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US Troops Posed With Suicide Bombers' Remains

Kevin Spak — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:53:05 CDT

On at least two occasions, paratroopers with the 82 nd Airborne Division posed for pictures with body parts of fallen Afghan insurgents, the Los Angeles Times revealed today, after a soldier from the division sent the paper 18 resulting photos. In one, soldiers grin for the camera while holding aloft...

Pair Sentenced for Taking Dead Pal on Bar Crawl

Rob Quinn — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:33:00 CST

Denver's Weekend at Bernie 's duo are going to be spending a lot of weekends doing community service for taking a dead friend on a night out —and letting him pick up the tab. Robert Young and Mark Rubinson put their pal, 43, in the back of a car after...

Guys Take Dead Buddy for Night Out

Matt Cantor — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:58:05 CDT

A Denver man wasn’t going to let a dead roommate ruin his night. When Robert Young, 43, arrived home to find his roommate unresponsive last month, he called on a still-living friend—and the two of them hauled Jeffrey Jarrett’s body into the backseat of a car, police say. Young...

Dead Fan Catches Final Soccer Game

Rob Quinn — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:03:43 CDT

A 17-year-old soccer fan in Colombia didn't let death stop him from being there for the big game. As police opened the gates near the end of a match between Cucita Deportivo and Envigado to let fans out, hundreds rushed in , bearing the teen's coffin, reports the Independent . Police were...

Corpse Meister Plans to Exhibit Own Body

Rob Quinn — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:23:25 CST

The German anatomist famous for his displays of preserved corpses is preparing to become part of one of his own exhibitions. Gunther von Hagens, who pioneered the "plastination" technique of preserving corpses by injecting them with plastics, is suffering from Parkinson's disease and says the symptoms are becoming impossible to...

Woman Drove With Corpse in Front Seat for Months

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:03:00 CDT

A California woman apparently befriended a homeless woman, allowed the woman to sleep in her car, and then continued to drive the car—for months—after the homeless woman died. Police don’t suspect foul play, but are not sure why the woman didn’t report the death—which could have occurred...

Undertakers Want to Flush Your Corpse

Emily Rauhala — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:14:30 CDT

Researchers in Belgium want to flush you down the toilet. A group of undertakers say dead people ought to be dissolved, flushed, and sent to water treatment plants—all in the name of eco-efficiency. They tell the Telegraph that the procedure, which is being studied by the EU, beats cremation...

Woman Can Keep Corpses of Hubby, Sis

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:19:00 CDT

The two corpses a 91-year-old Pennsylvania woman dug up and lived with will likely become permanent residents of her home. Jean Stevens, who is claustrophobic and doesn’t like caskets, will build a vault on her property, her attorney says. Without a mausoleum or crypt to store them in, the bodies...

Woman, 91, Lived With Bodies of Husband, Sister

M. Morris — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:40:00 CDT

A 91-year-old Pennsylvania woman busted for sharing her home with the embalmed corpses of her husband and twin sister says she "felt differently about death" than people who "have a terrible feeling" about her living arrangements. Jean Stevens won't say who exhumed the bodies and considers the actions of the...