OBITCHUARY Wondery

Geoffs, have you or someone you know been injured by an umbrella? Statistically speaking….probably! Spencer will explain. Afterwards Madison is ditching the victorian era to tell us a crazy tale from the Georgian era that’ll have you screaming. We’ve got an obituary for somebody who met a terrible demise, and one for a gal who got married out of convenience, and of course, we didn’t forget, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

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Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/760444517/?article=1290f50f-cde6-460a-abad-dea8f5762d6a&terms=umbrella
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florida woman umbrella
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https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/martin-van-butchell/
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/auto-shop-employee-uses-forklift-catch-suspected-thief-midair/6HPUSR76CRF3PPHPZLT7W522S4/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/867735802/?terms=%22martin%20van%20butchell%22&match=1
https://www.reddit.com/r/askportland/comments/1bv5xi9/anyone_know_where_to_hire_funeral_clowns/?rdt=40084 

Oh Geoffs….put your seatbelts on because we are going on a journey this week! First up, Madison goes nuclear talking about doom towns! Afterwards, Spencer’s taking the driver’s seat to talk all about ghost towns! We’ve got an obituary for a man who’s legacy continues to this day, and one for a sweet man who deserves all the recognition. Oh, and of course, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllllls! 







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You’re in for it this week Geoffs! This week Spencer is telling us the incredible story of Florence Nightingale and how she ended up symbolizing the Nurse Honor Guard. Next, Madison is rounding out our postmortem photography lessons with the history of headless photography. We’ve got an obituary for We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls! 




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Sources:

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We’re taking you on a rollercoaster of emotions this week Geoffs. Madison is up first educating us all about survivor’s guilt, but then we take a wild turn into the world of funeral scams, while Spencer takes us through go fund me’s gone wrong! We’ve got an obituary for a man who broke barriers, and one for a pig! We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls! 




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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/nyregion/katelyn-mcclure-gofundme-scam-sentenced.html

https://orangecountytribune.com/2022/06/30/dead-aunt-scam-backfires/

https://abc7.com/archive/7647051/

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/fake-funeral-fundraiser-panhandler-gabriel-fernandez-leukemia-la-puente/

https://ktul.com/news/local/fake-funeral-panhandler-scammers-caught-in-tulsa

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https://abc7news.com/facebook-gofundme-bay-area-man-hacked-fake/14461510/#:~:text=BERKELEY%2C%20Calif.,account%20to%20ask%20for%20donations

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https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/survivors-guilt#symptoms

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

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https://www.titanicuniverse.com/titanic-survivor-stories-lookout-frederick-fleet/3496

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-23/titanic-titan-oceangate-survivors-guilt

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-how-waylon-jennings-survived-the-day-the-music-died-122992/

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https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/phila-woman-reads-powerful-poem-on-orlando-shooting-the-guilt-of-being-alive-is-heavy/

https://ct.counseling.org/2019/06/relieving-the-heavy-burden-of-survivor-guilt/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/rathbone-tragedy-lincoln-assassination

https://nypost.com/2023/11/26/news/florida-woman-ariella-messina-begs-cops-not-to-take-her-sex-toy-during-drug-bust/

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Oh hello Geoffs it’s us, in the flesh, unlike the holograms that had Spencer spinning in his coffin this week! But when we do pass away, please report ASAP because otherwise you might end up in jail like some of the people Madison’s chatting about in her coffin spinner. We’ve got an obituary for a hilarious councilman and one for a real jerk. We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls! 










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Sources:

https://people.com/celebrity/weekend-at-bernies-see-11-things-you-never-knew-about-the-80s-comedy/

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https://www.tiktok.com/@yas.2013/video/7338635666164714798 

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/28/an-evening-with-whitney-houston-hologram-review-liverpool

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Stick ‘em up Geoffs we’re mobbin’ through some wild stories this week from glamorous mobster funerals to some startling connections behind the most notorious members of the criminal underworld. We’ve got an obituary for an icon, one for gangster brains and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! 




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Sources:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3771076/Florida-man-19-gets-arrested-trying-partake-flash-mob-dressed-dinosaur-holding-Airsoft-gun.html

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

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https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/a-ranking-of-the-most-notable-mob-funerals-in-nyc-history/

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/16/nyregion/gotti-s-funeral-procession-takes-in-his-old-haunts.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-denies-gotti-a-funeral-mass/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/21/disgust-in-rome-at-mafia-dons-glamour-funeral-complete-with-godfather-music

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205570/Residents-Rome-left-furious-mafia-boss-Vittorio-Casamonica-given-Hollywood-style-funeral.html

https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/italian-catholic-church-scrambles-explain-role-lavish-mafia-boss-funeral

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3205570/Residents-Rome-left-furious-mafia-boss-Vittorio-Casamonica-given-Hollywood-style-funeral.html

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

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

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https://hyperallergic.com/874652/children-in-tears-at-disastrous-willy-wonka-factory-experience/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1025795549/?article=043acad8-d3f5-40d7-b878-f9c19bbbd4b5&terms=gangster

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