Episodes

  • Episode 76: Haste Makes Waste

    Episode 76: Haste Makes Waste
    May 1 2025
    For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about people who paid the price for being a little too careless and impatient, and our funeral home story tells of the time a family jumped the gun on making funeral arrangements for their loved one. Email us! morgueratspod@gmail.com Follow us! Instagram-morgueratspod Facebook-Morgue Rats Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrofishing https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501235091/man-dies-after-being-electrocuted-while-fishing-despite-sand-remedy/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-05-mn-690-story.html https://uk.news.yahoo.com/skydivers-haunting-final-words-realised-142159245.html https://nypost.com/2021/07/22/woman-plunges-164-feet-to-death-in-tragic-bungee-accident/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8560441.stm https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199609/Man-crushed-death-dustcart-tipped-wheelie-bin-following-night-drinking.html
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    31 mins
  • Episode 75: My Car Is Cooler Than Your Car!

    Episode 75: My Car Is Cooler Than Your Car!
    Apr 17 2025
    For today’s episode, we’re going to talk about an essential piece of funeral home equipment and the visual representation of death itself—the glorious hearse (and we’ll sprinkle in a little mayhem, too!), and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker and his wife drove their brand-new hearses cross country. Email us! morgueratspod@gmail.com Follow us! Instagram-morgueratspod Facebook-Morgue Rats Sources: https://auto.howstuffworks.com/hearse.htm https://www.wsaz.com/2024/10/22/funeral-home-apologizes-after-corpse-falls-out-hearse-traffic/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14373173/amp/horrifying-moment-body-spills-casket-hearse-collides-semi-truck-colombia.html https://www.tallahatchienews.ms/top-stories-local-content/funeral-home-owner-pastor-dies-rollover-hearse https://people.com/human-interest/dead-body-apparently-saved-hearse-driver-crashed-left-teetering-colorado-cliff/
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    33 mins
  • Episode 74: Infection & Fraud & Murder -- Oh My!

    Episode 74: Infection & Fraud & Murder -- Oh My!
    Apr 3 2025
    For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about how hospitals can be very bad for your health, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker had to overcome his dislike for hospitals in order to visit a family member. Email us! morgueratspod@gmail.com Follow us! Instagram-morgueratspod Facebook-Morgue Rats https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/health-care-providers-crimes-caused-patients-deaths https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/hcp/clinical-overview/index.html https://simplyhealth.io/9-general-mrsa-symptoms/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADKBXgHNd8vLZyWeXkQCSZ_kIumuA&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhYS_BhD2ARIsAJTMMQabzHnalBvIDCs5R0ADLyOZOx21ZsEsek89yRH-dlEjylPc_y7z_2UaAkeEEALw_wcB https://psmf.org/story/joshua-nahum/#:~:text=On%20October%2022%2C%202006%2C%20our,his%20short%20but%20unforgettable%20life. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2010/10/atlanta_mother_urges_hospital.html https://www.northwestcareercollege.edu/blog/what-is-healthcare-fraud-and-how-common-is-it/#:~:text=The%20National%20Health%20Care%20Anti-Fraud%20Association%20estimates%20conservatively%20that%20health%20care%20fraud%20costs%20the%20nation%20about%20$68%20billion%20annually.%20That’s%20about%203%20percent%20of%20the%20nation’s%20$2.26%20trillion%20in%20health%20care%20spending.%20Other%20estimates%20range%20as%20high%20as%2010%20percent%20of%20annual%20health%20care%20expenditure%2C%20or%20$230%20billion. https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Toppan,%20Jane%20-%202005.pdf https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/toppan-jane.htm
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    32 mins
  • Episode 73: Take This Job And Shove It!

    Episode 73: Take This Job And Shove It!
    Mar 20 2025
    For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about murder in the workplace, and our funeral home story tells of…well…just another day at the office. Email us! morgueratspod@gmail.com Follow us! Instagram-morgueratspod Facebook-Morgue Rats Sources: https://www.thehigginsfirm.com/ten-worst-workplace-homicides-in-u-s-history/ https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sherrill-patrick-henry.htm https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/san-marco-jennifer.htm https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/farley-richard.htm https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/allaway-edward-charles.htm
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    30 mins
  • Episode 72: Your Voice Is Killing Me!

