Grave Concerns: Episode 5 'Monsters in the Mortuary'
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Naomi Channell
4.8 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains references to the sexual abuse of corpses. Whilst the descriptions are not explicit, please take extra care whilst listening.
In the last 15 years, 2 cases of serious and depraved crimes happening inside hospital mortuaries have shocked and disgusted the world. Jimmy Savile and David Fuller's actions have broken the hearts and spirit of their victims families and led the way for new regulation within mortuary settings.
This is Grave Concerns.
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, this is a true crime podcast and is not suitable for all audiences. |
| 0:05.5 | Please use discretion. |
| 0:07.7 | This episode contains references to the abuse of corpses. |
| 0:12.5 | Whilst the descriptions are not explicit, please take extra care whilst listening. |
| 0:19.2 | There are some crimes that don't rely on force. They rely on silence. |
| 0:24.8 | In most cases, the body of our loved ones will spend time in a morgue before going to a funeral |
| 0:31.2 | director. Whether in a funeral home or a hospital mortuary, the same assumption applies that the dead will be treated |
| 0:40.6 | with dignity and that professionals will act ethically when families are not present. |
| 0:47.8 | But over the last 15 years, the UK has seen two major investigations into the abuse of the deceased within hospital |
| 0:57.2 | morgues, the Jimmy Saville report and the Fuller inquiry. With hundreds of families left |
| 1:04.3 | distraught at the criminal actions of two depraved men, what steps have been taken to ensure that this can never happen again. |
| 1:14.7 | I'm Naomi'm I'm |
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| 1:34.3 | I'm One of the country's best known broadcasters, Sir Jimmy Sav, has died at the age of 84, with a career |
| 2:02.2 | that spanned 40 years. He was famous for his show Jiml Fix It and for being the first and last |
| 2:07.9 | presenter of Top of the Pops. Sir Jimmy was also well known for his charity work, raising more than |
| 2:13.1 | £40 million. When Jimmy Saville died on the 29th of October 2011, he was publicly remembered as a national eccentric, a charity fundraiser, a familiar face on British television for more than half a century. |
| 2:31.3 | The headlines spoke of tributes, of legacy, of a man who had raised millions for hospitals |
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