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Jun 2024
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155: OBITCH oh well!

Morbid Network | Wondery
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This week your favorite ghouls are back to discuss the terrifying danger of wells and a modern mummy tale! We’ve got an obituary with an unfortunate name and one for a total badass. Oh, and we didn’t forget we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!


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Sources:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/richard--dick--sucky-obituary?pid=193865939

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tampabaytimes/name/maynard-hirshon-obituary?id=17720704

https://vimeo.com/willlodge

https://vimeo.com/38642422

https://vimeo.com/berlinomatic

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/centre-for-education/museums/gordon-museum/the-modern-mummy

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44945609

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https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/10/18/first-pictures-of-taxi-dr_n_1017003.html#s416432&title=Alan_Billis

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alan-billis-mummy_n_1961820

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https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44945609#

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https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/local/2021/03/16/kathy-fiscus--fall-down-a-well-changed-the-face-of-breaking-news



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