    Episode 72: Your Voice Is Killing Me!
    Mar 6 2025
    For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about killers who had distinctive voices, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker learned a valuable lesson in phone manners. Email us! morgueratspod@gmail.com Follow us! Instagram-morgueratspod Facebook-Morgue Rats Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/michael-bever-okla-teen-guilty-of-fatally-stabbing-parents-three-younger-siblings/ https://www.oxygen.com/killer-siblings/crime-news/robert-michael-bevers-stab-family-broken-arrow-crystal?amp BEVER v. STATE Marco Bergamo (serial killer) - Wikipedia Edmund Kemper | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers https://www.iheart.com/content/2017-10-24-the-voice-behind-many-bestselling-books-on-tape-is-actually-a-serial-killer/#:~:text=Among%20the%20books%20Kemper%20lent,four%20million%20feet%20of%20tape. https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/stephani-paul.htm Paul Michael Stephani - Wikipedia
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    31 mins
  • Episode 71: We’re Cursed, I Tell Ya! Cursed!

    Episode 71: We’re Cursed, I Tell Ya! Cursed!
    Feb 20 2025
    For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about cursed families and the tragedies they endured, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker found himself dealing with the same family over, and over, and over again. Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11674965/amp/The-curse-Grimaldis-Inside-Monaco-Royal-Family-scandals-tragedies-heartache.html Famous Family Curses Throughout History Nepalese royal massacre - Wikipedia https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/07/hapsburg-raven-curse/amp/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Getty_III https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/a45665950/von-erich-family?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_bio_m_bm_prog_org_us_a45665950&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAApTwOX2cZqsynPVKUf0YCdHjfszGS&gclid=CjwKCAiA8Lu9BhA8EiwAag16b-Vha1dVpGWQ8M2FUtbNDGr7pMOsB-pilFoWoD-oSoBVT5k6RV2e5RoCGscQAvD_BwE https://www.historyhit.com/the-kennedy-curse-a-timeline-of-tragedy/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident Email us! morgueratspod@gmail.com Follow us! Instagram-morgueratspod Facebook-Morgue Rats
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    36 mins
  • Episode 70: Guess What I Heard!

    Episode 70: Guess What I Heard!
    Feb 6 2025
    For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about rumors that had catastrophic consequences, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker had to deal with a rumor that was being spread about him Sources: https://www.tamburinolawgroup.com/blog/2018/july/3-situations-where-false-accusations-ruined-live/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Wall https://nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/nilq/article/view/517/409 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72892/9-false-rumors-real-life-consequences https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2013/04/23/false-rumor-of-explosion-at-white-house-causes-stocks-to-briefly-plunge-ap-confirms-its-twitter-feed-was-hacked.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46145986.amp https://amp.dw.com/en/india-train-panic-12-dead-fire-rumor/a-71377483 https://nypost.com/2022/04/27/student-died-by-suicide-after-bullying-about-his-vaccination-status-suit/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials Email us! morgueratspod@gmail.com Follow us! Instagram-morgueratspod Facebook-Morgue Rats
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    28 mins
  • Episode 69: Hanky Panky Horrors

    Episode 69: Hanky Panky Horrors
    Jan 23 2025
    For today’s death story, we’re going to talk about all the weird ways getting frisky can hurt or even kill you, and our funeral home story tells of the time the undertaker went the extra mile to make a widow happy Sources: https://nypost.com/2017/11/30/seven-of-the-most-bizarre-sex-injuries-ever-recorded/ https://time.com/4471274/teenager-dies-hickey-love-bite/ https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196%2811%2962554-8/fulltext https://listverse.com/2018/01/18/10-real-life-kisses-of-death/ https://theconversation.com/death-during-sex-isnt-just-something-that-happens-to-middle-aged-men-new-study-finds-175293 https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/closing-arguments-underway-in-oral-sex-defense-trial/96994/?amp=1 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4678062/#:~:text=Unfortunately%20the%20patient%20featured%20in,1%2C%2022%2C%2023%5D. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/7-hookup-injuries-that-are-more-common-than-you-110732212987.html https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/Sex/sex-related-injuries-common/story?id=10637541 Email us! morgueratspod@gmail.com Follow us! Instagram-morgueratspod Facebook-Morgue Rats
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    31 mins