OBITCHUARY

OH MY GAAAAAAAAWD GEOFFS! You’re in for it this week as we talk about a woman who allegedly kept her husbands body in their living room for 9 months! Madison then takes us through some wonderfully petty epitaphs. We’ve got an obituary with a callout, one that was sent in by a lovely Geoff and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalsssssss!

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Sources:

https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/us-news/florida-man-tyrone-causey-arrested-for-exposing-himself-around-apartment-complex-claimed-it-was-his-right-to-be-naked/

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/jconline/name/gerald-gavan-obituary?id=7295143

https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/dumb-wife-tried-feed-dead-husband-birds-0

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https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/world-news/boozed-up-driver-busted-in-pink-barbie-jeep-cops/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/776657361/?match=1&terms=thomas%20dickins%20acquitted

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https://todieforimages.com/2024/06/22/the-grave-of-moses-harshaw-the-story-of-the-meanest-man-alive-in-clarkesville-georgia/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7333703/lawrence_leroy-cook

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52513068/bernard_philip-hopkins

https://dunnhistory.com/the-lynching-of-willie-james-howard-1944/

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https://www.al.com/living/2016/10/post_316.html

https://oldclarkesvillecemetery.com/moses-harshaw/

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TGITTTTTT this week Madison is talking about funeral crashers!!! And then Spencer is bringing alllll the cult liter vibes as he tells us about a moidah involving a beloved funeral director! We’ve got an obituary that gave us the chills,  one with a twist and of course some dumb.ass.criminalllllllllls to top it all off!

 

 

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Sources:

https://www.fox8live.com/2026/05/04/ancient-roman-grave-marker-found-new-orleans-returned-italy-by-fbi/

https://www.adamsfh.com/obituaries/lorelei-strickland

https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/woman-killed-by-husband-in-murder-suicide-florida-sheriff/

https://nationalenquirer.com/florida-mom-allegedly-abandoned-her-3-kids-at-local-hospital-after-dogs-death/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-mourner-been-crashing-every-11195963

https://www.reddit.com/r/RodriguesFamilySnark/comments/1k3h96b/funeral_crashers/

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-crash-and-serial-funeral-crashers.3641586/

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/funeral-crashers-actually-quite-common-24634130

https://nypost.com/2022/10/13/funeral-crasher-has-attended-over-200-strangers-funerals/

https://funeral.com/blogs/the-journal/why-people-crash-funerals-psychology-motives-and-how-families-can-protect-privacy?srsltid=AfmBOorb1ag5zbIkGwFC8CKo8DPLi231EYicpdwEeg_syvIa7NZ5WKmn

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/SignsFromOurLovedOnes/posts/35370433569269234/

https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/24/funeral-crasher-has-attended-hundreds-to-eat-free-food-at-the-wake-6952282/

https://www.9news.com.au/world/funeral-crashers-caught-out-by-fake-death/60389dff-fe68-44ba-a966-bd998e2583cb

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/mar/21/victoria-coren-jolley-gang

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https://nationalenquirer.com/florida-mom-allegedly-abandoned-her-3-kids-at-local-hospital-after-dogs-death/

https://www.usmagazine.com/crime-news/news/woman-killed-by-husband-in-murder-suicide-florida-sheriff/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/430579807/?clipping_id=22654045&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQzMDU3OTgwNywiaWF0IjoxNzc5Mzc4Mzk5LCJleHAiOjE3Nzk0NjQ3OTl9.KUsFoLoG6DghGAsyDhcQRMeQrNhoxl_1Lm5p5DOUTs4O1Xv6ewawmhprwhCbQoXwbYi8ECokXLnqy2_ySSwJWw

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/968742750/

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GEOFFFFFFFFS LET’S GO~This week Spencer is teaching us about a phenomenon known as coffin-jumping! Next, Madison is here to educate us on leprosy! We’ve got an obituary for a diva with an attitude problem one for a stupid man, and so much more! Oh…and we didn’t forget to top it all of with some dumb.ass.criminalllllllllls!!!!!!!

