OBITCHUARY

OBITCH we're far from the gallows now....

Episode Summary

Happy Thursday Geoffs!! This week Madison had us cracking up with some gallows humor, and Spencer has a WILD scandal that just broke in the UK that has us concerned about the funerary world over there. We’ve got an obituary for a gal with some strong opinions, one that got it all wrong and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllls!

Episode Notes

Happy Thursday Geoffs!! This week Madison had us cracking up with some gallows humor, and Spencer has a WILD scandal that just broke in the UK that has us concerned about the funerary world over there. We’ve got an obituary for a gal with some strong opinions, one that got it all wrong and of course, we’ve got some dumb.ass.criminallllls!

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