194: OBITCH how to disappear...

Geoffs!! Happy Thursday! This week Spencer is teaching us how to disappear with the Japanese phenomenon of Johatsu! Next up, Madison is telling us the incredible story of the Winchester Geese. We’ve got a classic death notice, a viral obituary and some dumb.ass.criminallllls you don’t wanna miss! 

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Sources:

 https://www.kwqc.com/2025/03/07/woman-arrested-allegedly-calling-police-300-times-threatening-kill-2-officers/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dhatsu#:~:text=One%20particular%20yonige%2Dya%20could,client%20is%20evading%20debt%20collectors

https://time.com/4646293/japan-missing-people-johatsu-evaporated/

https://www.japanpi.com/blog/background/strict-privacy-laws-missing-persons-case/

https://www.brownfuneralhomeniles.com/obituaries/Sheryl-Lynne-Pol?obId=38168976

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/couple-forced-sit-dead-body-plane-4-hours-woman-dies-flight-rcna193617

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

https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/uk-vigil-part-of-struggle-for-prostitute-memorial-idUSL3E7LS09Y/#:~:text=In%20the%20Middle%20Ages%2C%20prostitutes,of%20the%20Bishop%20of%20Winchester

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_Lane#:~:text=In%20the%20medieval%20period%2C%20it,from%20a%20fever%20in%201688.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/london-graveyard-s-become-memorial-citys-seedier-past-180953104/#:~:text=The%20cemetery%20was%20more%20or,scurvy%2C%20syphilis%20and%20rickets—was%20rife

https://historytheinterestingbits.com/tag/winchester-geese/

https://www.museumofsexobjects.co.uk/collection/winchester-geese-plate

https://bugwomanlondon.com/2017/03/18/bugwoman-on-location-at-crossbones-graveyard/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/celebrating-life-at-a-forgotten-cemetary-for-sex-workers/

https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/uk-vigil-part-of-struggle-for-prostitute-memorial-idUSL3E7LS09Y/#:~:text=At%207%20p,used%20for%20prostitutes%20and%20paupers

http://crossbones.org.uk/history/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/crossbones-graveyard-london-england

https://gizmodo.com/visit-this-neglected-medieval-cemetery-for-the-outcast-1677792879

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/carol-leigh-activist-coined-term-sex-work-dies-71-rcna57822

https://www.vice.com/en/article/cemetery-charging-vip-passes-visit-dead-relatives/

https://www.insideedition.com/albany-landlord-tied-up-2-tenants-and-dumped-them-in-cemetery-because-he-wanted-to-evict-them 

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