9 Funerals Gone Wrong
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- An exploding corpse, a 45-minute car chase, and a horse-related mishap that lead to a century-long royal tradition. On this episode of The List Show, host Justin Dodd covers funerals gone wrong. Like, really wrong.
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00:00 A potty-mouthed parrot
01:13 A knock from inside the coffin
01:52 A king's exploding corpse
04:44 A fight breaks out ... with the corpse
05:15 A queen's wild horses
06:31 Switched at death
07:23 An elephantine attack
08:29 A body drops in
09:55 A mid-funeral car chase
My uncle passed away recently. Ever the man of humor, he had the song "Five Feet High & Rising" by Johnny Cash play at the start of his funeral service. I had to stop myself from laughing in front of the others, however i couldn't help but tap my feet to the music (The pastor did too!). Good one Unc, rest in peace 🍻
My great grandmother passed recently. At her funeral she had the song “cheek to cheek”, which includes the lyrics “I’m in Heaven” throughout. Love a sense of humour
With Caitlin Doughty (Ask a Mortician) on sabbatical this is the death content I needed. Thanks, Justin!
It's not exactly "gone wrong", but my family likes to tell the story about how my chronically-late grandfather was late to his own funeral as well. (It was actually due to a misprint of the time on the funeral announcement, but led to the same effect)
I was asked to sing at a funeral about 15-20 years ago. During the service, someone died of a heart attack.😢 it was traumatizing to everyone.
I thought for sure that the parrot was going to leave a present 💩 for the president. Lol 😀🖖
If you think this is bad wait till you see coffin flops
Number 4: Florida man fights corpse
Considering some of the thing he had done as president, it feels cathartic to learn that the family parrot cursed him at his own funeral. Way to go Paul! 🦜
In case someone didn’t say it already: coffin flops
Two of the last funerals I went to had snafus. At one the liner (the concrete box that goes around the coffin) was late, so we waited half an hour after the service to make sure it got there. At the second we realised the grave diggers had dug in the wrong place shortly after we arrived. Thankfully, digging the proper grave didn't take too long, and we all had a good laugh about it since the deceased would have found this situation absolutely hilarious.
The story from India reminds me of that chapter in The Jungle Book when Mowgli instigates an elephant rampage on the human village he briefly attempted to live in.
Are you related to Tim Dodd!? I must know!
I was buried at sea.
I want to hear the elephant's side of the story.
P.S. Sorry about the goats.
While not a funeral that went wrong, the strangest funeral I’ve ever heard of was the funeral for a fly.
No, really- if the story is indeed true, in Ancient Rome the great poet Virgil supposedly threw a funeral for a house fly that was his “beloved pet”
The reason? At this time property was being seized by the government of Ancient Rome to give to soldiers returning from war, but an exception was made for properties that had a tomb on the land. So Virgil supposedly buried his pet fly in a tomb on his land, so the government wouldn’t seize his property
No. He was not taken into custody at the altar.
Yes. He was arrested at the altar. As the tree grows, I'll bet he was taken into custody f͟r͟o͟m͟ custody.
4:45 Gintama
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Florida! No big deal, just Florida.
Coffin flops
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dead bodies busting out of shit wood and hittin pavement
I just went to a funeral where the headstone was a shared one, and the names were on the wrong side. They are having it redone.
But I witnessed a death at a funeral once. Technically it was the meal served after the graveside service but I think it still counts.
Hm? Another List Show without Erin? Everything alright there?
Quite a morbid topic. Who knew one could be so lighthearted about death?
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Why could they not put the coffin inside the helicopter? Or use an airplane if the helicopter was too small? 1967 definitely had helicopters and airplanes capable of both carrying a coffin and getting themselves across the Atlantic without dangling their cargo by ropes…
Hey Justin did you had a botox in your face or started stress eating ? It gives me weird vibes... Get well soon!