New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest — dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain.
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Marshals serving eviction notice find 4 bodies Posted: 7 months ago by dollyllama
The deaths of four children whose bodies were discovered Wednesday in a Washington home are being treated as suspected homicides, but the remains are so badly decomposed, investigators can't determine how the victims died, authorities said.
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Strange smell leads to discovery of bodies Posted: 4 months ago by muppet
Twin Falls Police officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding two bodies found in an Idaho senior community - while neighbors try to cope with the news.
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In One Day Police Find 60 Bodies in Baghdad Posted: 2 years ago by musicgirldani
Many of the bound bodies found were tortured. Although in recent months, the daily death toll was around 100 bodies, that has been lowered due to more police presence.
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Dinner guest in Belgium finds bodies in deep freeze Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Police have detained a man in eastern Belgium after a dinner guest found the bodies of the host's wife and stepson in the deep freeze
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Sunbathers ignore drowned girls' bodies Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
Italian society has been rocked by photos showing sunbathers relaxing on a beach next to the bodies of two drowned girls.
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Frozen bodies found in Himalayas 40 years later Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Soldiers discovered the frozen bodies of Mahendranath Phukan and two other victims half-buried in snow on a glacier at an altitude of 17,500 feet (5,300 metres) on a search earlier this month.
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What happens to the dead in Myanmar? Posted: 2 months ago by bluenutria
"The bodies come and go with the tides. They wash up onto the riverbanks or float grotesquely downstream, almost always face down. They are all but ignored by the living."
An article detailing the horror that the residents of Myanmar face daily.
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Police find 17 bodies across Mexico Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Police found 17 bodies stuffed in cars or dumped on streets in garbage bags across Mexico on Monday in the latest wave of violence apparently triggered by warring drug gangs.
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Bodies of WW2 submariners to remain in wreck Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
The bodies of two Japanese sailors who attacked Sydney Harbour in 1942 will be left in the wreck of their midget submarine.
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First known planet to survive red-giant phase found Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Astronomers have discovered the first known planet to survive its "red-giant" phase, a period when an aging star expands and engulfs bodies orbiting it. The discovery of the gas-giant planet three times the size of Jupiter offers a look at the future of our own solar system and what will happen to the Earth when the sun grows old and collapses.
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Kidney stolen from 'Bodies' exhibition Posted: 2 years ago by Phildo
I don't know why anyone would want a plastinated kidney but who knows. More info on the exhibit can be found in an article here that Bornbad posted awhile back.
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Dead Humans by Dylan Marvin Posted: 2 years ago by capriccio
Awesome flash animations for Worth1000.com's Battle of the Animators. Seven episodes in all!
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UK firm: Don't burn bodies, boil them Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
A British company says it has an eco-friendly alternative to cremation: boiling bodies into dust. The process is called resomation.
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40 Tortured Bodies Found In Iraq Posted: 2 years ago by musicgirldani
'All showed signs of torture, had been shot, and had their hands and feet bound'.
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Tales from the Bog Posted: 9 months ago by wildminou
Amazing pictures of well preserved bodies found in Europe’s wetlands
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Zimbabwe activists' bodies found Posted: 1 month ago by topofall
No oil so the world ignores it!
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Coroners get help ID'ing old bodies Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
The year was 1957 and the young man's body was deemed too decomposed for an autopsy. He received a pauper's burial in unmarked Grave 5 in a county-owned cemetery.
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Plime Classic - Bodies Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
I just saw an ad that this exhibit is in NYC and thought that Bornbad's post was worth revisiting. I do want to try and see it.
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