Unhappy Endings

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2016

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Life is fragile and an end comes for us all. But whether that end is labeled as mysterious, ironic, tragic, coincidental or altogether unremarkable, is something for those that survive us to decide. The path of life through the wilderness of our choices can be both rocky and smooth, so look where you're going because others will remember where you've been.

Tonight's Quote:

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”

— Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Show Links:

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List of Unusual Deaths on Wikipedia http://bit.ly/1PAOw1q The 27 Club http://bit.ly/1eCnVla Draco the lawgiver http://bit.ly/1dhB4ih Nomodeiktes: Greek Studies in Honor of Martin Ostwald http://a.co/0G5UfUs Lawrence of Rome http://bit.ly/1IxWS4c Earl Sigurd the Mighty - the first Earl of Orkney http://bit.ly/1zRZJkE Máel Brigte of Moray http://bit.ly/2hg2DvM OrkneyJar - the heritage of the Orkney Islands http://www.orkneyjar.com Louis the VI of France - or "Louis the Fat" http://bit.ly/2hobU89 Philip of France (1116–1131) http://bit.ly/2hvHGMl Pepin the Short http://bit.ly/2h7ju6c The Cassowary http://bit.ly/2h3L9op Rod Hull and his Emu on the Hudson Brothers' Razzle Dazzle Show http://bit.ly/2h3JSgX Kevin Hart on his Ostrich encounter - WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE http://bit.ly/2glqtsY Affidavit about Daniel and Jabez Spicer from Thomas's Mass. Spy No. 676, April 1784 http://bit.ly/2hs34C3 The Spicer Bros. story in the Weekly World News http://bit.ly/2hmoQva The Spicer Bros. story in the book, Incredible But True http://bit.ly/2hsb71V Shays' Rebellion http://bit.ly/1Em1zQ6 Overview of the Shays' Rebellion battle for the arsenal http://bit.ly/2gjxzOL Isadora Duncan http://bit.ly/2gkcnD2 Edna Mode from The Incredibles - NO CAPES!!! http://bit.ly/1LIX5Te Robert Williams - 1st reported human killed by a robot http://bit.ly/2gKCN1T R.U.R. - the 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek http://bit.ly/1Ua78J2 Jimi Heselden - Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and owner Segway Inc. who fell off a cliff while riding one http://bit.ly/1SOZqSu Armin Meiwes and Bernd Brandes, a cannibal and his guest for dinner - WARNING: DISTURBING http://bit.ly/1ZH1BIl Gloria Ramirez - "The Toxic Lady" http://bit.ly/2geOFcp A possible chemical explanation for the death of Gloria Ramirez from FSI http://bit.ly/2gIl7E3 "The Toxic Lady" on Skeptoid by Brian Dunning http://bit.ly/2fYJdwB

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Credits:

Episode 056 - "Unhappy Endings" Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Edited by Sarah Vorhees, Ryan McCullough Sound Design; Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a,k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2016 Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. All Rights Reserved.

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0:30.0	This week's episode of Stonstein Legends is sponsored by Warby Parker, Movement Watches, The Great Courses Plus and Blue Apron.
0:36.0	And...
0:38.0	And what? And...
0:40.0	We're back. Sorry, I'm still stunned from our last YouTube appearance there.
0:44.0	So we're in the studio. We're back in the studio here without a camera. Thank God.
0:48.0	Did you not enjoy our little endeavor last week, Forrest?
0:50.0	No. It's very... No, I enjoyed the interaction. It's a one-sided conversation.
0:56.0	I've just got used to finally my voice being out there in the interwebs.
1:00.0	The problem is that once you see yourself and your force to watch it, which I do not enjoy, you notice every little single weird tick that you do.
1:10.0	Yes. You probably just ignore all yours.
1:12.0	In case you missed it, we did a live streaming appearance on our YouTube channel.
1:16.0	And we blathered on about a wide variety of things, including but not limited to answering questions from listeners via chat.
1:22.0	Even though it's coming on, it is archived on our channel. And you can watch it there anytime you'd like to see what a couple of guys who have no idea what they're doing look like on camera.
1:31.0	Again, it was a fun little treat. So now you might have missed that appearance because we only announced it about 30 minutes ahead of time on some of our social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
1:41.0	Those, by the way, are among the best ways to stay on top of what we're doing for a moment to moment. And that in our newsletter, which tests has recently taken over after firing Scott for not sending them out regularly.
1:51.0	I was busy. Yeah, right. Let's get back on point.
1:54.0	All right, very good. The reason we announced it kind of quietly and just before we did it was because, well, I'll just say it, we were scared.
2:01.0	I don't know if that's the right word, Scott. Well, it probably is for me anyway.
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