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Hold onto your wigs Geoffs because this week Spencer had us wiggin’ out with the history of wig-snatching and then Madison is getting all Tarantino with things as she tells us the history of toe tags! We’ve got an obituary for a gal bringing allll the jelly, and two more that are very on theme. Oh….and don’t you worry we’re topping it all off with some dumb.ass.criminalllllls!
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_tag
https://www.civilwarmed.org/the-nameless-grave-identifying-civil-war-dead/
https://www.history.com/articles/civil-war-embalming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_identification
https://www.newspapers.com/image/55182379/?match=1&terms=toe%20tags
https://www.newspapers.com/image/637657337/?match=1&terms=toe%20tags
https://www.newspapers.com/image/812637721/?match=1&terms=toe%20tags
https://time.com/archive/6919015/identifying-the-dead-the-electronic-toe-tag/
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/donald-cook-obituary?id=59586313
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-elaborate-wigsnatching-schemes-of-the-18th-century
https://www.newspapers.com/image/402084452/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/3143368/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1305033536/
https://belfastmedia.com/when-body-snatchers-stalked-belfast-s-cemeteries
https://www.newspapers.com/image/932113328/
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