Death Industry

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Vera takes us to the front lines of her job where she saves lives. But ironically all she sees is death. Up close. She tells us about aspects of her job she just can’t share with others.

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0:00.0	Hi, Ben. My name is Vera and my secret is, I don't tell people that a part of my job has been to dismember human bodies.
0:09.0	Today, the secret room presents death industry.
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0:27.8	Go to Shadyrays.com and use code secret for 35% off polarized sunglasses.
0:34.0	Check the show notes.
0:43.4	Music check the show notes. Hey everyone, and thanks a lot for downloading today's interview.
0:47.2	Joining me in the Seekroom is Vera.
0:49.2	She works in what she refers to as the death industry.
0:53.1	She'll explain what she means by that in just a sec.
0:55.7	She's going to tell us about the essential, life-saving work she performs,
0:59.6	and ironically how even though the work she does saves lives,
1:02.7	all she sees is death, and she sees it up close.
1:06.4	Too close most of the time.
1:08.4	Here we go.
1:11.8	Hi, Vera, and welcome to the secret room.
1:14.1	Hi. Thank you for having me.
1:16.0	You're welcome. It's great to have you. It's going to be quite a story you're going to lay out for us.
1:21.3	Yeah, I agree.
1:22.6	You described in your secret to me that you work in something called the death industry.
1:29.2	Yeah, I would call it that.
1:38.2	Can you describe what that means? So a lot of people have heard of organ donation, but the actual industry behind human organ and tissue donation is so much more than that.
1:46.3	So OPO's or organ procurement organizations are the ones who facilitate,
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