Ep. 85: The Grim Reaper

The lost episode lives! The Reaper himself may have tried to take this episode to “the other side” but we pried it out of his skeletal hands (aka: re-recorded) and are here with the resurrected story of the Grim Reaper and his many forms. Take a journey to 14th century Italy where filth and a misunderstanding of germs caused one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, and spawned the classic image of Death in his black robes, wielding a scythe. (Take a drink every time Hannah mispronounces "scythe"). Plus, find out about the pros and cons of dying heroically in battle, why toenail collector is arguably the most important job in the underworld, who Hannah's Touched By An Angel crush was, and SO much more! Plus, the tale of Jarek's most recent brush with death involving a different kind of Reaper😉This one may have been a headache to finally release, but we had a lot of fun with it! So pour the drinks and brush up on your TTWT Drinking Game for this week's spooky tale! Sources: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/grim-reaper.htmhttps://skjalden.com/hel/https://talknorway.no/folk-tales-pesta-and-the-black-death-norway/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_doctorhttps://www.cdc.gov/plague/symptoms/index.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#European_outbreakhttps://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-deathhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(personification)https://www.christianity.com/wiki/angels-and-demons/who-is-the-angel-of-death-in-the-bible.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/07/the-volunteers-who-help-people-end-their-own-lives/489602/Support the showFollow us @thetaleswetellpodcast on Facebook and Instagram, or thetaleswetellpodcast.comSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/thetaleswetellpodcast?Click here for merch!