65: OBITCH class is in session...

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09/08/22 • 65 min

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That’s right Geoffs put on those learning caps because summer is over and it’s time to go back to school. Your favorite professors are taking you through the concept of promession and the backstory behind the wild discovery of some bejeweled remains! We’ve got an obituary for our obituary hall of fame, and one who’s name made us hungry, and of course we’ve got some dumba.ass.criminallllls!

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promession

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-burial-machine-that-will-freeze-your-corpse-vibrate-it-to-dust-and-turn-it-into-soil

https://nypost.com/2018/04/16/freeze-drying-dead-bodies-could-be-the-future-of-cremation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgWUhH8Buk4

https://www.fosters.com/obituaries/pprt0274779

https://manitousprings.org/emma-crawford-coffin-races/

https://www.learnreligions.com/martin-luther-biography-700828

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/protestant-reformation

https://www.biography.com/religious-figure/martin-luther#:~:text=Martin%20Luther%20was%20a%20German%20monk%20who%20began,and%20controversial%20figures%20in%20the%20history%20of%20Christianity

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-fantastically-bejeweled-skeletons-of-catholicisms-forgotten-martyrs-284882/

https://www.bizarrepedia.com/catacomb-saints-skeletons/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/skeletons-waldsassen-basillica

https://www.themarysue.com/trial-by-combat

https://reliquarian.com/2016/08/07/the-catacomb-saints-bedazzled-skeletons-of-the-counter-reformation/comment-page-1/#:~:text=Relics%20of%20Catacomb%20Saints%2C%20North%20Wall%2C%20Pfarrkirche%20Sankt,including%20the%20preservation%20and%20veneration%20of%20holy%20relics

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Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promession

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-burial-machine-that-will-freeze-your-corpse-vibrate-it-to-dust-and-turn-it-into-soil

https://nypost.com/2018/04/16/freeze-drying-dead-bodies-could-be-the-future-of-cremation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgWUhH8Buk4

https://www.fosters.com/obituaries/pprt0274779

https://manitousprings.org/emma-crawford-coffin-races/

https://www.learnreligions.com/martin-luther-biography-700828

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/protestant-reformation

https://www.biography.com/religious-figure/martin-luther#:~:text=Martin%20Luther%20was%20a%20German%20monk%20who%20began,and%20controversial%20figures%20in%20the%20history%20of%20Christianity

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-fantastically-bejeweled-skeletons-of-catholicisms-forgotten-martyrs-284882/

https://www.bizarrepedia.com/catacomb-saints-skeletons/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/skeletons-waldsassen-basillica

https://www.themarysue.com/trial-by-combat

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64: OBITCH dead in space...

Greetings Geofflings, this week’s episode is out of this world, literally, buckle up because Spencer is taking us to space to learn all about death in space, but first Madison is giving us the lowdown on living funerals. We’ve got an obituary for a starlet, one for a real clown and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls!

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Sources:

https://www.usurnsonline.com/funerals/living-funerals/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQ7mX9wIJg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXWP_4uea-k

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/south-koreans-take-part-in-living-funerals-to-improve-lives/

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/south-koreans-stage-fake-funerals-part-death-experience-make-them-appreciate-life-more-1573800

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEaJUEOhjs&t=96s

https://listverse.com/2017/08/22/10-shocking-cases-of-people-who-attended-their-own-funeral/

https://www.clanbreazeale.com/UncleBush/

https://www.odditycentral.com/news/chinese-student-holds-her-own-funeral-so-she-could-enjoy-it.html?quad_cc

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/sad-story-laika-space-dog-and-her-one-way-trip-orbit-1-180968728/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc5CXnuNR5c

https://www.popsci.com/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-die-in-space/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster

https://www.breitbart.com/news/childless-bosnian-couple-stage-and-attend-their-own-funeral/

https://www.nj.com/news/2010/08/sussex_county_man_diagnosed_wi.html

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/11/timothy-dexter-sold-coal-to-newcastle-faked-his-funeral-caned-his-wife-for-not-weeping/?safari=1

https://allthatsinteresting.com/timothy-dexter

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66: OBITCH welcome to the unamusement park...

You’re in for a wild ride this week Geoffs! Spencer is sharing the dangerous world of amusement parks, but only after Madison teaches us the rules on selling a haunted house! We’ve got an obituary for a woman who laughed too hard, one for a straight shooter, and so much more including but not limited to some DUMB.ASS.CRIMINALS!

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Write to us: [email protected]

Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes

PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807

Get a cameo from us: https://www.cameo.com/obitchuarypodcast

Sources:

https://www.nwfdailynews.com/story/lifestyle/things-to-do/destin/2019/09/25/florida-woman-bites-testicles-of-600-pound-camel/2699086007/

https://www.ranker.com/list/horrible-amusement-park-incidents/ihateeverything

https://webtribunal.net/blog/amusement-park-accident-statistics/#gref

https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/14-crazy-amusement-park-accidents-that-resulted-in-death.htm

https://www.barkerhillrealty.com/how-to-sell-a-haunted-house/