Man Climbs Into Dead Girlfriend’s Morgue Drawer To Be With Her

A 41-year-old man in Taiwan climbed into the drawer that held his dead girlfriend’s body, and was pulled out 30 minutes later. He’d taken pills and planned on dying with her (she died from an overdose of sleeping pills), but morgue personnel noticed the seal was broken and opened the drawer.

You’d think morgue workers would have seen everything, but apparently the woman who discovered him had never seen a suicidal stowaway pressed against a corpse:

“A morgue manager opened the hatch, saw two people lying inside, felt scared enough to yell out and then even cried,” the Liberty Times reported. “She didn’t stabilize for a long time.”

Morgue officials said they were taking steps to ensure that future visitors don’t stay too long. Or, you know, climb up on top of the bodies.

“Heartbroken man climbs into morgue freezer” [Reuters]

(Photo: mikeymackinon)

May 27, 2008 | Filed Under News, Strange But True | View Comments 

West Virginian Comes Back To Life After Rigor Mortis Set In

After 17 hours of no heartbeat and no brainwaves, this woman in West Virginia opened her eyes and started talking.

Thomas suffered two heart attacks and had no brain waves for more than 17 hours. At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, her heart stopped and she had no pulse. A respiratory machine kept her breathing and rigor mortis had set in, doctors said.

“Her skin had already started to harden and her fingers curled. Death had set in,” said son Jim Thomas. They rushed her to a West Virginia hospital. Doctors put Thomas on a special machine which induces hypothermia. The treatment involves lowering the body temperature for up to 24 hours before warming a patient up.

After that procedure, her heart stopped again. “She had no neurological function,” said Dr. Kevin Eggleston. Her family said goodbye and doctors removed all the tubes. However, Thomas was kept on a ventilator a little while longer as an organ donor issue was discussed. Ten minutes later the woman woke up and started talking.

“She (nurse) said, ‘I’m so sorry Mrs. Thomas.’ And mom said, ‘That’s OK honey. That’s OK,” Jim Thomas said.

And then she said, “Oh my, I’m so hungry! Is the hospital cafeteria still open? I’d love a fresh bowl of brraaaaiiinnnnssssss…”

“Woman Wakes Up After Family Says Goodbye, Pulls Tubes” [NewsNet5]

May 25, 2008 | Filed Under Medical, Zombies | View Comments 

Satan Needs A Logo!

Just for fun, Vonster at Art Backwash decided to design a logo for Satan. You know, the kind of thing the Dark One would have at the top of a letter explaining the deals of your soul contract, or at the end of a commercial that invites people to sign up for the mark of the beast if they want to receive extra food rations each Food Day. To make things interesting, he made himself follow the sort of rules he’d have with a normal corporate-style client:

He also set himself only 30 minutes to come up with a couple of client-worthy solutions. The results are quite nice–I’d buy something from this devil! Oh hell, I’d buy something from any devil.

Satan’s Logo [Art Backwash]

May 24, 2008 | Filed Under Design | View Comments 

Another Severed Foot Washes Ashore In Canada

Another severed human foot has been discovered washed ashore on Canada’s Pacific coast, but police are no closer to solving the gruesome mystery on where they are coming from.

The shoe-clad foot was discovered on Thursday on a small uninhabited island south of Vancouver in the Strait of Georgia, and is the fourth discovered in the region in the past 10 months.

All four cases involved right feet, and each was found on a different island. The earlier feet were also still in shoes.

Reuters goes on to say that “none of the severed feet appears to have been forcibly removed,” which makes me wonder how exactly you can tell that a severed foot is voluntarily removed. In fact, except for rare crazy-people cases or medical emergencies, is there ever a time when a foot is severed voluntarily?

Odder still, DNA tests have failed to match the feet to any missing persons reports, and each foot has washed up on a different island. And despite all this, the Royal Canadian Mounties actually said on Friday “not to get caught up in unsubstantiated theories.” What? Okay then, I’ll assume the most reasonable theory I can come up with, which is that someone’s cooler filled with severed feet fell overboard during a rough boat ride.

May 23, 2008 | Filed Under News, Strange But True | View Comments 

How Much Is Your Dead Body Really Worth?

The answer is, “Probably not as much as you’d like.” For instance, I can only fetch a little less than $4,000, which won’t even cover the cost of a decent funeral. And I’m not even in bad health. You can find out your own inherent value at the Cadaver Calculator.

$3925.00The Cadaver Calculator – Find out how much your body is worth.

May 20, 2008 | Filed Under Online | View Comments 

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