Funeral Home Secrets, Stigmas, and Horror Stories

30 Morbid Minutes

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The modern funeral industry capitalizes on stigmas about death, creating a deliberate air of mystery and secrecy around how funeral homes operate. We go inside the unspoken practices of morticians, and debunk some of the myths and tall tales surrounding the post-mortem process. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code 30MM to get 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to get $100 off any eBike purchase. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.7	The modern day funeral industry capitalizes on stigmas about death, creating a deliberate air of mystery and secrecy around how funeral homes operate.
0:45.4	Well, we're opening the casket wide and taking a peek inside.
0:49.5	Welcome to 30 Morbid Minutes.
1:04.8	Yeah. to 30 morbid minutes. This is the podcast where we investigate topics and history of a morbid macab, dark,
1:10.0	and downright grzzly nature.
1:11.7	I'm Elise Willems. And I'm Jessica Vasami. Every once in a while, a thread will pop up somewhere
1:16.5	on the internet, wherein one intrepid online sleuth will dare to ask their digital compatriots
1:22.7	something along the lines of funeral home workers, undertakers, morticians, what's your strangest or creepiest
1:29.5	story? Read through one of those threads and you'll find stories that run the gambit from creepy to
1:35.7	bizarre to nauseating to unbelievable. Yes, which isn't to say that all of the stories are so grisly.
1:43.3	Some can be funny or even life-affirming, like one about
1:46.8	a great aunt who asks to be buried in her 100 jazzercised classes taken t-shirt. Yes, yep,
1:55.0	but not all stories are so whimsical. There are dozens of stories from funeral directors
2:00.3	that will make your skin crawl.
2:02.8	I've seen a few coincidental stories about people preparing bodies, then turning their backs to
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