You're going to die. Eventually, anyways- it happens to everyone. But the least you
can hope for is that you don't turn into a morgue horror story like the individuals in today's show.
Ready for the most terrifying, disgusting, shocking morgue horror stories you've ever heard?
Warning, content and photos ahead that some might find disturbing.
Smoked Barbecue Ribs Who doesn't love a nice
plate full of delicious smoked meats fresh from slow roasting over a barbecue? Well,
other than vegetarians of course. You might however be put off barbecue forever if you
happened to be the mortician who's first day on the job was handling the corpse of an old man who
had died in a house fire. Unable to retrieve the body until the flames had been put out,
the firemen were helpless to do anything until the raging inferno was brought under control. Then
came the revolting job of removing the cadaver. For those familiar with southern styles of
barbecuing where the meat is smothered in burning embers, you can already picture what
the corpse looked like. The entire outer layer of skin and flesh had been blackened to a char,
but when the autopsy was conducted and the rib cage cracked open,
the meat inside had been cooked to perfection. The crispy skin crackled beautifully the way
you'd expect good barbecue to do, and the roasted meat still ran with its own juices. It's said
that humans taste like pork, and the individual responsible for this autopsy said that the body
smelled exactly like a roasted pig, though he was put off pork for several months afterwards.
Personally, this story just makes us hungry. But if you're hungry and thinking of eating fish,
you may want to think twice after hearing our next morgue horror story.
Boned to Death
Fish- it's the only food you can never tell when it's gone bad because it always smells like...
well, fish. For some reason though, millions of people around the world love to eat fish
straight into extinction, and some with an appetite so voracious that they end up
inhaling a fish bone or two. Now, if you've never had the pleasure,
take it from us- swallowing a fish bone is about the worst dinner time experience you can have.
The sharp, pointy bones can be a dangerous choking hazard, and inhaled fish bones have even been
found in people's lungs where they can pose a serious risk and need to be removed via surgery.
However, we've never heard of a fish bone killing someone in quite this way.
A woman assisting an autopsy discovered that the man they were working on had extremely
swollen bowels. As the stomach was opened, the bowels were swollen to several times normal size,
and were rock-hard and stuck together, making it difficult to continue the autopsy. However,
as the cause of death was further investigated, the coroners discovered that the man had swallowed
a large fish bone which punctured straight through his stomach and into his intestines,
actually skewering them together. The resulting bleeding and infection was enough to seal his
fate, so next time you're eating fish make sure you check for bones thoroughly or risk
becoming another morgue horror story yourself. Our next horror story may make you consider
diet changes, because your last meal can have consequences long after you're dead.
Silent But Deadly Slice of 'Za
Pizza- if we were on death row and had our pick of a last meal it would probably be a fresh,
hot pizza pie. But for a young man who had no idea his slice of pizza would be his last,
that final meal would have... smelly consequences long after his death.
The victim of a gunshot wound, the young man was soon declared dead and taken to the local morgue.
Now, autopsies are rarely carried out right away, with the body being stored for a day or two
before the autopsy can be conducted. Even after you're dead though a lot of
body processes continue to happen without you, including digestion- that's thanks to the bounty
of gut flora which aid in digestion and will continue eating whatever food is in your system
until all those bacteria start eating you instead like a pair of abandoned
cats consuming your lonely corpse. What all this consumption means though is gas, and a lot of it.
As the young man's body was prepared for the autopsy, the coroners needed to trace
the path of the bullet that killed him. In order to do this he had to be rolled over,
and as the body was moved the change in pressure led to the release of a lot of several-days-old
digested pizza fart gas being released. If you think a regular fart is bad,
imagine being dead for a few days and then letting one rip.
Ever heard a dead person speak? Stay tuned for our next morgue horror story
and the accompanying video.
Dead Men Do Tell Tales
Ever accidentally left a packet of meat out too long, only to discover the package
bloated and practically about to burst from all the gas that has been built up?
That's thanks to decomposition, and when you die you might as well turn into a human balloon.
