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Episode 93: Adios, Amigos!

In today’s death story, we are going to talk about the parting words of those who were handed the ultimate punishment, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker had to say goodbye to his dearest friend — forever.
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Sources:
Elder, Robert K.; Last Words of the Executed; University of Chicago Press; 2010

Episode 92: Beating Around The Bush!

In today’s death story, we are going to talk about crimes where pubic hair cracked the case, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his assistant noticed something strange in the prep room.
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https://da.venturacounty.gov/mediacenter/notable/people-v-ricardo-villa/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-21-me-vnsolve21-story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Berdella
https://crimewatch.net/us/pa/bucks/da/29567/post/cold-case-finds-justice-suspect-identified-1962-murder-carol-ann-dougherty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Taylor_Moore
https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/moore-blanche-taylor.htm

Episode 91: Call Me Maybe!

In today’s death story, we are going to talk about people who valued their phones more than life, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker saw firsthand how an attachment to a phone led to a horrible death.
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Sources:
10 Horrific Deaths Caused By Cell Phones - Listverse
https://www.thurswell.com/blog/6-year-sentence-texting-driver-killed-teens-auto-accident/
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/summit-county/watch-driver-who-killed-2-coventry-township-teens-sentenced-today/95-564651221
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna19764563
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/fire/2014/07/29/bartonville-woman-dies-after-running/36767579007/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/police-man-found-dead-in-garbage-chute-was-looking-for-his-cell-phone/
https://www.fox29.com/news/mom-arrested-after-three-children-drown-in-apartment-pool.amp

Episode 90: Too Much Stuff!

In today’s death story, we are going to talk about people who just couldn’t get rid of their “treasures” and died amid their junk, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker had to respond to a death in a hoarder house
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https://listverse.com/2022/07/03/10-hoarders-who-died-in-their-own-filth/
https://people.com/human-interest/set-decorator-evelyn-sakash-found-dead-under-debris-inside-home-6-months/
https://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/hoarders-dead-body-found-entombed-in-mountains-of-rubbish-at-his-home-and-it-took-five-hours-to-recover/news-story/815e88e4aaf242dc7bc4830ed9f9f162?amp
https://abc7.com/archive/8833733/
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/2-pythons-rescued-from-peoria-home-weeks-after-woman-was-found-dead-inside-along-with-hundreds-of-rats.amp
https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/local/michigan/detroit/2019/08/01/detroit-hoarder-squalor-dead-eaten-dog-sally-honeycheck/1492124001/
https://nypost.com/2021/06/01/mummified-man-left-to-decompose-for-15-years-inside-house-of-horrors/

Episode 89: Thankskilling!

In today’s death story, we are going to talk about horrible crimes committed on the one day set aside for being thankful, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker experienced a death that hit a little too close to home on Thanksgiving Day
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https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/no-thanks-5-notorious-crimes-committed-on-thanksgiving-day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Haile_Kifer_and_Nicholas_Brady
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thanksgiving-massacre-witness-paul-merhige-ate-dinner-sang-songs-then-executed-family/
https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/27/justice/florida-thanksgiving-killings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaima_Nelson

Episode 88: Beautiful Words, Tragic Lives

In today’s death story, we are going to talk about famous authors who had tumultuous personal lives, and suffered untimely deaths, and our funeral home story tells of the time some saucy love letters made their way into the funeral home
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https://www.grunge.com/1208000/authors-who-had-tragic-deaths/
https://www.ncpedia.org/death-zelda-fitzgerald
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kennedy_Toole#:~:text=This%20was%20succeeded%20by%20a,car%20on%20March%2026%2C%201969.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf

Episode 87: It Wasn’t Supposed To Go Like That!

In today’s death story, we are going to talk about Halloween pranks gone awry, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker went on a gruesome death call and gained some artistic inspiration
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https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural-traditions/10-halloween-pranks-that-went-horribly-and-tragically-wrong.htm#google_vignette
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/news/harvest-of-horror-haunted-hayride-death-alexander-mick-report/
https://www.ranker.com/list/accidental-hanging-deaths/april-a-taylor

Episode 86: Get Back, You Filthy Animal!

In today’s death story, we’re going to talk about some disgusting (and deadly) diseases you can get from animals, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker’s daughter brought the class pet home for the weekend and subsequently gave a bully the fright of his life
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https://www.dvm360.com/view/the-5-deadliest-zoonotic-diseases-and-pathogens
https://www.cfr.org/report/global-governance-emerging-zoonotic-diseases#:~:text=Zoonotic%20diseases%20are%20responsible%20for:%20*%202.5,including%20climate%20change%2C%20deforestation%2C%20and%20habitat%20destruction
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rabies/symptoms-causes/syc-20351821
https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/01/04/woman-suffers-terrifying-death-rabies-after-puppy-bite-13707
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9756-toxoplasmosis
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12464539/#:~:text=Toxoplasmosis%20is%20a%20rare%20but,in%20regions%20with%20low%20seroprevalence.
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/32-diseases-you-can-catch-from-animals
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
https://science.umd.edu/classroom/bsci424/BSCI223WebSiteFiles/PlagueCaseStudy.htm
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2746638/
https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-016-1403-8

Episode 85: The Agony of Defeat

In today’s death story, we’re going to talk about how competition can have deadly consequences, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his wife faced an odd situation after a softball game.
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https://wildcatsports.com/news/2008/7/20/4045944.aspx
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Chapman
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Johnson_(ice_hockey)
https://www.newsweek.com/matt-petgrave-adam-johnson-nhl-players-1839844
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2wkl17d7o.amp
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrés_Escobar
https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/andres-escobar-tragic-own-goal-colombia-world-cup-murder/bltcc01b39beb5c5e61
https://www.through-the-turnstiles.com/political-football/colombian-narco-football

Episode 84: Glad You Didn’t

*Content Warning - Suicide Attempts*
Today’s death story is about hope. We’re going to talk about people who attempted suicide and survived, then drew on their experiences to help others, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his assistant received a call from a desperate person on the edge.
Resources:
Suicide and Crisis Hotline -988
www.helpingheroesusa.org
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_locations
https://www.healthcentral.com/condition/depression/kevin-hines-survived-golden-gate-bridge-suicide
https://www.fox8live.com/2022/11/22/louisiana-woman-paralyzed-after-suicide-attempt-shares-warning-signs-mental-health-struggles/?outputType=amp
https://www.myascension.us
https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/drew-robinson-shares-story-after-suicide-attempt.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Robinson