Plot Twist Podcast: A Grave Affair

We're discussing breaking news of an Indiana funeral home where 31 unembalmed bodies were found decaying on the premises. We'll compare that to the 2002 crematorium scandal where hundreds of bodies were left scattered across the property. Resources: "Mercury Emissions from Crematoria" by Susan R Maloney "State Requirements for Home Funerals"- National Home Funeral Alliance "New funeral home opens...

TW: physical and sexual violence Badass cheerleader Jessica Keen was found murdered in a graveyard in 1991. We'll bring you with us to the scene of the crime. Support teens like Jessica by donating to Huckleberry House in Columbus, Ohio: https://www.huckhouse.org/donate/ Resources: "Horror in the Graveyard: The Murder of Jessica Keen" by Verity Partington, Medium. "Jessica Keen" unsolved.com ; Uns...

Rest in peace.... until you're canonized a saint. We're unearthing the mysterious practice of collecting relics! Join us for an interview with someone who knows a little bit more about sainthood than we do. Resources: "The (Not Really So Very) Incorruptible Corpses" by Elizabeth Harper- Order of the Good Death Blog "How Can a Corpse be Incorruptible?" by Josh Clark- HowStuffWorks "Saints"- United...

Plot Twist is going on the road for the first time! Morgan and Jenelle are revisiting a Victorian-era pastime: picnicking among the dead. Resources: lakeviewcemetery.com "Remembering When Americans Picnicked in Cemeteries" by Jonathan Kendall, Atlas Obscura "Party Like it's 1899: Are Cemetery Picnics Making a Comeback?" by Patricia Hartley, Connecting Directors "Dying to Get In: When Cemetery Picn...

Join us for our spooky shenanigans in Utah at Grafton ghost town and Hog Allen's grave. Also, tune in for our first interview ever! TW: postmortem grossness at the end. Native Land app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/native-land/id1194356597 Bird extraordinaire Nick Harris: @longwingslc @n.harrishawk Resources: Grafton Heritage Plaques "Black Hawk War" by John A. Peterson, Utah History Encyclopedia...

We're highlighting two unusual cemeteries for this episode: the Merry Cemetery in Romania, with its clever epitaphs that reveal the community's secrets, and Neptune's Memorial Reef, an underwater graveyard that incorporates cremains into a living reef. Bring a notepad and get some inspiration on where to spend eternity! Merry Cemetery epitaphs: https://peterkayafas.com/the-merry-cemetery-of-sapant...

We're getting down and dirty with bodies preserved for thousands of years buried under European bogs! Resources: "What is a Bog?" National Geographic "Who Were the Ancient Bog Mummies? Surprising New Clues" by Christine Dell'Amore- National Geographic "The Mystery of the Gauballe Man, The Iron Age Body Preserved in a Peat Bog for 2,300 Years" by Marco Margaritoff- All Things Interesting "The Graub...

This week we're discussing the mummies of St. Michan's crypts in Dublin, Ireland. We'll tell you about the history, some recent grave robberies, and most importantly, our own trip to the crypts. Resources: Jenelle's Ireland journal including quotes from St. Michan's tour guide Atlas Obscura- Dublin, Ireland- St. Michan's Crypts St. Michan's Official Website "Head of 800-year-old 'Crusader' Mummy S...