OBITCHUARY

TGIT GEOFFS!!! This week Spencer is bringing the toxicity with his coffin spinner! Next Madison is finally giving us a part two of performers who died on stage. We’ve got an obituary for a real jackass, a guy who was well-loved and a woman who was a real rebel! Oh, and we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!

 

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Sources:

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/warren-county/mason/kings-island-1-hospitalized-after-person-believed-to-be-hit-by-banshee

https://abc13.com/post/memorial-hermann-physician-charged-falsifying-records-making-transplant-recipients-ineligible-donations-doj-says/18549265/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/127600887/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1128233852/?article=cbf88e50-35e1-46b3-8e26-df7d85b2218e&terms=jackass

https://www.wwe.com/superstars/luther-lindsay

https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio_by_name/luther-lindsay

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1207338/stu-hart-kept-a-picture-of-wrestling-pioneer-luther-lindsay-in-his-wallet/

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/kxq95v/til_molières_legendary_death_collapsing_on_stage/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molière

https://www.steppenwolf.org/articles/theatre-superstitions/

https://www.hollandcolours.com/news/absolute-green

https://www.cleveland19.com/story/1153299/friends-family-remember-guitarist-killed-in-nightclub-fire/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DGUtBseOIPr/?hl=en

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https://www.facebook.com/popflowmx1/videos/el-tragico-final-del-perro-aguayo-jr-el-mejor-canal-de-lucha-libre-aqui-mero-htt/2564579117319188/

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https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/22/americas/mexico-wrestling-hijo-del-perro-aguayo-death

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/07/31/wwe-rey-mysterio-return-perro-aguayo

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40667429

https://ew.com/music/2017/07/20/barbara-weldens-dies-facts-french-singer/

https://plsn.com/newsroom/international-news/investigators-confirm-that-french-singer-who-died-onstage-july-19-was-electrocuted/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/leslie-harvey-the-onstage-death-that-changed-music-history/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fwales%2Fentries%2F3bc65fc2-0eb5-3e14-8fee-8d012e2ce0ad

https://www.legacy.com/legacy/hurbert-harris

https://alabamareflector.com/2025/10/20/fairhope-police-arrest-woman-in-penis-costume-at-no-kings-protest/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_region

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2ahm03/eli5_why_does_exposure_to_radiation_kill_my_body/#:~:text=Radiation%20itself%20does%20not%20directly,create%20tumors%2C%20killing%20the%20body.&text=thank%20you!&text=Sure%20thing!&text=Lets%20say%20you%20get%207,200%2C000%2C000%2C000%2C000%20of%20these%20dangerous%20photons

https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

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Happy Thursday Geoffs! This week Madison is serving up some fear mongering with all things doomsday! Next, Spencer takes us through some dead people’s pockets! We’ve got an obituary from a Geoff, one that was simply electrifying, and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalssssss! Let’s go girls!

 

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Sources:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/woman-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-iconic-graceland-estate

https://www.loc.gov/resource/lprbscsm.scsm1049?sp=5

https://www.newspapers.com/image/554218416/?article=058035e6-7c96-4fca-a1e2-f35cbcf30b34&terms=enraged

https://www.loc.gov/resource/lprbscsm.scsm0302/?st=gallery

https://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2003/04/pockets_exhibition.html/2/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/woman-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-iconic-graceland-estate

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

https://people.com/unsolved-code-in-missouri-man-s-pocket-still-baffles-fbi-11819928

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/

https://thebulletin.org/about-us/science-and-security-board/

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/timeline/

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

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-history

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220119-how-to-read-the-doomsday-clock

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion/comments/1ic7bhz/the_doomsday_clock_is_fucking_stupid/

https://www.deseret.com/1998/3/7/19367648/florida-man-arrested-in-evil-spirits-case/

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TGIT Geoffs! This week we are taking you on a journeyyyyy honey. First Spencer had us doing a double-take as he told us all about the dark history of doppelgängers. Next, Madison is giving us the lowdown on the strange origins of straitjackets. We’ve got an obituary that proves it’s a dog eat dog world, one for a gal who lived life to the fullest and so much more! Including, of course, some dumb.ass.criminallllls!

 

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Sources:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/elizabeth-sheehan-obituary?id=59521227

https://www.ranker.com/list/scary-doppelganger-stories/nathan-gibson

https://www.history.com/articles/legend-of-abraham-lincolns-ghost-white-house

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(photograph)https://whitbyuncovered.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/the-whitby-doppelganger/

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/11/twice-in-a-lifetime-would-you-dare-meet-your-doppelganger-

https://macabreadore.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/top-5-famous-figures-who-saw-their-doppelgangers/

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

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

https://www.historyhit.com/straitjackets-history/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/bethlem-royal-hospital-history-why-called-bedlam-lunatic-asylum/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1216367707/?match=1&terms=bedlam%20royal%20hospital

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/asylum-tourism-nellie-bly

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philippe-Pinel

https://hekint.org/2020/06/04/the-beginnings-of-humane-psychiatry-pinel-and-the-tukes/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/146295953/?match=1&terms=%22straitjacket%20death%22

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5124148/pdf/jpmedmentpath268549-0168.pdf

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/070674378402900207

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

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

https://kyhi.org/2021/06/15/the-historical-use-of-restraints-in-asylums/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-asylum/202412/reckoning-with-the-history-of-mental-healthcare

https://www.arbormemorial.ca/en/capital/obituaries/marie-claire-gilbert-mcmillen/154547.html

 

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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

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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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Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!

 
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/
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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/
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https://clickhole.com/7-things-you-have-to-do-when-attending-your-own-funeral-1825123248/
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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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