This week NYT Best Selling Authors Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes (we won’t do that again let us have our moment!!!) are sitting down to discuss the wild world of freak shows, and some incredible stories of offering friendship and humanity during someones final moments. We’ve got an obituary for a bearded icon, one that gives us hope and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary
Get your Merch: wonderyshop.com/obitchuary
Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com
Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter
New episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.
Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok
Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening!
Write to us: obitpod@gmail.com
Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes
PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807
Sources:
https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/strangers-pay-for-funeral-of-woman-92-with-no-family/
https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/kindness-of-strangers-how-one-nurse-made-sure-no-one-dies-alone/all
https://volunteer.uclahealth.org/custom/527/opp_details/4139
https://www.reddit.com/r/casualiama/comments/c2vjok/i_am_a_noonediesalone_volunteer_ama/
https://nosdaf.com/what-we-fund/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIUva7jMJg
https://www.wehonorveterans.org/working-for-veterans/volunteering/no-veteran-dies-alone/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigil
https://www.newspapers.com/image/593641054/?match=1&terms=arrested%20at%20vigil
https://italiantribune.com/the-case-of-the-conjoined-colloredo-brothers/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/freak-show-members
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_law
https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/San-Francisco-once-pioneered-ugly-laws-15098902.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jones_(bearded_woman)
https://www.newspapers.com/image/63172921/?match=1&terms=%22annie%20jones%22
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.