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Welcome to the December edition of Deaths of the Month on The Days Grimm! Hosts Brian Michael Day and Thomas Grimm are joined by producer and comedian Graham Gallagher to rank the wildest, weirdest, and most chilling winter-related deaths in history. From Victorian parties on frozen rivers to modern mysteries that still baffle investigators, this episode covers it all.

In this episode, the guys break down:

• The Thames Frost Fairs: Between 1600 and 1814, the River Thames in London would freeze solid, leading to massive fairs with pubs, fires, and shops right on the ice—until the ice broke, leading to tragic (and bizarre) consequences.
• The Man Who Froze in an Unplugged Freezer: The strange case of Nick Sitzman, a man who reportedly died of hypothermia symptoms while locked in a freezer that wasn't even turned on, proving the deadly power of the mind.
• The Great Smog of London (1952): A lethal combination of industrial pollution and weather patterns that covered London in a deadly yellow smog for five days, resulting in thousands of fatalities.
• Paradoxical Undressing: The terrifying biological phenomenon where freezing victims strip off their clothes in the final stages of hypothermia due to a false sensation of extreme heat.
• The Year Without a Summer (1816): How a massive volcanic eruption caused global cooling, leading to famine, riots, and frozen crops in the middle of July.
• The Dyatlov Pass Incident: The ultimate winter mystery where nine experienced hikers cut their way out of their tent and fled into the freezing night, eventually found dead with inexplicable injuries like missing eyes and tongues.

Join us as we rank these frozen tragedies from "weak" to absolute nightmare fuel!

TIMESTAMPS 

00:00 - Intro & December Deaths 

02:29 - The Thames Frost Fairs (Parties on Ice) 

08:42 - Man Dies in Unplugged Freezer (Nick Sitzman) 

14:28 - The Great Smog of London (1952) 

20:00 - Frozen Man & Paradoxical Undressing 

26:40 - The Year Without a Summer (1816) 

36:20 - The Dyatlov Pass Incident 39:45 - Ranking the Deaths

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