DEADPOD

• Famous Last Words

  Welcome to DEADPOD a weekly podcast about death. Death is a thing that touches all of our lives - it has scared, scarred and mesmerised throughout human history. Join Andy Bush and Brian Murphy as they embark on a journey to explore different aspects of death around the world, in history and pop culture and what it says about us. Whether it be murder mysteries, unsolved crimes, deceased technology, shock deaths in TV soaps or super crazy historical deaths, DEADPOD will satisfy your morbid curiousity. Famous Last Words: "Et Tu Brute, My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death, one or the other of us has to go & I'm just going outside I may be some time" - all brilliant final words. We'd all like to think that when we go, we'll impart some sort of cosmic wisdom destined to be repeated down the ages, but the reality can be far more mundane. In this episode Andy and Brian explore some of the lesser known final words of the great and the good. Thanks for listening! Give in to your morbid curiosity and join us. Get in touch on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosts -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andy Bush⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brian Murphy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Producer⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dane Smith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production Company -⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lock It In Studio⁠⁠

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• Faking Your Own Death

  Welcome to DEADPOD a weekly podcast about death. Death is a thing that touches all of our lives - it has scared, scarred and mesmerised throughout human history. Join Andy Bush and Brian Murphy as they embark on a journey to explore different aspects of death around the world, in history and pop culture and what it says about us. Whether it be murder mysteries, unsolved crimes, deceased technology, shock deaths in TV soaps or super crazy historical deaths, DEADPOD will satisfy your morbid curiousity. Faking Your Own Death: We’ve all thought about it. Whats the universal cure for Money troubles, relationship problems, or a reluctance to sit throught a nativity play. Yes, faking your own death. In this episode Andy & Brian discuss a legend of the pretending your dead game, John Darwin AKA The Canoe Man and a 18th Century merchant who attended his own funeral for a laugh. They also go down a bit of a cul-de-sac about the ‘Big Light’ and this week's historical death isn’t for the faint hearted. Thanks for listening! Give in to your morbid curiosity and join us. Get in touch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andy Bush⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brian Murphy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Producer ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dane Smith⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production Company - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lock It In Studio⁠⁠

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• Cheating the Grim Reaper?

  Welcome to DEADPOD a weekly podcast about death. Death is a thing that touches all of our lives - it has scared, scarred and mesmerised throughout human history. Join Andy Bush and Brian Murphy as they embark on a journey to explore different aspects of death around the world, in history and pop culture and what it says about us. Whether it be murder mysteries, unsolved crimes, deceased technology, shock deaths in TV soaps or super crazy historical deaths, DEADPOD will satisfy your morbid curiousity. Cheating the Grim Reaper? This episode we talk about the possibility of extending your life or beating death altogether. Is Bryan Johnson (The Canadian tech billionaire, not the Geordie singer) on to something with his bizarre health regime. We also debunk the "Walt Disney Frozen Head" urban myth and explain why you definitely don't want to try the 'Brown-Séquard Elixir' to extend your life. Thanks for listening! Give in to your morbid curiosity and join us. Get in touch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andy Bush⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brian Murphy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Producer ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dane Smith⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production Company - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lock It In Studio⁠⁠

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• Ye Olde Executions

  Welcome to DEADPOD a weekly podcast about death. Death is a thing that touches all of our lives - it has scared, scarred and mesmerised throughout human history. Join Andy Bush and Brian Murphy as they embark on a journey to explore different aspects of death around the world, in history and pop culture and what it says about us. Whether it be murder mysteries, unsolved crimes, deceased technology, shock deaths in TV soaps or super crazy historical deaths, DEADPOD will satisfy your morbid curiousity. Ye Olde Executions: Thankfully the majority of societies no longer hand out the death penalty but if you were unlucky enough to live in the distant past there were some strange ways to depart this mortal coil. In this episode we explore the Roman pratice of Poena Cullei which involved a sack and a collection of animals, and Schaphism which needed 2 boats and a load of milk and honey. Don't ask. Thanks for listening! Give in to your morbid curiosity and join us. Get in touch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andy Bush⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brian Murphy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Producer ⁠⁠⁠Dane Smith⁠⁠⁠ Production Company - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lock It In Studio⁠⁠

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• Ghosts

  Welcome to DEADPOD a weekly podcast about death. Death is a thing that touches all of our lives - it has scared, scarred and mesmerised throughout human history. Join Andy Bush and Brian Murphy as they embark on a journey to explore different aspects of death around the world, in history and pop culture and what it says about us. Whether it be murder mysteries, unsolved crimes, deceased technology, shock deaths in TV soaps or super crazy historical deaths, DEADPOD will satisfy your morbid curiousity. Ghosts: We all love a bit of ghost action. Sheets over heads, transparent monks, Headless Horsemen, the lot. In this episode Andy and Brian discuss their favourite ghosts. Featuring the UKs most haunted house, CIA Ghost Hoaxes and not one but two poltergeists! Thanks for listening! Give in to your morbid curiosity and join us. Get in touch on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hosts - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Andy Bush⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brian Murphy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Producer ⁠⁠Dane Smith⁠⁠ Production Company - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lock It In Studio⁠⁠

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