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May 2024
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152: OBITCH sleepless in seattle...

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About this episode

Geoffs we hope you took your nap today because this week’s episode will keep you up all night stressing about fatal insomnia, but first Madison is giving us a part two of some pretty legendary patents. We’ve got some awesome obituaries from y’all and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! 



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Sources:

https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/rita-williams-obituary?id=55030161&utm_source=webshareapi&utm_medium=share_button&utm_campaign=wsapimobile_beta

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20240115453

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=748284A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19031229&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0036660

https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/10/weird-inventions-by-guys-part-10.html

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=1749090A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19300304&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP

https://www.openculture.com/2023/05/the-1920s-lie-detector-that-forced-suspected-criminals-to-confess-to-a-skeleton.html#google_vignette

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0039291

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-26/the-patent-office-presents-ghoulish-inventions-for-halloween

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/0506886

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/9610207

https://kottke.org/22/03/the-inventor-of-the-screw-in-coffin

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article173474531.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/JusticeServed/comments/84isw7/guy_pretends_that_hes_sleepwalking_when_he_fails/

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/05/02/obituarymadeleine-maddy-jean-gatchell-corson-2/

https://www.samndan.com/drunk-vs-drowsy-vs-distracted-driving/#:~:text=Many%20experts%20have%20found%20that,times%20and%20motor%20vehicle%20accidents

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781276/


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