OBITCHUARY

This week we are coming to you live from the Biltmore hotel in Downtown Los Angeles to talk all about the haunted history of this 1923 relic. From a Black Dahlia connection to a horrifying death followed by an America’s Got Talent audition??! Yeah…it’s gonna get weird. We’ve got an obituary for a bad inventor, one that is absolutely chilling…and of course, some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!



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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia
https://www.fbi.gov/history/cases-and-criminals/black-dahlia

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We’d like to speak to a lawyer!!! We’re coming to you from prison this week to talk about some botched executions! We’ve got an obituary for a gal who recently graced our screens, one for the fiancé of a gal who was very much once locked up and so much more including, of course, some dumb.ass.criminallllllllls!



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TGIT GEOFFS! This week Madison and Spencer have been replaced by King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and they’re telling us all about the wild lives of jesters! We’ve got an obituary for the ex-fiance of a controversial figure and one that’s too good to be true. OH and of course, as jesters we must present you with some DUMB.ASS.CRIMINALLLLS!



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OH HI GEOFFS!! This week we’re getting into the halloween spirit with hAuNtInG lAwSuItS and spooky decorations that caused some serious drama. We’ve got an obituary that was brutally honest, one for a gal who deserved a little more credit and of course we’ve got some DUMB.ASS.CRIMINALLLLLLLLLS!



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Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/676601499/?match=3&terms=apparition%20death&search-id=6dfe0106-23fe-4b54-a02e-d18a7d703d8b&search-rank=65
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Well hellllllo Geoffs! Grab your pepto because Madison is telling us all about the Mad Gasser of Mattoon! Next, Spencer is once again bringing all of the bridezilla vibes with the dark history of wedding customs! We’ve got some obituaries for legendary men, and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllllllllls!!!

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