Deathinitions

About Deathinitions

Have you ever wondered what happens to our bodies when we die? Or what a sky burial is? How the Oxford English Dictionary can have five separate definitions for the word "death"? Who invented embalming? And why on Earth do we stick dead people six feet under? If you're curious about any of these - good! I am too! I'm Jasper and I am absolutely fascinated by death. So much so that I ditched my job as a bookseller and now spend my nine-to-five arranging funerals. Join me as I grab my (metaphorical) shovel to exhume all things death and dying and all the morbid morsels inbetween! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Jasper Chanter

Category

health & fitness · society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Mar 2023

Latest episode

11 Sept 2023

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Sept 2023

   And a Bottle of Rum

   Ever wondered how the fearsome Blackbeard met his grisly end? Come aboard from some grog and I'll tell ye a tale that beggars belief about the last stand of a man with three pistols and a beard alight with the fires of hell... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   6 Sept 2023

   ...Let Fall the Guillotine's Blade

   In part two of the deathly delve into excruciating executions it's time to look at some of the worst that history has to offer and the pour souls who suffered from those terrible fates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   28 Aug 2023

   Dead Man's Hand

   From Ash's comically murderous hand in the Evil Dead Franchise to A24's dread-filled terrifier Talk To Me, severed hands are still clutching at our collective consciousness. But where does this fascination that our divorced limbs have a life of their own come from? And why on Earth would people actively seek out the cold touch of a freshly hanged criminal? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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