Morbid Minute
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Weird, macabre, morbid things from history, science, pop culture, and beyond.
Jonathan Gerlack of Pennsylvania is facing over 500 criminal charges after he was caught digging up local graves for human trophies. More than 100 sets of skeletal remains were found inside of his home and a storage locker.
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Man faces nearly 500 charges after more than 100 skeletal remains discovered in home
A man accused of stealing dozens of human remains from graves and mausoleums is facing hundreds of criminal charges.
local12.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Jonathan Gerlack of Pennsylvania is facing over 500 criminal charges after he was caught digging up local graves for human trophies. More than 100 sets of skeletal remains were found inside of his home and a storage locker.
local12.com/news/nation-...
local12.com/news/nation-...
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, 1991, “Untitled”. A pile of free candy, the pile can be staged in any art gallery anywhere but must weigh 175 pounds, which was the healthy weight of Gonzalez-Torres’ partner Ross Laycock, who died of AIDS.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, 1991, “Untitled”. A pile of free candy, the pile can be staged in any art gallery anywhere but must weigh 175 pounds, which was the healthy weight of Gonzalez-Torres’ partner Ross Laycock, who died of AIDS.
Sandie Wood had a terminal cancer diagnosis so she knew what she had to do.
Hire a flash mob to dance to "Another One Bites the Dust" at her funeral.
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Hire a flash mob to dance to "Another One Bites the Dust" at her funeral.
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This British Woman Got A Dance Group To Perform Queen’s "Another One Bites The Dust" At Her Funeral
YouTube video by Almost
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December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sandie Wood had a terminal cancer diagnosis so she knew what she had to do.
Hire a flash mob to dance to "Another One Bites the Dust" at her funeral.
youtu.be/Fl-_ed513RY?...
Hire a flash mob to dance to "Another One Bites the Dust" at her funeral.
youtu.be/Fl-_ed513RY?...
81 years after their deaths, the bones of Nicholas II and his family were found by an amateur archeologist and confirmed by DNA. They were interred with honors on 7/17/98.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
81 years after their deaths, the bones of Nicholas II and his family were found by an amateur archeologist and confirmed by DNA. They were interred with honors on 7/17/98.
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The Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana is a manmade lake of death thanks to its toxic pH levels. This body of water was created to manage acidic overflow from the copper mine that functioned on the spot until 1982.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana is a manmade lake of death thanks to its toxic pH levels. This body of water was created to manage acidic overflow from the copper mine that functioned on the spot until 1982.
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pitwatch.org
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pitwatch.org
"The ritual to create a tilberi is both chilling and secretive. At dawn on Whitsunday, a woman must steal a rib from a freshly buried body. She then wraps this rib in grey wool—wool that must also be stolen, plucked from a widow’s sheep just after it has been sheared..."
December 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"The ritual to create a tilberi is both chilling and secretive. At dawn on Whitsunday, a woman must steal a rib from a freshly buried body. She then wraps this rib in grey wool—wool that must also be stolen, plucked from a widow’s sheep just after it has been sheared..."
We are NOT the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn.
Historians pushing back against a flawed narrative.
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Historians pushing back against a flawed narrative.
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We are not the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn: why the myth of 'lost women's healing knowledge' needs to go.
It is Halloween, and I am seeing a whirl of posts about witches, so here’s a quick post.
lucyallengoss.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
We are NOT the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn.
Historians pushing back against a flawed narrative.
lucyallengoss.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
Historians pushing back against a flawed narrative.
lucyallengoss.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
Kenny Rogers ABANDONED $8.5 Million Dollar Mega Mansion | The Party Mansion
YouTube video by BigBankz
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December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Franklin Roosevelt was given a gift of a letter-opener made of a Japanese soldier's arm by U.S. Representative Francis E. Walter from Pennsylvania in 1944. Roosevelt called for its proper burial.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Franklin Roosevelt was given a gift of a letter-opener made of a Japanese soldier's arm by U.S. Representative Francis E. Walter from Pennsylvania in 1944. Roosevelt called for its proper burial.
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No thanks, Facebook Marketplace!
December 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
No thanks, Facebook Marketplace!
There's an incorrect post circulating that Bonnie Parker's body was never claimed. Bonnie's family did claimed her, in Dallas, but they refused to bury her beside Clyde as they blamed him for their daughter's corruption and young death.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
There's an incorrect post circulating that Bonnie Parker's body was never claimed. Bonnie's family did claimed her, in Dallas, but they refused to bury her beside Clyde as they blamed him for their daughter's corruption and young death.
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The White Star Line stopped its employees' wages the moment the Titanic sank.
Further atrocity, if a body was found and a family wanted a plot burial, they were required to purchase two first class rail tickets for transport. One for the escort, one for the corpse.
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Further atrocity, if a body was found and a family wanted a plot burial, they were required to purchase two first class rail tickets for transport. One for the escort, one for the corpse.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The White Star Line stopped its employees' wages the moment the Titanic sank.
Further atrocity, if a body was found and a family wanted a plot burial, they were required to purchase two first class rail tickets for transport. One for the escort, one for the corpse.
#morbidminute
Further atrocity, if a body was found and a family wanted a plot burial, they were required to purchase two first class rail tickets for transport. One for the escort, one for the corpse.
#morbidminute
Shout out to catcosplay who does real photography shoots with their cat for this Krampus outfit.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Shout out to catcosplay who does real photography shoots with their cat for this Krampus outfit.
