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After a bit of a break, Kara and Ed are back on the mic with a real "banger" of an episode so to speak. Our hosts are trying something different where they both put in their own contributions to the idea of how things go bad even after death.

Kara's going to start of with King William the Conqueror's rise to fame and subsequent death and the issues that can arise when you don't bury a portly man in a quick enough time. Let's just say it involves a burning village in the middle of a dispute of who owns the land the King is being buried, and how to squeeze a fat dude in a small coffin... it doesn't end the way you think!

Ed's contribution takes us to Florence, Oregon in 1970, where a 40 foot 8,000 dead whale washes ashore for about a week and no one knows how to remove it. So they use 200 lbs of dynamite to blow the thing into the ocean. Once again... it doesn't end the way you would think.

So take a listen and embrace the fact that you're currently doing better than William the Conqueror and a dead whale on a beach (or any of bystanders who watched what happened)

For some other episodes that you might find interesting that kind of tie into this one check these out.

The Valley of the Kings and King Tut

Byford Dolphin Incident

Boston Molasses Flood

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