This week we’re going old school, we’ve heard about moirologists, now it’s time to talk about funeral mutes! But first Madison is talking about the incredible phenomenon known as end of life lucidity. We’ve got an obituary for a horror icon, and one for a man who had his priorities straight! Oh, and we didn’t forget, we’ve also got some dumb.ass.criminallllllls! 

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/08/i-went-to-the-funerals-of-complete-strangers-this-is-what-i-learned-about-the-living

https://austins.co.uk/the-history-of-the-victorian-mute/#:~:text=A%20mute%20was%20basically%20a,with%20a%20black%20top%20hat

https://dailynewsreported.com/togetherness/man-spends-the-day-telling-people-that-their-babies-are-ugly-while-standing-outside-of-walmart/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/fashion/juli-lynne-charlot-dead.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228995515_Terminal_lucidity_in_people_with_mental_illness_and_other_mental_disability_An_overview_and_implications_for_possibly_explanatory_models

https://www.healthline.com/health/alzheimers-dementia/terminal-lucidity#preparation

https://www.crossroadshospice.com/hospice-palliative-care-blog/2019/july/16/end-of-life-rallying-what-is-terminal-lucidity/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-dying-people-often-experience-a-burst-of-lucidity/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/23/the-clouds-cleared-what-terminal-lucidity-teaches-us-about-life-death-and-dementia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_lucidity

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/halloween-actor-charles-cyphers-dead-at-85

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral#Mutes_and_professional_mourners

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