From the Crypt: Tombstones, Epitaphs & Symbols Explained (New Intro)
This is a rerelease of an episode that originally aired July 19, 2022 with a new intro from Elyse & Jessica.
Exploring the origins of the modern tombstone and what the future of memorial monuments might hold. Plus, we break down the anatomy of epitaphs, and share some of history’s most bizarre and funny ones.
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Elyse Willems
Jessica Vasami
Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey
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From the Crypt: Funeral Home Secrets (New Intro)
This is a rerelease of an episode that originally aired September 13, 2022 with a new intro from Elyse & Jessica.
The modern funeral industry capitalizes on stigmas about death, creating a deliberate air of mystery and secrecy around how funeral homes operate. We go inside the unspoken practices of morticians, and debunk some of the myths and tall tales surrounding the post-mortem process.
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Elyse Willems
Jessica Vasami
Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey
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... And look for new episodes of 30 Morbid Minutes, every other Monday.
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The First Televised Royal Funeral and a Death Headline Fit for a King
Both George V and George VI succumbed to declining health and respiratory ailments. The latter, was the first royal to have his funeral televised, whereas the former's death was seemingly expedited to meet the morning headlines -- a secret unearthed fifty years after his passing.
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Elyse Willems
Jessica Vasami
Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey
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Ranking the Most Morbid Facts
It's an apples to oranges of morbidity as Jessica and Elyse take ten random yet gruesome facts and, using their macabre expertise, rank them from least to most disturbing.
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Elyse Willems
Jessica Vasami
Music by Casey Edwards - @ComposerCasey
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Journey into the morbid, macabre, gruesome and unexplained, with comedians and friends Elyse Willems and Jessica Vasami. Covering topics like: untimely deaths on cruise ships, sleep paralysis demons, celebrity death hoaxes, obituary bandits, pesky cursed objects, spontaneous human combustion, zombie apocalypses, the Victorian obsession with death, screaming mummies, the Dark Forest alien paradox, medical malpractice, good old-fashioned cannibalism, and so much more.
Episodes on Mondays.
***Featured in Apple Podcast's New & Noteworthy 2022.***
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