As a famous, catchy PSA song puts it, there are many "dumb" ways to die. Of course, for the dying person, the fact that their demise might be seen as laughable to observers with some distance likely wouldn't make their death any more palatable. If anything, it might give them greater urgency stay alive, if for no other reason than to avoid having their final moments become a potential punchline. In this episode I talk about a range of people and characters, from medieval nobles to Golden Age Comics murderers, who are all subject to what Bill the Butcher of Gangs of New York termed, "an ignominious end."

Seanbaby article that covers Vault of Horror 23: https://www.cracked.com/blog/6-weird-things-that-terrified-our-nerd-grandparents

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Other music for this episode by Jeffrey Pines.

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