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Unhappy Endings

2016/12/10
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Life is fragile and an end comes for us all. But whether that end is labeled as mysterious, ironic, tragic, coincidental or altogether unremarkable, is something for those that survive us to decide. The path of life through the wilderness of our choices can be both rocky and smooth, so look where you're going because others will remember where you've been.

Tonight's Quote:

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” 

— Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 

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List of Unusual Deaths on Wikipedia http://bit.ly/1PAOw1q) The 27 Club http://bit.ly/1eCnVla) Draco the lawgiver http://bit.ly/1dhB4ih) Nomodeiktes: Greek Studies in Honor of Martin Ostwald http://a.co/0G5UfUs) Lawrence of Rome http://bit.ly/1IxWS4c) Earl Sigurd the Mighty - the first Earl of Orkney http://bit.ly/1zRZJkE) Máel Brigte of Moray http://bit.ly/2hg2DvM) OrkneyJar - the heritage of the Orkney Islands http://www.orkneyjar.com) Louis the VI of France - or "Louis the Fat" http://bit.ly/2hobU89) Philip of France (1116–1131) http://bit.ly/2hvHGMl) Pepin the Short http://bit.ly/2h7ju6c) The Cassowary http://bit.ly/2h3L9op) Rod Hull and his Emu on the Hudson Brothers' Razzle Dazzle Show http://bit.ly/2h3JSgX) Kevin Hart on his Ostrich encounter - WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE http://bit.ly/2glqtsY) Affidavit about Daniel and Jabez Spicer from Thomas's Mass. Spy No. 676, April 1784 http://bit.ly/2hs34C3) The Spicer Bros. story in the Weekly World News http://bit.ly/2hmoQva) The Spicer Bros. story in the book, Incredible But True http://bit.ly/2hsb71V) Shays' Rebellion http://bit.ly/1Em1zQ6) Overview of the Shays' Rebellion battle for the arsenal http://bit.ly/2gjxzOL) Isadora Duncan http://bit.ly/2gkcnD2) Edna Mode from The Incredibles - NO CAPES!!! http://bit.ly/1LIX5Te) Robert Williams - 1st reported human killed by a robot http://bit.ly/2gKCN1T) R.U.R. - the 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek http://bit.ly/1Ua78J2) Jimi Heselden - Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and owner Segway Inc. who fell off a cliff while riding one http://bit.ly/1SOZqSu) Armin Meiwes and Bernd Brandes, a cannibal and his guest for dinner - WARNING: DISTURBING http://bit.ly/1ZH1BIl) Gloria Ramirez - "The Toxic Lady" http://bit.ly/2geOFcp) A possible chemical explanation for the death of Gloria Ramirez from FSI http://bit.ly/2gIl7E3) "The Toxic Lady" on Skeptoid by Brian Dunning http://bit.ly/2fYJdwB)

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Credits:

Episode 056 - "Unhappy Endings" Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Edited by Sarah Vorhees, Ryan McCullough Sound Design; Research Assistance by Tess Pfeifle and the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a,k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2016 Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. All Rights Reserved.