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Mummified body of Chicana author found in New Mexico home after...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:01 -0500

Mummified body of Chicana author found in New Mexico home after she had been dead for a year | Mail Online

Salinas was very fond of the movie Eat Pray Love, Trujillo said. ‘She was so passionate about the movie,’ Trujillo said. ‘That was her dream story.

Woman kept boyfriend’s corpse, watched NASCAR with him

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:58:55 -0500

Woman kept boyfriend’s corpse, watched NASCAR with him :

“It’s not that I’m heartless. … I didn’t want to be alone. He was the only guy who was ever nice to me,” Chase told the Jackson Citizen Patriot.

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She has not been arrested but is being investigated for financial fraud. Chase admits cashing Zigler’s benefit checks after his death.

Son kept father's body in bed for five months so he could claim his benefits while telling 10-year-old daughter he was just asleep

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:05:19 -0500

Son kept father's body in bed for five months so he could claim his benefits while telling 10-year-old daughter he was just asleep

Graverobber Kept 29 Mummified Women 'As Life-Sized Dolls'

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:16:50 -0600

Graverobber Kept 29 Mummified Women 'As Life-Sized Dolls':

Historian and “well-respected specialist in cemeteries” Anatoly Moskvin stands accused of robbing at dozens of graves in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. His goal, according to Russian authorities: “Decorat[ing] his home with 29 mummified female bodies… dressed as life-sized dolls.”

Loung Por Daeng The mummified remains of monk Loung Por Daeng...

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:28:50 -0500

Loung Por Daeng

The mummified remains of monk Loung Por Daeng on display at Wat Kunaram in Baan Saket on the island of Samui, Thailand. Loung Por Daeng died in 1974. He is still sitting in the original cross-legged meditation position as when he died….When his eyes fell into his head (don’t be squeamish), the monks at the temple fitted him with some sunglasses (Ray Bans, of course!) and he still wears the traditional orange robes of monkhood. He remains in impeccable condition considering he died 33 years ago.

"Tom moved in and the pair would just drink all the time. Then Ben disappeared about six years ago...."

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:14:16 -0500

“Tom moved in and the pair would just drink all the time. Then Ben disappeared about six years ago. There was no funeral, nothing. He just vanished. ‘Tom would never speak to anyone, but there was a terrible stink from the flat. No one would go near it…”

- Peckham pensioner ‘kept rotting skeletal remains of flatmate on their sofa for two years’

"Don’t bury me. I’m coming back."

Mon, 30 May 2011 11:09:41 -0500

““Don’t bury me. I’m coming back.””

- USATODAY.com - Woman’s body sits in front of TV for 2 1/2 years

"The next day… she called, letting the phone ring 17 times. She waited to make another call..."

Mon, 16 May 2011 22:45:00 -0500

“The next day… she called, letting the phone ring 17 times. She waited to make another call again until after “The Young and the Restless” …”

- Mummified remains found in Jennings home after owner’s death

"He was thought to be the oldest man in Tokyo - but when officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato on..."

Mon, 16 May 2011 22:28:26 -0500

“He was thought to be the oldest man in Tokyo - but when officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato on his 111th birthday, they uncovered mummified skeletal remains lying in his bed.”

- BBC News - Tokyo’s ‘oldest man’ had been dead for 30 years

"I just had a bad feeling."

Mon, 16 May 2011 22:11:54 -0500

““I just had a bad feeling.””

- Mummified body of former Playboy playmate Yvette Vickers found in her Benedict Canyon home | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times

"Although they shared the same house they claim not to have noticed the widow had died…"

Mon, 16 May 2011 22:08:28 -0500

“Although they shared the same house they claim not to have noticed the widow had died…”

- Mother and daughter ‘kept dead grandmother in bungalow for months to claim her pension’ | Mail Online

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Mon, 16 May 2011 22:04:43 -0500

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