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Outside/In

Postmortem: The Stolen Bodies of Harvard

Outside/In

NHPR

Science, Natural Sciences

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

How an elite university became a gruesome stop on a nationwide network of human remains trading.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is outside in.

0:02.0

So, last week, Felix wrapped up our short mini-series, What Remains.

0:07.0

And if we have any more to tell you on that front, we're going to be sure to let you know.

0:11.0

But, if that was the kind of in-depth reporting you really like to listen to. And if you're ready to discover

0:16.6

another intense story about science and human remains, we've got something that

0:22.4

you should check out.

0:25.4

Last scene from W-B-U-R is a mystery podcast all about unexpected people, places, and things that

0:32.2

have all gone missing.

0:35.0

And their latest collection of episodes is called post-mortem, the stolen bodies of Harvard.

0:42.0

It's all about how an elite university became a gruesome stop on a

0:46.7

nationwide network of human remains trading. So we're going to play the first

0:52.0

episode and leave you in the very capable hands of

0:55.1

W-B-U-R reporter Ali Jar Manning. And if you dig it, you can find the rest of the

1:01.0

series by subscribing to Last Scene wherever you get your podcasts.

1:04.8

Okay, here it is.

1:18.7

It's June 2023, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sabina Hildebrandt gets an urgent message.

1:30.0

On the Tuesday, we were told next day as a meeting about something or other, but importantly, show up. So that next day, Dr. Hildebrandt logs on as directed.

1:34.0

When she does, she sees all of her colleagues in the Harvard anatomy program

1:39.0

on her Zoom screen.

1:40.0

The professors who help students learn about the human body and the staff who keep the anatomical gift program running.

1:47.0

The Dean of Medical Education is there too, and he has some very, very bad news.

1:53.4

This morning, the morgue technician,

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