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Jun 2023
1h 16m

104: OBITCH the half n half special!

Morbid Network | Wondery
About this episode

What’s the half n half special? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out. In this week’s episode Madison tells us all about iron caskets and it gets pretty metal. Next Spencer takes us through grief-related hoarding and why it can be so dang hard to toss out items we associate with the dearly departed. We’ve got an obituary that kept it simple and one for a real nice family gal. We’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls of course! Let’s gooooo!


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Sources:

https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/07/01/victorian-iron-mummies-the-fisk-casket/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-fisk-mummy-case#:~:text=The%20”Fisk%20Airtight%20Coffin%20of%20Cast%20or%20Raised,and%20cholera%20were%20being%20blamed%20on%20overcrowded%20cemeteries

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/blog/death-burial-and-iron-coffins/

https://moshmemphis.com/explore/exhibits-collections/fun-facts/

https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2018/10/02/secrets-dead-woman-iron-coffin

https://www.newsweek.com/woman-iron-coffin-new-york-mummified-remains-smallpox-martha-peterson-1148869

https://www.whsv.com/2022/06/14/woman-charged-with-felony-after-spitting-corpse-casket-funeral-home-records-show/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/hoarding-disorder

https://www.evrmemories.com/knowing-when-it-s-time-to-get-rid-of-their-things


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