Grab your permission slips Geoffs because this week Spencer and Madison are taking you on a field trip to two different cemeteries! We’ve got some obituaries inspired by our on-the-ground reporting, and of course we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminalsssssss!

 

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside_Cemetery

https://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/long-beach-municipal-cemetery/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-06-me-21692-story.html

https://dma.mt.gov/mvad/MVAD-Images/Coins-on-headstones-meaning.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQxE-LigeN4

https://www.newspapers.com/image/608135227/?match=1&terms=bessie%20baxter

https://www.newspapers.com/image/608877887/?match=1&terms=Sunnyside%20Cemetery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCnr5UbyEY&t=79s

https://hslb.org/historical-cemetery-tour/?v=0b3b97fa6688

https://www.newspapers.com/image/605703006/?match=1&terms=Verne%20Pickell

https://www.newspapers.com/image/608295816/?match=1&terms=Verne%20Pickell

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28379484/vern-m-pickell

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-gravestones-are-shaped-like-tree-stumps

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPrNgrDkeYk/

https://beachcomber.news/content/why-we-had-two-sunnyside-cemeteries

https://www.newspapers.com/image/380416504/?article=e6ed04a4-52c4-4465-9b43-d96a7fecd58a&terms=Adelaide%20Alexander%20Tichenor

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/whataburger-employee-wanted-allegedly-stealing-debit-card-pay-probation

https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?city=Long+Beach&county=Los+Angeles&entity-types=page%2Cobituary&keyword=Doris+Melvin®ion=us-ca

https://www.newsweek.com/olive-garden-cook-fryer-police-11475161

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/01/28/central-florida-man-caught-in-sexual-performance-with-vacuum-deputies-say/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/george-jones-widow-nancy-kirk-west-arrested-1235416477/

https://savingcountrymusic.com/40-years-ago-johnny-paycheck-shoots-a-man-maybe-over-turtle-soup/

 

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