Our eyes are up here Geoffs! This week Spencer is answering the age old question, can you truly die of a broken heart? The answer might surprise you! Madison shakes things up with some of the most insane torture devices that ever existed. We’ve got a whole lotta obituaries this week and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/rack-torture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_a_rail
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/wooden-horse-0017081
http://www.revolutionarywarjournal.com/riding-the-wooden-horse-other-medieval-tortures-adopted-by-washingtons-army-during-the-american-revolution/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poena_cullei
https://www.historydefined.net/pear-of-anguish/#:~:text=The%20Pear%20of%20Anguish%20was%20a%20medieval%20torture,centuries%20and%20caused%20immense%20suffering%20to%20its%20victims
https://allthatsinteresting.com/scolds-bridle
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/augustachronicle/name/angela-obituary?id=16585082
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17156928/isaac-gravatt-finds-a-dead-man-who/
https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/timescolonist/name/george-adam-obituary?pid=201997771
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/disorderly-conduct/charles-easter-mug-shot-921670
https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/states
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy
https://www.heart.org/en/search#q=takotsubo%20cardiomyopathy&sort=relevancy
https://www.unitypoint.org/livewell/article.aspx?id=a7f06d29-de06-4343-bfef-ebb12fc667bdhttps://thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-hayes/2015/11/documented-cases-of-people-actually-dying-of-a-broken-heart/
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