OBITCHUARY

Grab your permission slips Geoffs because this week Spencer and Madison are taking you on a field trip to two different cemeteries! We’ve got some obituaries inspired by our on-the-ground reporting, and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalsssssss!

 

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Sources:

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

https://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/long-beach-municipal-cemetery/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-06-me-21692-story.html

https://dma.mt.gov/mvad/MVAD-Images/Coins-on-headstones-meaning.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQxE-LigeN4

https://www.newspapers.com/image/608135227/?match=1&terms=bessie%20baxter

https://www.newspapers.com/image/608877887/?match=1&terms=Sunnyside%20Cemetery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCnr5UbyEY&t=79s

https://hslb.org/historical-cemetery-tour/?v=0b3b97fa6688

https://www.newspapers.com/image/605703006/?match=1&terms=Verne%20Pickell

https://www.newspapers.com/image/608295816/?match=1&terms=Verne%20Pickell

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28379484/vern-m-pickell

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-gravestones-are-shaped-like-tree-stumps

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPrNgrDkeYk/

https://beachcomber.news/content/why-we-had-two-sunnyside-cemeteries

https://www.newspapers.com/image/380416504/?article=e6ed04a4-52c4-4465-9b43-d96a7fecd58a&terms=Adelaide%20Alexander%20Tichenor

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/whataburger-employee-wanted-allegedly-stealing-debit-card-pay-probation

https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?city=Long+Beach&county=Los+Angeles&entity-types=page%2Cobituary&keyword=Doris+Melvin®ion=us-ca

https://www.newsweek.com/olive-garden-cook-fryer-police-11475161

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/01/28/central-florida-man-caught-in-sexual-performance-with-vacuum-deputies-say/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/george-jones-widow-nancy-kirk-west-arrested-1235416477/

https://savingcountrymusic.com/40-years-ago-johnny-paycheck-shoots-a-man-maybe-over-turtle-soup/

 

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Hello Geoffs! This week you’re in for a treat as Spencer tells us all about a famous ‘execution witness.’ Next, Madison takes us on a field trip through Cheesman Park! We’ve got some obituaries for icons and divas alike and of course….we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!!

 
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Sources:
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/catherine-o-hara-obituary?pid=210786429
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Graczyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XxKYDNsBBc
https://apnews.com/general-news-1d2ee3e84ca949bf97630b8de5c7f4c0
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2018/07/31/man-who-has-seen-more-us-executions-than-anyone-else/
https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_facts.html
https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/us-news/dine-and-dasher-pei-chung-refuses-to-leave-rikers-again/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=message_app
http://www.historycolorado.org/historic-resources-downtown-denver#:~:text=The%20search%20for%20gold%20brought,the%20bluffs%20to%20the%20north.
https://cheesmanpark.org/park-history
https://gazette.com/2019/06/04/the-twisted-tale-of-the-bodies-beneath-denvers-cheesman-park-82426e6c-86e9-11e9-8641-1b7cb509b4de/
https://theshamblog.com/the-work-of-ghouls/
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheesman_Park,_Denver&oldid=895815437#Early_park_history
https://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/states/topics/co/5832/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/sr8w40/til_the_macabre_backstory_of_cheesman_park/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/3ohkg9/best_cheesman_park_ghost_stories/
https://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/18/denver.park.cemetery/index.html
https://clickhole.com/7-things-you-have-to-do-when-attending-your-own-funeral-1825123248/
https://www.hayworth-miller.com/obituaries/bonnie-robertson?ttm_pid=208883963&ttm_affiliate=legacypro&ttm_affiliatetype=standard&ttm_campaign=legacy
https://www.newspapers.com/image/537903864/?article=fa59d587-7984-4922-a897-294142775a50&terms=together
https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/10/23/college-park-officer-off-force-after-falsely-arresting-wheelchair-bound-man/

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Happy Valentine’s Day Geoffs! This week Madison has some salacious valentines cards from the Victorian era that were anything but sweet! Next, Spencer is telling us all about The Ghost Club! We’ve got an obituary that’s a little chilly, one that had us going meeeeOW and one for an icon. Oh and baby, we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