 

 

 

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Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/235325365/?article=a6410546-d23a-41d6-bc91-1d939e876917&terms=stupid

https://www.newspapers.com/image/387758741/?article=fd83bf5a-10e8-4940-8943-9347e79d603c&terms=Leper

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

https://www.facebook.com/ancienthistoryexplorers/photos/during-the-great-outbreaks-of-leprosy-in-the-middle-ages-many-european-communiti/122231579414276853/

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https://www.historyhit.com/leprosy-in-medieval-england/

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https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/leprosy-history-disease-perception-treatment/

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230124-leprosy-the-ancient-disease-scientists-cant-solve

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https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/g-s1-108321/leprosy-india-colony

https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/637

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-woman-arrested-allegedly-kicking-kid-youth-football-game-field-rcna343687

https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-casket-jumper

https://www.reddit.com/r/SixFeetUnder/comments/k3buec/casket_jumpers/

https://www.reddit.com/r/askfuneraldirectors/comments/1stus2j/anyone_ever_witnessed_a_funeral_outburst_fight_or/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/979505012/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1190316335/

https://www.mykeeper.com/BettyBroderick?srsltid=AfmBOoo-bEsim-XWMouHQ0EkFmxni649iOm0CSpq9Bq0Zv2CyxwWSTQf

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This week Spencer is giving us a little bit of a Cult Liter vibe with his coffin spinner as he talks about the death of Karen Silkwood and the conspiracy surrounding it, but first, Madison is breaking down the wild experiments of Robert Cornish. We’ve got an obituary with a mystery, one for a well-loved gal and so much more, includinggggg of course some dumb.ass.criminallllls!

 

 

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Sources:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sandiegouniontribune/name/dorothy-kilgallen-obituary?id=10550024

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1286415290/?article=fcd1d182-3cee-4007-a88e-78a4cf9dd888&terms=dorothy%20kilgallen

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/gas-station-clerk-narrowly-avoids-fatal-shooting-as-crazed-woman-attempts-to-rob-store-at-gunpoint/ar-AA22jR79

https://time.com/archive/6894500/science-lazarus-dead-alive/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Cornish
https://www.utterlyinteresting.com/post/robert-e-cornish-the-biologist-who-wanted-to-bring-dead-dogs-back-to-life

https://www.newspapers.com/image/960354714/?match=1&terms=Robert%20E.%20Cornish

https://alphahistory.com/pastpeculiar/1934-doctor-revives-dead-see-saw/

https://emsmuseum.org/collections/archives/resuscitators/early-resuscitation-experiment/

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

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/275280006/?article=d4536c2a-cede-4b9a-807f-41c6a7a227e7&terms=Robert%20E%20Cornish

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/gas-station-clerk-narrowly-avoids-fatal-shooting-as-crazed-woman-attempts-to-rob-store-at-gunpoint/ar-AA22jR79

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https://www.peakofohio.com/local-news/dunkirk-woman-arrested-at-dollar-general/

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/1301117983/?article=e3fbbd26-b355-4983-9228-d7b965b678a1&terms=%22Karen%20Silkwood%22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr-McGee

https://time.com/3574931/karen-silkwood/

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Buckle up Geoffs this week we’ve got a good one for you, Spencer is telling us about some real graves for some unreal characters and then Madison is telling us about some hold ups that have blocked cemeteries from opening their gates! We’ve got an obituary that left nothing to the imagination, one for a reality show character and so much more including DUMB ASS CRIMINALLLLLLLLS woohoo!

 

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Sources:

https://ew.com/rhoa-kim-zolciak-ex-big-poppa-lee-najjar-dead-11956394

https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/florida-pickup-truck-crushes-250k-lamborghini-in-shocking-video/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/290806256/?article=fe5d8798-04f0-4535-bc73-374ab6005aac&terms=weird

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-25/woodland-hills-nursery-is-turning-into-a-cemetery-some-locals-are-fighting-it

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https://www.change.org/p/stop-anaheim-hills-environmentally-unfriendly-veterans-cemetery

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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-12-me-28138-story.hml 

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https://www.wilsonmcreynolds.com/obituaries/Sherlock-Holmes?obId=33007913

https://www.historyhit.com/the-curse-on-shakespeares-grave/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dobbys-grave-beach

https://www.haferfuneralhome.net/obituaries/John-Curtis-Lucas?obId=48172362

https://www.kctv5.com/2026/04/29/woman-charged-connection-with-attack-woman-visiting-husbands-grave/

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