Well, that gas has to escape somehow, and much to the terrorizing surprise of many medical students
and first-time mortician assistants, often that gas comes out through the mouth hole,
leading to terrifying moans, groans, and even screams.
Our next story is more surprising than terrifying,
but definitely proof that you shouldn't judge even the Good Book by its cover.
Preacher in the Streets, Freak in the Sheets
Contrary to popular opinion, God really has nothing against sex and in fact meant it as a
gift. He just frowns on you having it outside the bounds of a relationship, and honestly,
anyone who has ever had to perform the 7 am walk of shame, or ruined perfectly good friendships,
can understand why. It might come as a surprise to you then that even the most
devoutly religious people can, and will, get down right nasty between the sheets.
Take the case of a recently deceased Baptist minister.
A pillar of his community, the good preacher had spent eight decades tending to the flock of God.
Imagine the surprise then of the mortician who had to prepare the body for burial and
discovered something... definitely outside of the stereotype of the typical preacher.
This 80 year old man of God had a full-on Prince Albert piercing through his Captain's Mast, and if
you don't know what that is then we'll leave it to you to discover by your own devices. Rest assured,
it's not the type of thing you'd expect from an elderly man- let alone one who was a dedicated
minister, but we're willing to bet his wife had been made plenty happy throughout their marriage.
Our next morgue horror story proves that some people are
so dedicated to their job they'll do anything- no matter how unsettling.
Fit Like a Glove
You've seen it a million times in crime movies- the mobsters just condemned a man
to sleep with the fishes, but instead of packing him a pillow and warm comforter,
they put a bullet in his brain and toss him to the river. There's a reason rivers are such
popular places to dump bodies, the currents can typically make it hard to discover a body
and scavengers or predators can make short work out of even the meatiest of corpses.
Water can also rapidly accelerate decomposition, making it very difficult for investigators to
gain any useful information even if the body is eventually found.
However, one forensic tech was determined to identify her man no matter what.
In an advanced stage of decomposition, the skin had already started to detach.
Known as 'slippage', this happens when the epidermis- or top layer of the skin-
separates from the dermis layer. The result can look like a blister,
but with some careful work the entire top layer of the skin can be removed, leading to a 'human
glove'. If you thought we weren't going to show you a photo of what that looks like,
think again. Also, another warning that this next image is definitely not for the weak of stomach.
Prying the skin under the fingerprints loose, the forensic tech slipped her own hand
inside the loose skin, wearing it like a glove, and proceeded to gather the needed fingerprints
by smoothing the skin out. Frankly, this sounds absolutely disturbing to us, and we
can't help but keep looking at our own hands and wondering if someone will wear us too one day.
Our next horror story definitely contains images
you don't want to see if you've eaten recently... or plan to.
The Stoneman
Back in the 1980s in Bombay, India, a serial killer was on the rampage. Like many serial
killers, this one preyed on the most vulnerable- notably the homeless population that often slept
on the pavement itself. Working the alleys and backstreets of the city, the killer who would
come to be known as the Stoneman used a large rock to simply smash the heads of his victims.
Stoneman killed twelve homeless people starting in 1985, and always struck when
the victim was sleeping and thus helpless. Only one man managed to survive a brutal attack,
but unfortunately in the dim light of where he was sleeping he could never give the police a
good description of his attacker. By 1988 the killings had stopped, only to resume again in
1989 in Calcutta. Panic gripped the city as the killer murdered an estimated dozen more people
by dropping a very large rock or concrete block on their heads as they slept.
The attacker came to be known as the Stoneman, and his identity was never discovered.
What was truly shocking was the amount of damage Stoneman inflicted on his victims,
who mercifully likely died very quickly if not instantly from the massive blow.
Warning, this next medical image is truly disturbing.
Each victim had their skull completely crushed, often leading to the eyes popping
clear out of the skull. The incredible damage inflicted by Stoneman on his victims means that
the rock or concrete block he must have used would have been very heavy indeed,
meaning Stoneman must have been a well-built man to lug that heavy thing around.
Stoneman was never discovered, though several copycat murders have happened
since then, and a film based on Stoneman has even been produced.
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