106: OBITCH yakety yak don't talk back!

Howdy Geoffs! This week we’ve got a whole lotta wild stuff for you. First Madison is giving us the lowdown on Benjamin Franklin’s basement of bones, then Spencer fills us in on why thousands are flocking to see the body of a nun in Missouri! We’ve got an obituary that had us in our feelings and one written by the deceased. OH we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!!!!

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Sources:

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/27706817/george-winston-backman

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/modern-day-miracle-catholics-flock-rural-missouri-witness-incorrupt-nun

https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/who-was-sister-wilhelmina-lancaster-whose-body-is-now-the-center-of-attention-in-missouri/91326

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12139607/The-incredible-story-Sister-Wilhelmina-Missouri-nun-body-shows-little-sign-decay.html

https://benedictinesofmary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SW2019.pdf

https://www.abccolumbia.com/i/two-women-arrested-for-glitter-attack-in-florida/

https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/when-it-comes-to-bodies-just-how

https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/famous-inventors/10-ben-franklin-inventions.htm

https://www.history.com/news/11-surprising-facts-about-benjamin-franklin

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/skeletons-in-ben-franklins-basement.htm

http://mentalfloss.com/article/30448/time-they-found-those-bodies-ben-franklins-basement

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bodies-in-the-basement-the-forgotten-bones-of-america-s-medical-schools

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-grandison-harris-grave-robber-enslaved-and-then-employed-georgia-college-medicine-180951344/

https://www.wtxl.com/news/florida-news/police-florida-man-calls-911-claiming-he-paid-for-sex-but-got-ripped-off

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/spokesman/name/gaye-robinson-obituary?id=16586636&fhid=12347

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