OBITCHUARY Wondery
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Each week hosts Spencer Henry (Cult Liter Podcast) and Madison Reyes sit back and read outlandish, hilarious, and sometimes scathing obituaries. Every Thursday they come to the table with bizarre history, strange funeral traditions, and so much more! Each episode ends with a 'dumb criminals' segment in which they each talk about hilarious run-ins with the law.
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OBITCH obussy!
Hi Geoffs! This week things get a little unhinged when Spencer and Madison spin together in their coffins to talk all things ossuary! We’ve got an obituary for a fitness enthusiast, one who was sick of it all, and we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/saltlaketribune/name/margaret-shultz-beck-obituary?id=35623134
https://www.aitresaintmaclou.fr/en/history/the-ossuary-and-the-macabre-dance/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/aitre-st-maclou
https://www.normandythenandnow.com/walking-with-death-l-aitre-saint-maclou-in-rouen/
https://sedlecossuary.com
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sedlec-ossuary
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/hallstatt-bones-house-hand-painted-skulls-180964736/
https://www.hallstatt.net/about-hallstatt/sehenswertes-en-US/catholic-church-of-hallstatt/bone-house-of-hallstatt/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hallstatt-charnel-house
https://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/Florida-patient-loses-patience-steals-ambulance-to-get-home-from-hospital_166219339/
https://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/Florida-patient-loses-patience-steals-ambulance-to-get-home-from-hospital_166219339/
https://theweek.com/crime/51287/brazilian-woman-laced-vagina-poison-kill-husband
https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Death-Cultural-History-Ossuaries/dp/0500251789
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/church-st-ursula
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Saint-Ursula-the-11000-British-Virgins/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Ursula
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kaplica-czazek-chapel-skulls
https://kudowa.pl/
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OBITCH one star!
Geoffs! This week Madison is sHAIRing some real interesting info on the history of barber surgeons! But first, Spencer is sharing some cautionary tales from the world of Yelp that prove you should read the reviews before handing over your loved ones’s body! We’ve got an obituary for a lady who was a little too close with her canines, and one for a guy who was looking in the wrong direction. We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Write to us: obitpod@gmail.com
Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/807940131/?article=ed3f0f9e-2a5e-4802-95f0-66cb083e1fa8&terms=disgusting
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/us/veteran-no-family-funeral-trnd/index.html
https://memorials.legacyoptions.com/edward-pearson/3968164/index.php#wall
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13407635/Catholic-priest-stuns-worshippers-telling-Christ-erection-died-cross.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70908/pg70908-images.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-obituary-for-au/45656853/
https://frigidfluid.com/products/lanol-care
https://frigidfluid.com/products/hair-clearner
https://www.nationalbarbermuseum.org/about/barbering-timeline
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/bloodletting-why-doctors-used-to-bleed-their-patients-for-health#Bloodletting-in-the-Middle-Ages
https://archive.org/details/barbersmanual00mole/page/n29/mode/2up?view=theater
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber%27s_pole
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.barbersmanual00jone/?sp=3&st=image&r=-0.871,-0.088,2.742,1.722,0
https://hekint.org/2020/01/28/the-barber-surgeons-their-history-over-the-centuries/
https://barberscompany.org/the-holbein/
https://94460593.weebly.com/henry-viii-and-the-barber-surgeons.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGPPy__YnrI
https://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-man-waffle-house-tattoo-arrest
https://kiisfm.iheart.com/content/2024-05-15-eminems-late-alter-ego-slim-shady-get-eulogized-in-eye-popping-obituary/?keyid=KIIS&pname=local_social&sc=editorial&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3gpFXDpf04SEC6exoaYLVFnpzoyhwLupQWPLzwqgki96ukjk6nt8p6ulw_aem_AXZ_MsQsaQpqoa4w_U4jwa8JlGRoFl0z_ZttH9InLpZwinVUf2t24XTl8sE6rzF6nJ_C5cCFGcQFkXUk715A1aAE
https://theweek.com/crime/51287/brazilian-woman-laced-vagina-poison-kill-husband
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OBITCH sleepless in seattle...
Geoffs we hope you took your nap today because this week’s episode will keep you up all night stressing about fatal insomnia, but first Madison is giving us a part two of some pretty legendary patents. We’ve got some awesome obituaries from y’all and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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New episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.
Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok
Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!
Write to us: obitpod@gmail.com
Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/rita-williams-obituary?id=55030161&utm_source=webshareapi&utm_medium=share_button&utm_campaign=wsapimobile_beta
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20240115453
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=748284A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19031229&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0036660
https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/10/weird-inventions-by-guys-part-10.html
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=1749090A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19300304&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP
https://www.openculture.com/2023/05/the-1920s-lie-detector-that-forced-suspected-criminals-to-confess-to-a-skeleton.html#google_vignette
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0039291
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-26/the-patent-office-presents-ghoulish-inventions-for-halloween
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0506886
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/9610207
https://kottke.org/22/03/the-inventor-of-the-screw-in-coffin
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article173474531.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/JusticeServed/comments/84isw7/guy_pretends_that_hes_sleepwalking_when_he_fails/
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/05/02/obituarymadeleine-maddy-jean-gatchell-corson-2/
https://www.samndan.com/drunk-vs-drowsy-vs-distracted-driving/#:~:text=Many%20experts%20have%20found%20that,times%20and%20motor%20vehicle%20accidents
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781276/
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OBITCH don't eat that...
Grab your barf bags Geoffs because this week is disgusting as Madison tells us some true stories behind the phenomenon of autocannibalism, but first Spencer is telling the story of a mummy that’s come to be known as Stoneman Willie! We’ve got some incredible obituaries this week including one for a showboat star, and a self-written! We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllls!
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New episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.
Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok
Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!
Write to us: obitpod@gmail.com
Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://www.wane.com/news/crime/florida-man-dresses-as-woman-to-avoid-police/
https://berksnostalgia.com/finding-the-truth-about-stone-man-willie/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pennsylvania-mummy-gets-a-final-resting-place-after-128-years-in-funeral-home-180983042/
https://treeremovalreadingpa.com/history-of-reading-pennsylvania/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_House,_Hiester_House_and_Market_Annex
https://www.irishamerica.com/2008/01/pennsylvanias-irish/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/07/us/stoneman-willie-buried-pennsylvania.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/52439432/?article=040314db-3797-467a-bd6d-739c617e0927&terms=housewife
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theherald-news/name/james-worst-obituary?id=54484878
https://mentalhealthcenter.com/alphabetical-list-of-mental-disorders/
https://www.healthline.com/health/autocannibalism#about
https://luciferatu.com/human-cannibalism/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-cannibalism
https://drmarkgriffiths.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/dinner-for-one-a-beginners-guide-to-autosarcophagy/
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/norwegian-artist-eats-his-own-hip-for-exhibition-i-had-a-little-taste-and-it-was-nice-9434594.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w7nz3/this-guy-ate-his-own-hip-for-an-art-project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Thomas
https://nypost.com/2023/02/18/death-row-inmate-andre-thomas-who-cut-out-eyes-ate-one-seeks-clemency/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4162732/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-04-16/depressed-man-eats-his-own-finger/2612822
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN17241594/
https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/marco-evaristti-serves-up-artistic-meatballs-cooked-with-his-own-fat
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLXbvUYN/
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OBITCH it's a rot girl summer!
Hello Geoffs!! This week Madison’s got a weird backstory on a company that wants to make mummies great again, and Spencer is giving us the lowdown on putridariums! We’ve got an obituary for some love birds, and one who raised hell! We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllls!
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New episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.
Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok
Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!
Write to us: obitpod@gmail.com
Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragonese_Castle
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/prayers-decomposing-corpses-death-aragonese-castle-0010124
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/purging-the-myth-of-the-vomitorium/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putridarium
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/psychologist-becomes-first-person-in-peru-to-die-by-euthanasia-after-fighting-in-court-for-years/ar-AA1nuq1Y?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=6a62c2b5de9a431ef98a9039f3c2cf58&ei=19
https://www.legacy.com/funeral-homes/obituaries/name/burl-peveto-obituary?pid=206721093&v=batesville&view=guestbook
http://www.summum.org/again.shtml
https://www.summum.us/about/firstencounter.shtml
https://www.summum.us/mummification/philosophy.shtml
https://www.summum.us/mummification/process.shtml
https://web.archive.org/web/20110807065624/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/042702/rel_0427020109.shtml
http://www.summum.org/documents/
https://www.summum.us/mummification/process.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Nowell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summum
http://www.summum.org/ModernMummification.pdf
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/woman-becomes-first-person-peru-die-euthanasia-yearslong-court-fight-rcna148898
https://www.wymt.com/2023/10/17/deputy-says-he-found-man-having-sex-with-stuffed-animal-rocking-vehicle/
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OBITCH that'll make your tongue tingle!
Calling alllll Geoffs! This week Madison is putting us to bed with bed burials! But first Spencer is giving us an overdue lesson on autopsies. We’ve got an obituary for a girl who took snacking too far, one for a glam socialite and one self-written! We’ve also, of course, got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls!
Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary
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Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com
Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter
New episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.
Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok
Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!
Write to us: obitpod@gmail.com
Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://www.eernissefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Troy-W-Stuart?obId=31185354&fbclid=IwAR3BfKvriaW0icCJ28vmrA6G6qIqVjkMtVjz8OtwPzNt0D2uwpR-cNbp7sU_aem_AVtISkLj28wd_vmFm7-0VGIz-gKU4E0QrBPyE2eFmR7k68zduzlFxIEPYt4YX3z_2q4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_burial
https://www.iflscience.com/-64678
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/mar/16/cross-bed-anglo-saxon-grave
https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/sleeping-by-the-riverside.htm
https://theclio.com/entry/56447
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/tarpon-springs-rose-cemetery-included-in-school-curriculum-to-teach-students-black-history
https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/rose-hill-cemetery-nominated-for-the-national-register-of-historic-places/2305180/
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=53993
https://www.al.com/living/2013/07/vanished_in_bermuda_triangle_e.html
https://www.tripadvisor.com/FAQ_Answers-g30644-d7244270-t2458355-Why_would_this_be_considered_things_to_do_on_this.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grancer_Harrison
https://www.al.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/08/236b174dc9535/these-2-alabamians-were-buried.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13254899/Florida-woman-caught-shoplifting-1-000-worth-Walmart-merchandise-tells-cops-just-playing-GAME-giggles-says-really-fun.html
https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/17/brazilian-woman-arrested-dead-uncle-bank-secure-loan/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopsy
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-autopsies
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Customer Reviews
12/10
This podcast has it all, the morbid macabre, death positivity, hilarious banter, and good vibes. I’m so proud to have been a Geoff from the very beginning and this is my first podcast to recommend to anyone who has a dark sense of humour. Love you girlies!
Next Level Greatness
Goddamn these are some fine and informed pod hosts! Very interesting subject matter that is both fun to hear as well as educational, spoken from incredibly likeable hosts that are authentically true and genuine people~ it feels like I’m listening to friends dissecting really unique subject matter. Thank you!! In my top 3 favourite listens- you guys frikkin rock and you often make my week 💓🙂 love always Leigh from Vancouver Canada p.s. please tour here!!
Birthday Twins!
Love the show. Just found out Spencer and I share Birthdays! 💕