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Unresolved

"Grave Robbing for Morons"

Unresolved

Unresolved Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

For years, sleuths have tried to figure out the secrets behind a bizarre home movie.

The video - which was eventually titled "Grave Robbing for Morons" and released as a part of a longer compilation - shows a young man speaking to his friend(s) behind the camera. He holds a human skull throughout and regales with his grave-robbing tips and tricks. Unlike the young man's advice, however, the skull appears to be legitimate.

Many question the veracity of the young man's claims, and doubt his advice (which borders on cartoonish at times). However, no one has been able to learn the truth about the video itself, nor the many claims and promises that are made throughout...



Episode hosted, produced, and research/writing by Micheal Whelan

Special thanks to author, director, and podcaster Jesse Pollack (Podcast 1289, True Crime Movie Club) for his help in researching this episode

Original music created by Micheal Whelan through Amper Music

Theme music created and composed by Ailsa Traves

Producers: Maggyjames, Ben Krokum, Roberta Janson, Quil Carter, Peggy Belarde, Laura Hannan, Katherine Vatalaro, Damion Moore, Astrid Kneier, Amy Hampton, Emily McMehen, Scott Meesey, Steven Wilson, Scott Patzold, Marie Vanglund, Lori Rodriguez, Jessica Yount, Aimee McGregor, Danny Williams, Sue Kirk, Sara Moscaritolo, Thomas Ahearn, Victoria Reid, Marion Welsh, Seth Morgan, Alyssa Lawton, Kelly Jo Hapgood, Patrick Ari Ekeheien Laakso, Sydney Scotton, Meadow Landry, and Rebecca Miller

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0:00.0

This episode contains descriptions of graphic content.

0:04.7

Listener discretion is advised.

0:16.3

It's weird to think about a time before the internet.

0:19.3

I, like probably many of you, have become so used to having the internet in my life that

0:25.4

the world before it almost seems like a weird dream that I once woke up from and never

0:31.4

again returned to.

0:33.6

The internet plays such a large part in most of our lives that it is pretty much impossible

0:38.4

to think about a modern world without it.

0:40.7

I mean, the internet plays a vital role in many of our professions, our healthcare and

0:45.6

political systems, our social interactions and means of communication, our dating rituals,

0:52.4

and even our entertainment, everything from the TV or web shows that we stream, the

0:57.6

books that we read, the podcast we listen to, the video games we download, the movies we

1:03.4

watch, basically everything we have or do is connected in some way to the wider world

1:08.6

around us.

1:09.6

Hell, you're listening to me in a media format that wasn't even a thing 20 years

1:14.1

ago, and for me, it's hard to think back to that time in which we did not have almost

1:19.9

everything in the world at our fingertips, but there was a world before the internet,

1:25.2

and surprisingly, it wasn't that long ago, at least not really.

1:30.2

I remember as a teenager in the mid 2000s, before social media became what it is today,

1:36.2

and the world that large was connected at the hip of the world wide web, collecting physical

1:40.6

items for my media consumption, not only books, but DVDs and CDs.

1:47.0

Before then, my family and I had a large collection of VHS tapes and cassettes, which we

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