EPISODE · Sep 10, 2018 · 43 MIN
Ep 13 - Emmett Till, Weird Wills & the Undertaker’s Roommate
from Dead Bodies Podcast · host Dead Bodies Podcast
Emmett Till was just 14 years old in 1955 when his mutilated body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in Tennessee. His mother insisted on his brutalised body being shown in an open casket, to expose the evil of his racially-motivated murder, which played a crucial role in improving the human rights of African Americans. Dee Dee tells the story of “The Boy Who Whistled”. Sharnelle looks at some bizarre wills left behind by the dead. The girls talk to Catherine, who tagged along with her room-mate when he went to work as an undertaker.
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Emmett Till was just 14 years old in 1955 when his mutilated body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in Tennessee. His mother insisted on his brutalised body being shown in an open casket, to expose the evil of his racially-motivated murder, which played a crucial role in improving the human rights of African Americans. Dee Dee tells the story of “The Boy Who Whistled”. Sharnelle looks at some bizarre wills left behind by the dead. The girls talk to Catherine, who tagged along with her room-mate when he went to work as an undertaker.
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