Ever wondered how the fearsome Blackbeard met his grisly end? Come aboard from some grog and I'll tell ye a tale that beggars belief about the last stand of a man with three pistols and a beard alight with the fires of hell... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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9:05
...Let Fall the Guillotine's Blade
In part two of the deathly delve into excruciating executions it's time to look at some of the worst that history has to offer and the pour souls who suffered from those terrible fates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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24:02
Dead Man's Hand
From Ash's comically murderous hand in the Evil Dead Franchise to A24's dread-filled terrifier Talk To Me, severed hands are still clutching at our collective consciousness. But where does this fascination that our divorced limbs have a life of their own come from? And why on Earth would people actively seek out the cold touch of a freshly hanged criminal? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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9:52
String High the Gallows...
Today we're rolling out the ropey history in part 1 of looking at the history of public execution in all its morbid and gory details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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19:15
Morbid Morsels: A Drunken Drowning
Welcome to the Daft Demise of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, middle child and possibly the only man in history to have requested that he be drowned in a barrel of wine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Have you ever wondered what happens to our bodies when we die? Or what a sky burial is? How the Oxford English Dictionary can have five separate definitions for the word "death"? Who invented embalming? And why on Earth do we stick dead people six feet under? If you're curious about any of these - good! I am too!I'm Jasper and I am absolutely fascinated by death. So much so that I ditched my job as a bookseller and now spend my nine-to-five arranging funerals. Join me as I grab my (metaphorical) shovel to exhume all things death and dying and all the morbid morsels inbetween! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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