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Funeral traditions and rites have evolved since well before the days of Ancient Egypt and, throughout its evolution, many cultures have adopted their own beliefs and funeral traditions from the Irish Wake to the jazz funerals of New Orleans. Tonight we will cover many of these funeral traditions, as well as explore the many ways that we keep the dead close to us. Welcome to episode 161 of "What In The...? Podcast!"
On Valentine's Day in 1945, Charles Walton was found dead by a hedgerow on the Firs Farm in Warwickshire, England. He had been beaten over the head, his throat cut with his own slash hook and pinned to the ground by the neck with a pitchfork. Was the murderer one of the locals, possibly even a friend, or was the murder a ritualistic form of witchcraft, reflecting a witches murder in 1875? Tonight we'll try and discover who killed Charles Walton.
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