This week NYT Best Selling Authors Spencer Henry and Madison Reyes (we won’t do that again let us have our moment!!!) are sitting down to discuss the wild world of freak shows, and some incredible stories of offering friendship and humanity during someones final moments. We’ve got an obituary for a bearded icon, one that gives us hope and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalllllls! Buy our book: prh.com/obitchuary Get your Merch: wonderyshop.com/obitchuary Come see us live on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com Join our Patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter New episodes come out every Thursday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Follow along online: @obitchuarypod on Twitter & Instagram @obitchuarypodcast on TikTok Check out Spencer’s other podcast Cult Liter wherever you’re listening! Write to us: [email protected] Spencer Henry & Madison Reyes PO Box 18149 Long Beach, CA 90807 Sources: https://www.verywellhealth.com/hospice-volunteers-ensure-no-one-dies-alone-1132604#:~:text=Vigil%20volunteers%20may%20come%20in,may%20stay%20for%20the%20duration. https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/us-news/strangers-pay-for-funeral-of-woman-92-with-no-family/ https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/kindness-of-strangers-how-one-nurse-made-sure-no-one-dies-alone/all https://volunteer.uclahealth.org/custom/527/opp_details/4139 https://www.reddit.com/r/casualiama/comments/c2vjok/i_am_a_noonediesalone_volunteer_ama/ https://nosdaf.com/about/ https://nosdaf.com/what-we-fund/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIUva7jMJg https://www.wehonorveterans.org/working-for-veterans/volunteering/no-veteran-dies-alone/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigil https://www.newspapers.com/image/593641054/?match=1&terms=arrested%20at%20vigil https://italiantribune.com/the-case-of-the-conjoined-colloredo-brothers/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/freak-show-members https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugly_law https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/San-Francisco-once-pioneered-ugly-laws-15098902.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jones_(bearded_woman) https://www.newspapers.com/image/63172921/?match=1&terms=%22annie%20jones%22 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.