Morgue Rats

Episode 76: Haste Makes Waste

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who paid the price for being a little too careless and impatient, and our funeral home story tells of the time a family jumped the gun on making funeral arrangements for their loved one.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrofishing
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501235091/man-dies-after-being-electrocuted-while-fishing-despite-sand-remedy/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-05-mn-690-story.html
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/skydivers-haunting-final-words-realised-142159245.html
https://nypost.com/2021/07/22/woman-plunges-164-feet-to-death-in-tragic-bungee-accident/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8560441.stm
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199609/Man-crushed-death-dustcart-tipped-wheelie-bin-following-night-drinking.html

Episode 75: My Car Is Cooler Than Your Car!

For today’s episode, we’re going to talk about an essential piece of funeral home equipment and the visual representation of death itself—the glorious hearse (and we’ll sprinkle in a little mayhem, too!), and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his wife drove their brand-new hearses cross country.
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https://auto.howstuffworks.com/hearse.htm
https://www.wsaz.com/2024/10/22/funeral-home-apologizes-after-corpse-falls-out-hearse-traffic/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14373173/amp/horrifying-moment-body-spills-casket-hearse-collides-semi-truck-colombia.html
https://www.tallahatchienews.ms/top-stories-local-content/funeral-home-owner-pastor-dies-rollover-hearse
https://people.com/human-interest/dead-body-apparently-saved-hearse-driver-crashed-left-teetering-colorado-cliff/

Episode 74: Infection & Fraud & Murder -- Oh My!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about how hospitals can be very bad for your health, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker had to overcome his dislike for hospitals in order to visit a family member.
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https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/health-care-providers-crimes-caused-patients-deaths
https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/hcp/clinical-overview/index.html
https://simplyhealth.io/9-general-mrsa-symptoms/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADKBXgHNd8vLZyWeXkQCSZ_kIumuA&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhYS_BhD2ARIsAJTMMQabzHnalBvIDCs5R0ADLyOZOx21ZsEsek89yRH-dlEjylPc_y7z_2UaAkeEEALw_wcB
https://psmf.org/story/joshua-nahum/#:~:text=On%20October%2022%2C%202006%2C%20our,his%20short%20but%20unforgettable%20life.
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2010/10/atlanta_mother_urges_hospital.html
https://www.northwestcareercollege.edu/blog/what-is-healthcare-fraud-and-how-common-is-it/#:~:text=The%20National%20Health%20Care%20Anti-Fraud%20Association%20estimates%20conservatively%20that%20health%20care%20fraud%20costs%20the%20nation%20about%20$68%20billion%20annually.%20That’s%20about%203%20percent%20of%20the%20nation’s%20$2.26%20trillion%20in%20health%20care%20spending.%20Other%20estimates%20range%20as%20high%20as%2010%20percent%20of%20annual%20health%20care%20expenditure%2C%20or%20$230%20billion.
https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Toppan,%20Jane%20-%202005.pdf
https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/toppan-jane.htm

Episode 73: Take This Job And Shove It!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about murder in the workplace, and our funeral home story tells of…well…just another day at the office.
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Sources:
https://www.thehigginsfirm.com/ten-worst-workplace-homicides-in-u-s-history/
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sherrill-patrick-henry.htm
https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/san-marco-jennifer.htm
https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/farley-richard.htm
https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/allaway-edward-charles.htm

Episode 72: Your Voice Is Killing Me!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about killers who had distinctive voices, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker learned a valuable lesson in phone manners.
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Sources:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/michael-bever-okla-teen-guilty-of-fatally-stabbing-parents-three-younger-siblings/
https://www.oxygen.com/killer-siblings/crime-news/robert-michael-bevers-stab-family-broken-arrow-crystal?amp
BEVER v. STATE
Marco Bergamo (serial killer) - Wikipedia
Edmund Kemper | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
https://www.iheart.com/content/2017-10-24-the-voice-behind-many-bestselling-books-on-tape-is-actually-a-serial-killer/#:~:text=Among%20the%20books%20Kemper%20lent,four%20million%20feet%20of%20tape.
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/stephani-paul.htm
Paul Michael Stephani - Wikipedia

