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Bones harvested from 1000 corpses

Written by DeadGirl
Thursday, 23 February 2006
February 24, 2006 Four men were charged in New York today with illegally harvesting bones and organs from more than 1,000 corpses, including the bones of the late veteran BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke. In a scheme described by a US District Attorney Charles Hynes as "something out of a cheap horror movie", the four men allegedly made millions of dollars selling body tissue to transplant companies. In many cases, the bones were replaced by PVC pipes so their theft would not be noticed at a funeral. At the same time, the accused would regularly toss gloves, aprons and other evidence of their criminal handiwork into the bodies before sewing them back up, prosecutors said. "The amount of callousness involved here is insatiable," Hynes said. "For the thousands of relatives of the deceased whose body parts were used for profit, and the recipients of the suspect parts, this was no bad movie. This was for real," Hynes said. The organs were harvested in a funeral home owned by one of the accused, Joseph Nicelli. Also charged were Michael Mastromarino, a former dental surgeon, and two accomplices, Lee Crucetta and Christopher Aldorasi. Cooke - a nationally recognised broadcaster in Britain - was best known for his Letter From America program which aired weekly on BBC domestic and World Service radio for over 50 years. He died in New York in March 2004 from lung cancer. http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bones-harvested-from-1000-corpses/2006/02/24/1140670230277.html

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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“But cypresses and cedars, the zephyrs impregnate by pure fragrances, perennial green leaning over the urns for eternal memory, and precious vases to collect the votive tears.”

from 'Sepolcri' by Ugo Foscolo