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Episode 83: Missionary Position

Get your mind outta the gutter! In today’s death story, we are going to delve into the Tragedy at Waiilaptu, also known as the Whitman Massacre, and our funeral home story tells of the time a Native American chief gave the undertaker his Indian name.
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Sources:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6300234/
https://www.historylink.org/File/5192
https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/whitman_massacre/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitman_massacre
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Territory
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayuse_Five

Episode 82: You Get What You Pay For!

In today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who cut corners to save money and paid for it with their lives—or worse, the lives of others, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker met a family who scrimped on their loved one’s casket.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36203213/dad-died-house-fire-ebike-bradford/
https://m.sevendaysvt.com/news/a-stowe-zip-line-guide-was-killed-when-a-26-piece-of-equipment-failed-will-his-death-spur-change-35751176
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/mar/15/military.defence
https://listverse.com/2011/12/21/10-terrible-scrooges/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_tourism
https://api-prod.gothamist.com/news/bronx-woman-dies-from-tummy-tuck-in-dominican-republic/
https://www.pbkglawyers.com/blog/new-york-woman-dies-during-surgery-in-dominican-republic/
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/american-dead-plastic-surgery-dominican-republic/

Episode 81: What’d You Say?!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about how mispronounced and misheard words led to mayhem and even death, and our funeral home story tells of the time the funeral home office went into upheaval over a mispronounced word.
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https://crimereads.com/newfoundland-murder/
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Part 112 RIP Lydia Schatz
TikTok
5/27/2023
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6k44hBf/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lydia_Schatz
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/da-kevin-and-elizabeth-schatz-killed-daughter-with-religious-whips-for-mispronouncing-word/
https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2022/02/07/2158995/editorial-lessons-chona-mae/amp/
https://www.cracked.com/article_40055_5-disasters-that-came-down-to-mishearing-one-word.html
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-happened-during-the-shiloh-baptist-church-stampede.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_massacre

Episode 80: Get Out Of My Head!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people whose post traumatic stress disorder led to murder, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker met a veteran with PTSD.
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https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967
https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/what/history_ptsd.asp
https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/05/justice/ptsd-murder-defense
https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2019/08/subway-shooter-horner-dies-in-prison/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-nov-28-la-na-soldier28-2009nov28-story.html
https://bluemountaineagle.com/2014/02/04/bratcher-released-from-state-hospital/

Episode 79: Starstruck!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about murders involving famous people, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker’s daughter brought a movie star home
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https://www.thetrucker.com/trucking-news/perspective/rhythm-of-the-road-by-kris-rutherford/western-swing-entertainer-spade-cooley-detoured-down-a-murderous-path
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade_Cooley
https://one.usc.edu/story/sal-mineo-murder-site
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/investigation-murder-sal-mineo-1169880/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal_Mineo
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/748846896/wrongfully-convicted-now-fighting-for-justice-lionel-ray-ray-williams-releases-powerful-memoir-and-documentary
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Turner
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Stompanato
https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/4/the-gangster-and-the-goddess

Episode 78: I Didn’t Do It!

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who were executed for horrendous crimes but were actually innocent, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his assistant almost got in trouble for something they didn’t do.
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https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/innocence
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/the-1998-police-reports-from-the-night-of-lisha-gayles-death/amp/
https://themip.org/clients/marcellus-williams/
https://innocenceproject.org/news/who-is-marcellus-williams-man-facing-execution-in-missouri-despite-dna-evidence-supporting-innocence/
https://innocenceproject.org/news/the-phantom-the-unjust-execution-of-carlos-deluna/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/15/carlos-texas-innocent-man-death
https://home.heinonline.org/blog/2021/09/crime-of-the-century-the-case-of-timothy-evans/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Evans
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(serial_killer)
https://www.talesfromtheunderworld.com/p/the-dead-is-alive-how-william-jackson

Episode 77: You Really Shouldn’t Have Done That

For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who made reckless decisions and either killed themselves or someone else, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertakers proved to his children that the choices we make do not just affect us.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/article/44662/Roof-stunt-teen-plunges-to-death
https://allthatsinteresting.com/pavel-kashin
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154373/amp/Russian-parkour-girl-24-falls-17-storeys-death-building-jump-goes-horribly-wrong.html
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/alabama-grandma-found-guilty-of-murder-for-making-girl-9-run-until-she-died/article_a2b54639-d4c8-5a11-8bbf-ece37887727e.amp.html
https://www.al.com/news/2015/03/joyce_garrard_trial_savannah_h_1.html
https://avgeekery.com/soviet-aeroflot-pilot-tried-land-blind-win-bet-killed-70-people/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_6502
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14534597/amp/final-words-pilot-let-children-fly-plane.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593

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