In 1861, Florence Ford passed from yellow fever at age 10. Her mother requested Florence's casket have a window and an adjacent chamber so she could comfort her daughter during the thunderstorms that had scared her in life. People continue the tradition today.
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This Staircase Let a Grieving Mother Comfort Her Dead Daughter During Storms
When the thunder rolled, Ellen Ford would descend to her daughter's casket to sit with her remains.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In 1861, Florence Ford passed from yellow fever at age 10. Her mother requested Florence's casket have a window and an adjacent chamber so she could comfort her daughter during the thunderstorms that had scared her in life. People continue the tradition today.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-g...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-g...
Ed Binkley has created fantasy artwork for three decades. His client list includes Lucasfilm, Ltd., Tool, Suntup Editions, Wizards of the Coast, ImagineFX, among others.
www.edbinkley.com/gallery
www.edbinkley.com/gallery
Original Artwork | ed-binkley-artwork
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December 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Ed Binkley has created fantasy artwork for three decades. His client list includes Lucasfilm, Ltd., Tool, Suntup Editions, Wizards of the Coast, ImagineFX, among others.
www.edbinkley.com/gallery
www.edbinkley.com/gallery
"On December 8, 1976, a television production crew filming The Six Million Dollar Man at The Pike needed to move what they assumed was a hanging mannequin. When a prop man grabbed the figure’s arm, it broke off, revealing not wax or plastic..."
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Elmer McCurdy - Dead Man on Display
Outlaw Elmer McCurdy failed at crime, but found fame in death. His mummified corpse was a traveling carnival prop for 66 years until 1976.
thedeadhistory.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"On December 8, 1976, a television production crew filming The Six Million Dollar Man at The Pike needed to move what they assumed was a hanging mannequin. When a prop man grabbed the figure’s arm, it broke off, revealing not wax or plastic..."
thedeadhistory.com/2025/10/08/e...
thedeadhistory.com/2025/10/08/e...
Saint Munditia, patron saint of spinsters, died circa 310 AD, beheaded by a hatchet. She was transferred from the Roman catacombs in 1675 and put on display in Munich, her bones encased in a bejeweled shroud, her hands clasping a glass container of dried blood.
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Jeweled Skeleton of Saint Munditia
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
www.atlasobscura.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Saint Munditia, patron saint of spinsters, died circa 310 AD, beheaded by a hatchet. She was transferred from the Roman catacombs in 1675 and put on display in Munich, her bones encased in a bejeweled shroud, her hands clasping a glass container of dried blood.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jewel...
www.atlasobscura.com/places/jewel...
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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NOBODY EAT THE CURSED SOUP
(h/t unevendays)
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Chinese archaeologists unearth 2,400-year-old 'soup'
Chinese archaeologists discover what they believe is a 2,400-year-old pot of soup, during airport extension work in the city of Xian, state media report.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
NOBODY EAT THE CURSED SOUP
(h/t unevendays)
(h/t unevendays)
BALTIMORE — Local metalhead Matt Franklin attempted to convince a police officer that the blood and bodily fluids covering his body were due to the fact he was returning home from a particularly messy GWAR show, dispatch confirmed.
Blood Soaked Man Desperately Explaining GWAR to Traffic Cop
Local metalhead Matt Franklin attempted to convince a police officer that the blood and bodily fluids covering his body were due to the fact he was returning home from a particularly messy GWAR show, ...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
BALTIMORE — Local metalhead Matt Franklin attempted to convince a police officer that the blood and bodily fluids covering his body were due to the fact he was returning home from a particularly messy GWAR show, dispatch confirmed.
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A medieval knight's intact stone tomb was discovered under the old site of an ice cream parlor in Gdańsk, Poland this summer. The gentleman was in his 40s and dates back to the 13th or 14th century.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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Medieval knight 'Lancelot' and his stunning stone tomb found under ice cream shop in Poland
Archaeologists found the body of a medieval knight underneath a tombstone that depicted him in full military regalia.
www.livescience.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A medieval knight's intact stone tomb was discovered under the old site of an ice cream parlor in Gdańsk, Poland this summer. The gentleman was in his 40s and dates back to the 13th or 14th century.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
The rise in taxidermy fandom means certain types of bats are being decimated at alarming rates. Bats are protected in western countries, so if you see taxidermied bats for sale, big warning.
Be a considerate gloom cookie, please.
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Be a considerate gloom cookie, please.
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The Unethical Practice of Bat Taxidermy
Given the critical role bats play in ecosystems and the numerous threats they already face, it is unethical to engage in bat taxidermy. Conservation efforts should prioritize protecting these essentia...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The rise in taxidermy fandom means certain types of bats are being decimated at alarming rates. Bats are protected in western countries, so if you see taxidermied bats for sale, big warning.
Be a considerate gloom cookie, please.
unfortunatecadaver.com/pages/the-un....
Be a considerate gloom cookie, please.
unfortunatecadaver.com/pages/the-un....
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank fifty years ago yesterday. It has been decreed a graveyard and therefore cannot be further studied after a diving team released unethical photographs of a saponified corpse floating inside of the vessel in the 90s. #morbidminute
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank fifty years ago yesterday. It has been decreed a graveyard and therefore cannot be further studied after a diving team released unethical photographs of a saponified corpse floating inside of the vessel in the 90s. #morbidminute