It’s 1988 and Britain has gone bezerk: The Funeral Murders

Everyone Dies In Sunderland: A podcast about growing up terrified in the eighties and nineties

In March 1988 Britain experienced an odd couple of weeks of public executions, lynchings and even a gun attack at a funeral. You’d think you’d remember it.

In the concluding episode of our three episode series the bodies of the so-called Gibraltar Three – IRA members shot in the street by the SAS – are returned home for burial, but a mourner at their funeral has murder in mind. This in turn will lead to another funeral in which two more people will lose their lives in events described as “the most dramatic and harrowing of the entire Troubles”

The episode is literally called “The Funeral Murders”. Listener caution really is advised.

Claire also remembers the cinema of 1988, including nudity in Who Framed Rodger Rabbit, Alan Rickman “doing a German accent and being all sexy and that” in Die Hard and more child sexual exploitation in Big than we remembered.

Gareth also whets your Halloween whistle with some horror film recommendations – don’t say we don’t do nothing for you!

Along the way: Pornography at disused military bases! Pornography in children’s cartoons! The Lewis Hamilton of Pigeons! (He’s dating one of the Pussycat Dolls) Benny Hill rape jokes! “Iron Man, but if Tony Stark had a drill for a penis”!

Gareth calls William the Conqueror “a prick”, Claire clearly lies about having seen Rain Main, John mistakes budgie purchasing for an extra-marital affair! Ted Bundy somehow gets involved in all this!

And there shoutouts to friends of the show @The80sand90sCom @ladyjustice @fmwlpod and @drunktheory – hello!

If you want to know more about this story, Natasha Engel’s excellent documentary (also called The Funeral Murders) is on Youtube here https://youtu.be/n2AX4zm6R10 - although you should obviously look for it on BBC Streaming Platforms first as these won’t have any associated copyright issues.

Genuinely not making up that Benny Hill sketch you know https://youtu.be/MmbFdenAb7o

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One dog was harmed during this podcast. And a bear gets shot up the bum.

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