The Mortician (part 1)

Season 1, Episode 5,   Jun 22, 2023, 11:01 PM

Professional mortician Victor M. Sweeney (who you may have seen on various viral videos) comes on the show to tell Tom & Rich everything that happens when you die, for real. Contains some content listeners may find disturbing - skip to 38:38 if you just want to hear the boys talking nonsense.

Professional mortician Victor M. Sweeney (who you may have seen on various viral videos) comes on the show to tell Tom & Rich everything that happens when you die, for real. Contains certain content listeners may find disturbing, fairly obviously relating to corpses (he is a mortician!).

You can skip to 38:38 if you just want to hear the boys talking nonsense. Show notes:

0:00 - Introduction to this week's episode

3:10 - Victor’s background as a mortician
  • Being a first-generation funeral director
  • How he got started in the funeral industry
  • The first time he saw a dead body
  • His first experience working with a body
9:48 - What’s the training process like for a funeral director?
  • The training process for becoming a full-blown mortician
  • How to become a funeral director in Minnesota
  • Funeral patter, and a light-hearted funeral
15:18 - What’s an autopsy like?
  • The process of an autopsy
  • How the body comes back to him
  • Treating different parts of the body
  • Funeral directors sometimes dream about dead bodies
  • Working at night
25:23 - If someone dies, you can’t just leave them at home.
  • Losing someone else's dad.
  • Having an 'adult job'.
  • The glamour of a UK funeral service.
  • Funeral weather in the UK.
31:38 - Pallbearer vs. funeral director.
  • The undertaker's assistant and Pallbearer's assistant.
  • Upselling caskets.
  • Funeral directors get a nasty reputation.
  • The 'Argos catalogue of death'.
38:38 - Outro & Reviews
  • Summarising our chat - the first guest with a corpse in the room.
  • Three ways to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
  • Two beautiful reviews from beautiful people
45:00 - Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts!
  • If you've read these show notes, then I'm basically begging you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Five stars and some nice words *really* helps this podcast grow!
  • Thank you!!

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