CLASSIC: Is there a secret funeral monopoly?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Death is one of humanity's great unifiers. Before the dawn of recorded history our species and others like it venerated, feared and honored the dead. The practice of commemorating our loved ones continues today -- and it's become a big business. Join the guys as they delve deeper into the fact, fiction and controversy of the funeral industry to determine whether or not a secret monopoly is at play.

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0:00.0	Fellow conspiracy realist, this classic episode is important, it is personal, and it touches on one of the unfortunately
0:10.4	universal experiences of all living things.
0:13.6	Death.
0:14.6	Yeah.
0:15.6	spoiler.
0:16.6	Yeah.
0:17.6	That's the end of this reality, right? This plane of existence, but hey man who says it's the end is it just the
0:28.2	beginning come on and what happens when this is the thing that I know got us were creating this episode?
0:36.9	What happens at one of the most terrifying parts of your life, a loved one passes away.
0:44.8	And now, in addition to grieving,
0:47.4	you have to do all these other things.
0:50.2	You have to file paperwork, you have to have a funeral, you have to hopefully trust the people and the professionals that are going to help you with that funeral.
1:00.4	And you gotta come up with a whole bunch of money to make it happen.
1:05.0	Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception.
1:10.0	I'm Andrea Gunning, and now we're sharing an all new story of betrayal.
1:14.8	Justin Rutherford, doctor, father, family man. It was the perfect cover to hide behind.
1:21.6	Detective Weaver said,
1:22.8	I'm sure you know why we're here.
1:26.0	I was like, what in the world is going on?
1:28.8	Listen to betrayal on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:34.4	More better.
1:37.0	Hey I'm Melissa Pomero and I'm Stephanie Beatrice.
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