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Pope Stephen VI Put A Papal Cadaver On Trial For Heresy
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Pope Stephen VI Put A Papal Cadaver On Trial For Heresy

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Pope Stephen VI Put A Papal Cadaver On Trial For Heresy

We start our third season with a timely story, about a new pope. Though unlike popes of this time, this one decided the best way to use his new job was to exhume his predecessor’s remains and put them on trial for heresy.

By Brady Carlson|2025-06-07T13:45:44-04:00June 7, 2025|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: airplanes, Catholicism, death, history, Pope, religion|

Oscar, The Therapy Cat Who “Predicted” When Patients Were About To Pass Away

Oscar was adopted by a nursing home to be a therapy cat. But staff noticed that whenever he chose to sit next to somebody, that somebody soon became a body.

By Brady Carlson|2025-01-31T07:55:07-05:00July 27, 2024|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: cats, death, painting, World War II|

On Live TV, The Show Must Go On, Even If A Cast Member Collapses And Dies

Live broadcasting is a place where a lot can go wrong. Like a 1950s broadcast in the UK in which a key actor in a live drama had a fatal heart attack mid-show.

By Brady Carlson|2024-12-08T17:14:20-05:00August 5, 2023|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: crime, death, Television, television history|