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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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...
...Let Fall the Guillotine's Blade (00:24:02)
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 Acas...
Dead Man's Hand (00:09:52)
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 fascin...
String High the Gallows... (00:19:15)
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 (00:10:11)
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 ac...
What Watery Graves are These? (00:23:46)
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...
Morbid Morsels: The Good, The Bad and the Sometimes Sad of Highgate (00:09:38)
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 contain...
What is...The Highgate Vampire? (00:22:08)
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 (00:09:26)
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 de...
Morbid Morsels: Famous Last Words (00:08:35)
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....
From Skin Grafts to Spare Parts: A History of Transaplant Surgey with Paul Craddock (01:02:42)
Today I’m talking all things transplant surgery and how its developed through the ages, with the effervescent Paul Craddock and his book Spare Parts. Ever wondered what the first organ to be transplan...
Spooky Pride Special Part 2: Queer Horror Films (00:57:32)
How gay is the creature from the black lagoon? Why is Freaky one of our new queer faves? And why does Melificent piss us off so bad? For this and more join myself and my guest, fellow lover of all thi...
Spooky Pride Special Part 1: Queer Horror Ficton (01:03:18)
Join me and a special guest as we delve into all things queer horror literature and talk you through some of our favourites. The Book Eaters: https://sunyidean.com/books/the-book-eaters/Carmilla: http...
Early Modern Murder and Mayhem with Blessin Adams (00:35:28)
Have we always loved true crime? What is it about murder and misdeeds that have kept us hooked through the ages and what was our early modern ancestors take on suicide? What was the role of the corone...
What is...Cremation? (00:25:00)
People and fire have always had an...interesting relationship. And burning our dead has been away to mourn and respect them for thousands of years. Think you know cremation though? Think again. This w...
Morbid Books: Magic, Mayhem and More with T.L Huchu Part 2 (01:04:44)
Continuing from last week, come and lose yourself in the magical Edinburgh created by T.L Huchu in The Libaray of the Dea. Ever wondered where Hume's Tomb might lead? Or why the city's Calton Hill is ...
Morbid Books: A Stroll Around the Cemetery with T.L Huchu Part 1 (00:46:14)
There's someone waiting for you in the graveyard...it's only gothic fantasy author T.L Huchu talking about his phenomeal Edinburgh Nights series. We're delving into book one - The Library of the Dead ...
What is...the most dangerous surgery in history? (00:12:19)
I know, I know, I disappeard for a while but I'm making it up to you with weird morbid historical stories and author interviws. Come on, you can't tell me you're not even a little bit interested... Ho...
What is...Memento Mori? (00:22:33)
From dancing skeletons to dancing plagues, this week we're diving into all the wild ways that visions of death and dying have impacted the way we think about or own mortality. So...what is Memento Mor...
What is...The Necropolis Railway? (00:24:08)
Would you travel on a train/plane/boat that was carrying someone recently deceased? Spoiler - you probably already have! So why not join me to explore a couple of the weird - and perhaps ingenious - w...
What is...The Discoverie of Witchcraft? (00:22:02)
Come dive under the dust jacket of one of histories most notorious grimoires...or is it? In this week's episode of Deathinitons not all is as it seems when it comes to Reginald Scot's treatise on tric...
What is...the most photographed mausoloeum in the world? (00:18:44)
It's time once again to crack the coffin lid on death, dying and all the morbid morsels inbetween. This weeks episode takes us across the world and back in time to explore the history behind one of th...
What is...Natural Burial? (00:16:26)
If you go down to the woods today be sure of a big surprise...it's a natural burial ground! Join me for the a rambling wander of the how's and why's of woodland burials. At least if we get lost in the...
What is...Death? (00:21:13)
It's the start of the Deathinitions podcast! And what better way to kick the bucket, er...I mean, kick things off than by peeking behind the Grim Reaper's own grizzly curtain and shedding some light o...
Deathinitions Trailer (00:01:46)
Take up your shovel! Stitch your burial shroud! Hoist your anatomy books! Hold on to your...coffin? Well. It's good to be prepared. Whatever you need to work up the courage and join me to knock at Dea...
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