• oops

    US Airways Delivers Corpse To Pet Store

    If you're a pet store employee, probably the only thing worse than opening up a shipment of live tropical fish to find them dead is opening up a shipment of live tropical fish to find a human body intended for a research facility in a neighboring town. That's what happened at a Pets Plus in Philadelphia yesterday, and US Airways says the mixup was caused by a "verbal miscommunication between a delivery driver and the cargo representative" and that they're deeply sorry.

    "Pet store expects fish shipment, but gets corpse" [Huron Daily Tribune] (Thanks to Joanne!)
    (Photo: cliff1066)

    2:45 PM on Wed Mar 11 2009
    By Chris Walters
    5,437 views, 45 comments

    Most discussed ScubaSteveKzoo: Hmm. Thought they would "take this seriously." They just blamed it on an accident. I call shenanigans. more »

  • ghoulish

    NYC 'Bodies' Exhibit Must Refund Tickets For Using Undocumented Corpses

    If you've seen the "Bodies" exhibit at the South Street Seaport in New York City, you're entitled to a refund (click here for info) according to a new agreement between New York's Attorney General's office and Premier Exhibitions, Inc. When "Bodies" first opened here over two years ago, some opponents questioned whether the Chinese cadavers were legally obtained—or whether they were Chinese political prisoners who hadn't consented to being plastinated, flayed, and displayed by a private for-profit company. At the time, Premier Exhibitions' president said all the bodies were documented: "Although he said he was not allowed to keep copies of documents, officials at Dalian University in northern China showed him papers attesting to the origin of the remains," wrote the New York Times in 2005. Then ABC's news show "20/20" aired an investigative report this past February that showed otherwise. More »

    9:02 PM on Fri May 30 2008
    By Chris Walters
    15,145 views, 60 comments

    Latest by Parting: @DoktorGoku: That's not the same ;) Professional interest is one thing, Outright morbid curiosity is another. more »

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