About this episode
This week we do a little deep dive into the origins of obituaries, and death notices, and then things get weird when we share some shocking autopsy discoveries. We’ve got a scathing obituary, an autobiographical, and of course some dumb.ass.criminallllllls!
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Sources:
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https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/hospital-worker-uses-covid-19-patients-bank-card-snacks-minutes-after-womans-death/XGC3N5CU65GADN5QRTJY2V6CBE/
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/autopsy-decision
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http://www.funeralinformationsociety.org/writing-obituaries.html
https://www.cracked.com/article_28652_obituaries-have-never-been-dying-artform.html
https://www.joincake.com/blog/how-much-does-obituary-cost/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/556785/secrets-obituary-writers
http://www.societyofprofessionalobituarywriters.org/the-grimmys.html
https://everloved.com/articles/obituaries-and-funeral-announcements/what-is-an-obituary/
https://www.insider.com/unusual-unique-obituaries-2018-7
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/delawareonline/name/walter-bruhl-obituary?id=17772181
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/16/man-held-in-spain-over-attempt-to-smuggle-cocaine-under-his-wig
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https://ifunny.co/picture/marina-amaral-in-1871-a-woman-from-quebec-hired-a-lV3WWUas8
https://newspaperlinks.com/obituaries/death-notices/#:~:text=‘Notice’%20is%20the%20key%20operative%20word%20to%20keep,death%20notice%20should%20briefly%20summarize%20basic%20essential%20details
http://www.funeralinformationsociety.org/writing-obituaries.html
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