Pre-dead Boys

Think plants are boring? THINK AGAIN! The Boys are back to dig up the dirt on interesting death-related stories about our floral and fungal friends.  There's dead bodies inside trees. There's plants growing inside dead bodies (and living ones, too!). And there's the seedlings and fungi that kill, including the documentary darling that inspired a hit video game series. [Click here for more info on Capsula Mundi's biodegradable burial projects.](https://www.capsulamundi.it/en/)

Pre-Dead Girl, you better WORK! This week, Max and Dorian discuss the weird practice of dressing a corpse - ranging from the baptism clothes of the early Christian church, to the stuffy suits we all know, to the more casual and innovative practices today. They also get outside of their comfort zone with topics like Marilyn Monroe's funeral dress… then get right back in it with how clothes affect decaying and bloating bodies. Gross! [Click here to read Reuters’ report on Japanese corpse-dressing contests.](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-funeral-competition/drop-dead-beautiful-japan-undertakers-tested-on-how-to-dress-a-corpse-idUSKCN1B41BG) [](http://www.piainterlandi.com/garments-for-the-grave/) [Click here to see Pia Interlandi’s Garments for the Grave.](http://www.piainterlandi.com/garments-for-the-grave/) [](http://www.piainterlandi.com/garments-for-the-grave/) [](http://www.piainterlandi.com/garments-for-the-grave/)

Ever wish you could just disappear? WHY, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE?? Whether you're trying to escape debt, leave a rocky marriage, or prank your friends, staging your own death might be right for you! It could also get you into some serious legal trouble. Join Max and Dorian as they cover several recent attempts at pseudocide, both successful and... not so successful. [Click here to watch 1 News Now's interview with Frank Ahearn.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICXbt6sMu6o)

Before cheering crowds gathered at Ted Bundy’s execution, capital punishment and torture had been popular public spectacle for centuries. Are humans just nasty freaks that love watching people die?  Topics covered: The five capital crimes, Shakespeare’s horrific references to the Tyburn Tree, the moralizing pageantry of early American hangings, and last meals! [Click here to watch Fox 13 News Tampa Bay’s 1989 report on Ted Bundy’s execution.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDSvFSu3Kdg)

It’s been one full year of Pre-Dead Boys, and have they got a TREAT for you! Listen to the history of humans eating humans - for survival, for ritual practice… and just because they were stupid.

Who wants to live forever? Transhumanists do! The boys research mind-uploading, cryonics (again), and the soul (whatever that is) - all in an effort to learn about the science-fiction-inspired movement to defeat death! WARNING: It is 100% fatal.

The boys RETURN with horror and hubris-filled accounts of people who tried to conquer the largest mountain in the world. BUT FIRST: the strangest, grossest, and funniest death-related news of 2018!

For the final show of 2018, Max shows Dorian a kitty drone, a gross mermaid, mummies buried with their pets… and the single most horrific and perverted thing he's ever seen. [Click here to watch the Orvillecopter in flight.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfM23iChzs) [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfM23iChzs) [](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfM23iChzs)

FINALLY, after nearly a year of discussing death, Max and Dorian decide their funeral plans. Will it be as explosive as Hunter S. Thompson’s ceremony? A fake funeral like Chinese student Zeng Jia? Will it involve motorcycles, clowns, holograms, or spaceships? Listen and learn about it all! [Click here to watch WPEC’s segment on Funeral Holograms.](https://vimeo.com/129702772)

Good dogs, nasty vultures, Zoroastrianism, and the largest cemetery in the world! Join the boys as they explore the death culture and funeral rituals of Iraq, Afghanistan, and other parts of the oft-misunderstood Middle East.

Max and Dorian are going off the rails! Learn about presidential funeral processions, the railway with the COOLEST name, and just how gross an overpopulated city gets when cholera breaks out. [Click here to see Paul Fusco's photography from Robert Kennedy's procession.](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/06/rfks-funeral-train-in-photos/562238/) [](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/06/rfks-funeral-train-in-photos/562238/) [](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/06/rfks-funeral-train-in-photos/562238/)

The Pre-Dead Book Club is in session! We discuss UZUMAKI, the bizarre and brilliant magnum opus of horror comics legend Junji Ito. Max and Dorian try to make sense of this creepy tome via Akira, Watchmen, those awful Blumhouse movies, and cultural differences between Eastern and Western storytelling. Tell us what you think!  @predeadboys Predeadboys@gmail.com 

Journey through history with Max and Dorian as they parse through the various folk tales that formed the modern day vampire, explore the hysteria of real-life cases of alleged vampirism, and try to figure out just how these blood-sucking creeps got to be so dang sexy.

