Deathinitions

Sep 11 2023 25 ep. 25 mins 3
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Have you ever wondered what happens to our bodies when we die? Or what a sky burial is? How the Oxford English Dictionary can have five separate definitions for the word "death"? Who invented embalming? And why on Earth do we stick dead people six feet under? If you're curious about any of these - good! I am too!

I'm Jasper and I am absolutely fascinated by death. So much so that I ditched my job as a bookseller and now spend my nine-to-five arranging funerals. Join me as I grab my (metaphorical) shovel to exhume all things death and dying and all the morbid morsels inbetween!

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And a Bottle of Rum

Sep 11 2023 9 mins  
Ever wondered how the fearsome Blackbeard met his grisly end? Come aboard from some grog and I'll tell ye a tale that beggars belief about the last stand of a man with three pistols and a beard alight with the fires of hell... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...Let Fall the Guillotine's Blade

Sep 06 2023 24 mins  
In part two of the deathly delve into excruciating executions it's time to look at some of the worst that history has to offer and the pour souls who suffered from those terrible fates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dead Man's Hand

Aug 28 2023 9 mins  
From Ash's comically murderous hand in the Evil Dead Franchise to A24's dread-filled terrifier Talk To Me, severed hands are still clutching at our collective consciousness. But where does this fascination that our divorced limbs have a life of their own come from? And why on Earth would people actively seek out the cold touch of a freshly hanged criminal? Hosted on Acast. See acas

String High the Gallows...

Aug 24 2023 19 mins  
Today we're rolling out the ropey history in part 1 of looking at the history of public execution in all its morbid and gory details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morbid Morsels: A Drunken Drowning

Aug 14 2023 10 mins  
Welcome to the Daft Demise of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, middle child and possibly the only man in history to have requested that he be drowned in a barrel of wine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What Watery Graves are These?

Aug 10 2023 23 mins  
Terrible accidents, war, natural disasters, progress...Floridian's? What could all these things possible have in common? Why they're all reasons behind the worlds most morbid sub-aquatic feature - the underwater graveyard! Whether purposefully sunk or having slid into the sea these are some of the final resting places of the deep that you should know about. Hosted on Acast. See aca

Morbid Morsels: The Good, The Bad and the Sometimes Sad of Highgate

Aug 07 2023 9 mins  
In last weeks episode of Deathinitions we talked about the mystery of the Highgate Vampire. Whether you believe in blood sucking fiends or not is up to you but we can agree on is that Highgate contains a staggeringly high number of rotten remains - not all of them were good people. And some were just very unlucky. So today we're going to meet some of the cemetery's own mad, bad, (o

What is...The Highgate Vampire?

Aug 02 2023 22 mins  
This week we're takinga trip to Highgate Cemetery in London where shadows stalk and vampires and satanists may be just around the corner... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morbid Morsels: Quoth the Raven

Jul 31 2023 9 mins  
On this weeks Morbid Morsel - the shorter weekly episodes where I tell you about bizarre snippets from history and fun and grizzly stories and facts that didn't make it into last weeks episode - we delve into the mysterious case of one of literature's strangest demises. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Morbid Morsels: Famous Last Words

Jul 24 2023 8 mins  
This weeks Morbid Morsel is a jaunt through some of histories most bizarre final goodbyes. To get more unsettling final utterances check out Paul Berra's Famous Last Words here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Grave-Tidings-by-Paul-Berra/9781785901027 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.