters-halt-canada-post-delivery-1.267589
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-have-unique-smell-death-180956732/
http://www.forensicanna.com
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3gwyq9
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20487-casey-anthony-trial-is-the-smell-of-death-evidence/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canada-post-apologizes-for-late-letters-from-santa-1.746003

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1 hr 2 min
December 16, 2021 OBITCH she's alive...
Obitch! This week we’ve got everything from skin shoes to coming back from the dead! We’ve got a sweet obituary for a funny lady, and one for a man of many names, some dumb.ass.criminals. and so much more!

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Sources:

https://www.healthline.com/health/lazarus-syndrome#timing
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317645#Hypothermia,-catalepsy,-and-locked-in-syndrome
https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Lazarus-SyndromeAutoresuscitation.aspx
https://www.liquisearch.com/lazarus_syndrome/cases
http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/janina-kolkiewicz-91-year-old-woman-dead-for-hours-wakes-up-and-asks-for-food-67381/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201704/back-the-dead
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/breaking-waking-up-from-the-dead-lazarus-phenomenon-syndrome-possibility/
https://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/janina-kolkiewicz-dead-wakes-up/2014/11/14/id/607509/
https://www.thehealthboard.com/what-is-lazarus-syndrome.htm
https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/police-intruder-yells-ho-ho-ho-while-hiding-in-wisconsin-familys-bedroom-closet
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29816685/james-william-adams
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dispatch/name/james-ward-obituary?id=28798580
https://cremationsocietyofmn.com/tribute/details/35253/Anita-Holbein/obituary.html
https://allthatsinteresting.com/big-nose-george
https://www.carboncountymuseum.org/collections/archives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Nose_George
https://www.dailycamera.com/2009/08/14/longmont-man-arrested-in-police-impersonation-porn-case/

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1 hr 3 min
December 09, 2021 OBITCH the leg-endary truffle butter...
Hi Geoffs! This week we’re talking about the phenomenon of mushroom coffins, annoying things you have to do after a loved one dies, a scandalous obituary, one for an assman, and of course some dumb.ass.criminalllllls.

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Sources:

https://www.everplans.com/articles/the-three-different-types-of-green-cemeteries
https://www.memorialplanning.com/blog/a-family-guide-to-eco-friendly-burials
https://www.bobhendrikx.com/loop
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/coffin-eco-friendly-mushrooms-mycelium-funerals-2021-3#:~:text=A%20coffin%20made%20from%20mushroom%20mycelium%20can%20biodegrade,burial.%20See%20more%20stories%20on%20Insider’s%20business%20page.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/04/entertainment/luke-perry-mushroom-suit-trnd/index.html
https://www.ted.com/talks/jae_rhim_lee_my_mushroom_burial_suit
https://www.joincake.com/blog/mushroom-burial-suit/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weird-news/new-jersey-man-has-two-obituaries-one-wife-one-girlfriend-n624371
https://ringsssss.com/ohmy/man-spikes-his-goodbye-cake-at-work-with-laxatives-chaos-ensues-as-people-shit-everywhere/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2646082/One-woman-infestation-Rat-Girl-released-thousands-rodents-streets-San-Francisco-officials-say-theyre-powerless-stop-her.html
https://www.quora.com/How-long-should-you-leave-a-dead-person-s-mobile-phone-on-for
https://www.everplans.com/articles/the-infuriating-process-of-canceling-a-cell-phone-contract-after-someone-dies

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1 hr 10 min

About OBITCHUARY

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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…