Episode 71: We’re Cursed, I Tell Ya! Cursed!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about cursed families and the tragedies they endured, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker found himself dealing with the same family over, and over, and over again.
Sources:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11674965/amp/The-curse-Grimaldis-Inside-Monaco-Royal-Family-scandals-tragedies-heartache.html
Famous Family Curses Throughout History
Nepalese royal massacre - Wikipedia
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/07/hapsburg-raven-curse/amp/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III
https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/a45665950/von-erich-family?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_bio_m_bm_prog_org_us_a45665950&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAApTwOX2cZqsynPVKUf0YCdHjfszGS&gclid=CjwKCAiA8Lu9BhA8EiwAag16b-Vha1dVpGWQ8M2FUtbNDGr7pMOsB-pilFoWoD-oSoBVT5k6RV2e5RoCGscQAvD_BwE
https://www.historyhit.com/the-kennedy-curse-a-timeline-of-tragedy/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident
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Episode 70: Guess What I Heard!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about rumors that had catastrophic consequences, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker had to deal with a rumor that was being spread about him
Sources:
https://www.tamburinolawgroup.com/blog/2018/july/3-situations-where-false-accusations-ruined-live/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Wall
https://nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/nilq/article/view/517/409
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72892/9-false-rumors-real-life-consequences
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2013/04/23/false-rumor-of-explosion-at-white-house-causes-stocks-to-briefly-plunge-ap-confirms-its-twitter-feed-was-hacked.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46145986.amp
https://amp.dw.com/en/india-train-panic-12-dead-fire-rumor/a-71377483
https://nypost.com/2022/04/27/student-died-by-suicide-after-bullying-about-his-vaccination-status-suit/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
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Episode 69: Hanky Panky Horrors

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about all the weird ways getting frisky can hurt or even kill you, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker went the extra mile to make a widow happy
Sources:
https://nypost.com/2017/11/30/seven-of-the-most-bizarre-sex-injuries-ever-recorded/
https://time.com/4471274/teenager-dies-hickey-love-bite/
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196%2811%2962554-8/fulltext
https://listverse.com/2018/01/18/10-real-life-kisses-of-death/
https://theconversation.com/death-during-sex-isnt-just-something-that-happens-to-middle-aged-men-new-study-finds-175293
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/closing-arguments-underway-in-oral-sex-defense-trial/96994/?amp=1
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4678062/#:~:text=Unfortunately%20the%20patient%20featured%20in,1%2C%2022%2C%2023%5D.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/7-hookup-injuries-that-are-more-common-than-you-110732212987.html
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/Sex/sex-related-injuries-common/story?id=10637541
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Episode 68: So You Had A Bad Day

In today’s episode we are going to talk about people who were just living their ordinary lives when the Grim Reaper tapped them on the shoulder and said, “You’re coming with me today.” And our funeral home story reminds us that no matter how bad a day you may be having, someone always has it worse.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/06/23/flying-fire-hydrant-kills-man/amp/
Woman dies after falling on knives in dishwasher | The Herald
https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Coroner-Boy-killed-when-piece-of-golf-club-8484928.php
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2010/12/18/nine-years-after-13-year/24048691007/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brittanie_Cecil
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Boyd_Malvo
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Episode 67: You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch!

In today’s episode we’ll talk about people who took being a grinch to a whole new level, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his family experienced their own Christmas tragedy.
https://apnews.com/article/shooting-over-christmas-gifts-florida-sister-killed-c6fd4bfde219ae10176fc7744e727c29
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lawson-charles-davis.htm
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s1/simmons-ronald-gene.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Hall_disaster
https://www.mlive.com/news/2017/12/1913_italian_hall_disaster_was.html
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