275: From Funeral Director To Felon? The Return To Nature Funeral Home Disaster
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🗓️ 9 November 2023
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/06/colorado-green-funeral-home-bodies-police-investigation
https://www.kktv.com/video/2023/10/23/mother-speaks-about-her-experience-with-return-nature-funeral-home-penrose/
https://www.yelp.com/biz/return-to-nature-funeral-home-colorado-springs
https://kaminskylaw.com/improperly-stored-human-remains-recovered-from-a-colorado-funeral-home/
https://gazette.com/news/return-to-nature-funeral-home-in-penrose-faced-financial-legal-issues-prior-to-raid-discovery/article_f827e4f2-6472-11ee-9fb3-53b518d35d04.html
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
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| 0:20.0 | On today's episode of Mile Higher. |
| 0:22.0 | At what point does the money become more important than people's loved ones? |
| 0:26.5 | A crime has occurred, right? |
| 0:28.4 | We've got a very disturbing case for you today. |
| 0:32.4 | John Hallford and the Return to Nature funeral home disaster. |
| 0:37.0 | They were using this as just purely storage and they were just |
| 0:40.2 | using like plastic shelves you buy at Home Depot that they just |
| 0:43.4 | literally had these poor people stacked on top of each other. It's horrible I mean think |
| 0:47.4 | about all the people that had services violation charge for tampering with |
| 0:51.7 | the Bessies body yeah it seems very likely that there's going be charged for tampering with the deceased body? |
| 0:52.8 | Yeah, it seems very likely that there's going to be charges brought. |
| 0:55.8 | I think they're just gathering the evidence right now. |
| 0:58.0 | Can you imagine how furious you would be if you found out your loved one |
| 1:01.5 | was being stacked up with other people. |
| 1:03.3 | You'd feel betrayed by the Hallfords and this whole business. |
| 1:06.3 | In these cases, they were being duped. |
| 1:09.0 | So the big question, I'm sure many of you are wondering is why why did this happen? Hey, what's up everybody? |
| 1:30.0 | What's up everybody? Welcome back to Mylher Podcast episode 275. I'm your host |
| 1:37.6 | Hendel and I am your host Josh and we are joined by our lovely producers |
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