"Scratch n' Snuffed", Way to Die #220, is the sixth death featured in "Death Puts On a Dunce Cap", which aired on November 2, 2010.
Plot[]
On election day, after the polls had closed, Carson Harold III, a corrupt congressman, faced a humiliating defeat. News about a sex scandal involving visits to Brazil to see his local mistress, Giselle. Carson was voted out of the office, leading to bankruptcy after his wife won the ensuing divorce and threw him out. As he took in all this bad news at once, Carson suddenly suffered a heart attack and died.
Ten years ago, while Carson was on one of these trips, he was bitten by a Triatominae, which is also known as a Reduviid Bug or Kissing Bug. After being bitten multiple times during his visits, he developed Chagas' disease, which led to a fatal cardiac arrhythmia. Shortly after his ex-wife slapped him and left, Carson developed said arrhythmia and died of heart failure, leading the unfortunate politician to Lust, the second circle of Hell, where he belonged.
Transcript[]
(Recap, Spooky Ending is playing)
Narrator: Carson Harold III was a U.S. congressman and he's having the worst day in the history of politics.
Narrator: Carson Harold was a corrupt politician who enjoyed the perks and porks of his position. He was living large on the taxpayers’ dime...
Giselle: That's perfect. (giggles)
Narrator: ...until a tiny bug popped his bubble and turned him into the leading candidate... for death.
Cast & Interviewees[]
- Andy Bakkum - Carson's Ex-wife (Lead)
- Angelica Montesano - Giselle (lead)
- Jules Sylvester - Himself (Wildlife Expert)
- Jason Romero - Himself (EMT)
Trivia[]
- The plot of this segment seemed to be based around former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who was also discovered to be having an extramarital affair in 2009. (Although Mark had the affair in Argentina and not Brazil).
- In the German version, the death took place in Mississippi instead of Virginia.
- This death takes place exactly 2 years before the episode it is featured in premiered.
Foreign Names[]
- Rascarse Hasta Morir (Scratch 'Till You Die) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Frotarse y Palmarla (Rubbing and Palming) - European Spanish dub
- Coçou e Morreu (Scratched and Died) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
Segment Nicknames[]
- Buggered
- Indecent Insect
- Political Parasite
- Bug Riddance
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