On a cold day in 1973, a crowd gathered on a farm for one of history's strangest funerals. It was an elite group, including the Governor of Michigan, bank presidents, and local dignitaries. Even Walter Cronkite sent a correspondent. But they weren’t mourning anyone human. No, this was a pizza-based catastrophe. 

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Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English
Written by Bess Lovejoy
Produced by Josh Fisher
Editing and Sound Design by Jonathan Washington and Josh Fisher
Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier
Additional Editing by Mary Dooe
Research and Fact-Checking by Bess Lovejoy and Austin Thompson
Guest Voice Actor is Mike Coscarelli 
Original Music by Elise McCoy
Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla
Executive Producer is Jason English

Special thanks to the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.

We'll be back with another Very Special Episode next Wednesday. 

On a cold day in 1973, a crowd gathered on a farm for one of history's strangest funerals. It was an elite group, including the Governor of Michigan, bank presidents, and local dignitaries. Even Walter Cronkite sent a correspondent. But they weren&rsquo;t mourning anyone human. No, this was a pizza-based catastrophe.&nbsp;
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Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English Written by Bess Lovejoy Produced by Josh Fisher Editing and Sound Design by Jonathan Washington and Josh Fisher Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier Additional Editing by Mary Dooe Research and Fact-Checking by Bess Lovejoy and Austin Thompson Guest Voice Actor is Mike Coscarelli&nbsp; Original Music by Elise McCoy Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla Executive Producer is Jason English
Special thanks to the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.50617/">Veterans History Project</a> at the Library of Congress.
We'll be back with another Very Special Episode next Wednesday.&nbsp;

On the Very Special Episodes podcast, we tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie.” Follow Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.

On the Very Special Episodes podcast, we tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie.” Follow Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.

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The Pizza Funeral

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