Psh. _Zombies?_ On a so-called _history_ podcast? Yeah right! Sounds like the boys are just covering fiction from now on! Unless you ask the people of Haiti. Or the acclaimed novelist/anthropologist who saw a zombie. Or the man who was turned into one.

As a special THANK YOU to everyone who has supported the podcast this far, here’s a BONUS EPISODE! Max and Dorian discuss the history of the film, the fan theories, possible themes of masculinity, and more in John Carpenter’s slimy sci-fi masterpiece. And, very briefly, The Warriors and Predator. We couldn't help ourselves. We might do more episodes about death in film, TV, games, music, etc... Let us know what you think! @predeadboys PreDeadBoys@gmail.com

Murder and exploitation abound in the business of stealing dead people! While cadavers were hard to come by in the early days of modern medicine, there was no shortage of nefarious dudes willing to do despicable things to obtain them. Fortunately, we discovered a local hero who fought back in the most Pre-Dead Boys way possible: EXPLODING CORPSES. -- FOLLOW US ON [TWITTER](https://twitter.com/predeadboys) and [INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/predeadboys/)! @predeadboys JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP to talk to other pre-dead folks! [Search PRE-DEAD BOYS PODCAST on Facebook!](https://www.facebook.com/groups/2007401096211133/) DONATE A COUPLE BUCKS to help us grow! [ko-fi.com/predeadboys](https://ko-fi.com/predeadboys)

Man it’s a hot one! The boys take a look at the documented cases throughout history of humans bursting into flames. Surprisingly, the science isn’t quite as weird as you might think. [Read Dr. Paul Rolli’s account here.](https://books.google.com/books?id=L9NeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA447&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false) -- [FOLLOW US ON TWITTER](https://twitter.com/predeadboys) and [INSTAGRAM!](https://www.instagram.com/predeadboys/) @predeadboys [JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP](https://www.facebook.com/groups/2007401096211133/) to talk to other pre-dead folks! Search PRE-DEAD BOYS PODCAST on Facebook! [DONATE A COUPLE BUCKS](https://ko-fi.com/predeadboys) to help us grow! ko-fi.com/predeadboys

You randy for bones? Then come learn all about the history of the Catacombs! Max and Dorian discuss the overflow of corpses that led to their creation, as well as some nasty wax… all before they get nabbed by the Cave Cops. [Watch _La Cité Dans la Mer_ on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/128245532) -- [FOLLOW US ON TWITTER](https://twitter.com/predeadboys) and [INSTAGRAM!](https://www.instagram.com/predeadboys/) @predeadboys [JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP](https://www.facebook.com/groups/2007401096211133/) to talk to other pre-dead folks! Search PRE-DEAD BOYS PODCAST on Facebook! [DONATE A COUPLE BUCKS](https://ko-fi.com/predeadboys) to help us grow! ko-fi.com/predeadboys

What happens to a corpse when you put it on display? Max and Dorian discuss an English king who was at risk of exploding, a Russian ruler whose brain got reamed, and a dorky philosopher trapped in a locker. Finally, find out which one had the grossest head. -- [FOLLOW US ON TWITTER](https://twitter.com/predeadboys) and [INSTAGRAM!](https://www.instagram.com/predeadboys/) @predeadboys [JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP](https://www.facebook.com/groups/2007401096211133/) to talk to other pre-dead folks! Search PRE-DEAD BOYS PODCAST on Facebook! [DONATE A COUPLE BUCKS](https://ko-fi.com/predeadboys) to help us grow! ko-fi.com/predeadboys

THE BOYS STRIKE BACK in their epic return, this time covering mortality in movies! Learn about family-friendly flicks like FACES OF DEATH and THE DRILLER KILLER, and shudder in horror as they discuss snuff films like THE LION KING and COCO... as well as a few of their personal favorites. -- [FOLLOW US ON TWITTER](https://twitter.com/predeadboys) and [INSTAGRAM!](https://www.instagram.com/predeadboys/) @predeadboys [JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP](https://www.facebook.com/groups/2007401096211133/) to talk to other pre-dead folks! Search PRE-DEAD BOYS PODCAST on Facebook! [DONATE A COUPLE BUCKS](https://ko-fi.com/predeadboys) to help us grow! ko-fi.com/predeadboys