A German took advantage of a passenger's death on the underground by stealing from the dead man before pretending to help save him. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A fitting end to "Ethical Man", the alter ego of a British journalist. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

The corpse went undetected for so long because his rent had been paid by automatic order from the bank account into which he received his pension. picked by Milkshake 2 years ago

Gunmen stormed into a cemetery in southern Mexico and stole the buried corpse of a suspected drug gang hitman killed days earlier in a shootout. picked by Maxriter 2 years ago

He would plunder funeral homes and in some cases hack up the bodies to sell piece-wise. picked by coldbladed 10 months ago

Mark Dixie discovered 18 year old Sally Anne Bowman in a pool of blood and proceeded to have sex with her. Dixie has previously admitted to indecently assaulting a woman and has been accused of raping and stabbing a prostitute. His defence in this instance is that he didn't realise the naked, bleeding and presumably unresponsive Bowman was in any distress at all and "allowed his lust to get... read full post picked by Pocksucket 11 months ago

Since 1981, the Facility has studied hundreds of corpses to determine what happens to the human body after it dies.

Somewhat related story from last month. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

He harvested the tissues and then sold them on the black market. picked by MandolinOrange 11 months ago

A collaborative art experiment picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Researchers injected fat into the faces of 14 dead people to investigate techniques for rejuvenating appearance.

At least that was their excuse.

Any other reason for making corpses more attractive that springs to mind is plain creepy. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

"These caps are made from a special wax, and by slightly warming will mould to fit any eye. Insert under the eyelids and draw them closely together and they will remain in a natural position." picked by suckersklub 2 years ago

Japan has just invented another way of eating, where a “body” is made from food and placed on an operating table, much as though in a hospital. You can operate anyway and anywhere you want by cutting open the body and eating what you find inside. The body will actually bleed as you cut it and the intestines and organs inside are completely edible picked by wookiee 1 year ago

Two pedophiles plotted to kill a teenage boy, dump his body in a forest and dissolve it with acid to avoid being caught for kidnapping and using him as a sex slave, a court has been told. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

An Austrian man in his 80's was found dead and 'well preserved' at home in bed - undetected for five years. picked by jiggsy 2 years ago

Just because you're dead, doesn't mean you're useless.

*Results may vary. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Die. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

If i had a friend for 34 years, and I was terminally ill, I'd let them store me in a freezer so they could collect my money too. After 34 years, we'd probably be BFF. For reals. picked by muppet 2 years ago

I guess Kevin "Dead-erline" will do anything for a buck now that Mrs. Meal ticket gave him the hidy-ho... This is the longest 15 minutes of fame in entertainment history! picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

A 90-year-old woman well-liked by her neighbors apparently has been living in a house with the bodies of three siblings, one of whom may have been dead since the early 1980s, police say.

(pic unrelated) picked by muppet 2 months ago

Once called 'Dr. Death' in a German magazine, von Hagen has opened a factory for the plastination process in which the bodies of donors are preserved and dissected, often for sale as anatomy teaching aides. picked by ybne1else 2 years ago