 
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Sources:
https://allpoetry.com/poem/15727062-The-first-Valentine-poem-circa-1415-by-Michael-R.-Burch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I,_Duke_of_Orléans
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-d-orleans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-25/battle-of-agincourt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Post
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinegar_valentines
https://www.lanternghosttours.com/post/history-s-oldest-known-valentine-was-written-in-prison
https://nerdist.com/article/valentines-day-history-origins-in-lupercalia-saint-valentines-path-to-love-letters-and-mass-commercialization/
https://time.com/4663003/esther-howland-valentines/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nothing-says-i-hate-you-vinegar-valentine-180962109/
https://victorianachronists.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/victorian-vinegar-valentines/
https://lifestylesafter50.com/vinegar-valentines-sour-not-sweet-nothings/
https://www.rubylane.com/item/398016-12454/Vinegar-Valentine-Titled-Greedy
https://www.britannica.com/event/Victorian-era
https://time.com/4663003/esther-howland-valentines/
https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discovery/history-stories/love-letters-and-hate-mail-victorian-vinegar-valentines-2/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1033605073/?match=1&terms=fatal%20valentine
https://www.newspapers.com/image/396703464/?match=1&terms=mock%20valentine
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1019219812/?match=1&terms=mock%20valentine
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/give-your-beloved-a-sweet-glistening-brain-for-valentines-day
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/11/13/convicted-idiot-driver-who-passed-school-bus
https://fox8.com/news/court-orders-driver-to-wear-idiot-sign/#ooid=s4OGN2NTpi-dplPOcLOJWcgZ6YEgp0Dc?utm_source=publish2&utm_medium=referrer&utm_campaign=www.kpbs.org
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dispatch/name/shena-hardin-obituary?id=22243870
https://614now.com/2026/hot-topics/ohio-woman-arrested-for-twerking-on-damaging-police-cruiser
https://www.thecut.com/article/shirley-raines-founder-of-beauty-2-the-streetz-dies-at-58.html
https://www.ghostclub.org.uk/history.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/388107184/?match=1&terms=The%20Ghost%20Club
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Club
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_brothers
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/davenport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/aug/10/houdini-and-conan-doyle-impossible-edinburgh-festival

 

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This week Spencer was totally bugging out in his coffin and he’s here to talk about some insect insanity! Next, Madison is sharing several stories of people buried with their cars! We’ve got some obituaries for some gals who lived life to the fullest, and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllls!

 
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Sources:

 
https://www.newspapers.com/image/719183373/?match=1&terms=%20death%20by%20oven
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-of-sandra-west-and-her-ferrari
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/history-culture/article/This-week-in-in-1977-socialite-Sandra-West-was-7528939.php
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-11-mn-1029-story.html
https://www.familysearch.org/en/memories/memory/3714696
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41759228/lonnie-holloway
https://www.wistv.com/story/11097402/man-buried-behind-the-wheel-of-his-beloved-pontiac/
https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/man-gets-final-wish-burial-in-car-with-guns/83-401983610
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/76517
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-25/pennsylvania-man-buried-with-his-beloved-corvette
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/business/car-burials-funerals.html#
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-of-george-swanson
https://guardian.ng/life/south-african-politician-buried-in-his-beloved-car-as-requested/
https://www.nairaland.com/3540416/man-buried-mother-hummer-jeep
https://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2017/04/06/North-Toledo-man-accused-of-chasing-family-member-with-hatchet.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/690319927/?article=ff6ae406-8edb-463a-8f82-e64cce414883&terms=%22doris%20duke%22
https://nypost.com/2026/01/19/us-news/convicted-thief-who-penned-autobiography-on-past-heists-accused-of-robbing-another-bank/
https://www.bonappetit.com/story/figs-and-wasps?srsltid=AfmBOorClb63sXKVzWZCY0S9KAdZKrqofBI6koil0wdljPcWM_bYxTNT
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-wasp-turns-cockroaches-into-zombies1/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly
https://www.thetraveldoctor.com.au/resources/human-maggots/
https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/bot-flies#:~:text=The%20human%20botfly%20(Dermatobia%20hominis)%20is%20a,the%20mosquito%20or%20tick%20visits%20a%20personhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduviidae

 

 

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In this week’s juicy episode Madison tells us about the Doctor Riots of 1788! Next, Spencer breaks down the currently unfolding grave robbing adventure of Jonathan Gerlach. We’ve got an obituary for a real guys guy, one for a graverobber and so much more; including, of course some dumb.ass.criminallllllls! Let’s go!

 
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Sources:

 
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/florida-man-wearing-lace-lingerie-accused-of-hiding-gun-under-prosthetic-breasts-sheriff-polk-county-sheriffs-office-underwear-panties-g-string-bra-trespassing-construction-site-loitering-prowling-armed-weapons-firearms-altamonte-springs
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/leon-wilson-obituary?id=60538230
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Moriah_Cemetery_(Philadelphia)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/10/us/jonathan-gerlach-ephrata-pennsylvania-grave-robbery
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/pennsylvania-grave-robbery-human-remains#:~:text=Gerlach%20allegedly%20acknowledged%20%E2%80%9Cthat%20he,Ephrata%20home%20the%20next%20day
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pennsylvania-man-accused-desecrating-cemeteries-found-100-human-skulls-rcna253123
https://www.reddit.com/r/CreepyBonfire/comments/1q8na09/jonathan_gerlachthe_new_ed_gein/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/841909335/?match=1&terms=grave%20robber%20killed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1788_doctors%27_riot
https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-anatomy-riot-of-1788/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/329858021/?match=1&terms=doctors%20riot
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1277944466/?match=1&terms=doctors%20riot
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gory-new-york-city-riot-shaped-american-medicine-180951766/
https://www.history.com/articles/grave-robbing-anatomy-riot-1788-nyc
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/body-snatchers-old-new-york
https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/medicine/anatomy-riots-history
https://www.americanheritage.com/american-heritage-book-selection-body-snatchers
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/w-e-thompson-obituary?id=50444163
https://www.mandatory.com/fun/1541118-meanwhile-in-florida-man-arrested-for-hanging-from-traffic-lights-and-pooping-on-cars

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