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144. The Ceiling Fan Suicides and India's Culture of Death

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In this 'SmorgShow Rewind' episode, we go back into our show archives to unearth a series of Baba Gonesh man-on-the-street news stories involving India's culture of death.

We look back on the string of suicides throughout India involving ceiling fans, and other bizarre stories concerning strange deaths, suicides, or "flirtations" with death.

Also, as referenced in one of these clips, the trend of 'Train Surfing' was captured by a passenger in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtnDuh4yM8

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In this 'SmorgShow Rewind' episode, we go back into our show archives to unearth a series of Baba Gonesh man-on-the-street news stories involving India's culture of death.

We look back on the string of suicides throughout India involving ceiling fans, and other bizarre stories concerning strange deaths, suicides, or "flirtations" with death.

Also, as referenced in one of these clips, the trend of 'Train Surfing' was captured by a passenger in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtnDuh4yM8

  continue reading

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